New Project: Aries Moonbass Debuts with Aftermath EP

Out today, March 28, Aftermath is the debut release of my new indie electronic rock project, Aries Moonbass. You can listen on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, SoundCloud, or your preferred streaming service. The album is available for purchase on BandCamp. (Scroll to the bottom for FREE DOWNLOAD codes!)

Aftermath

Aftermath is a collection of songs I wrote after a very difficult few of years. Post-COVID woes, relationship disintegration and personal betrayal led me to a really lonely, isolated place. I had stopped maintaining this site, stopped playing and producing music, and fell into a hard, lengthy depression.

And it was just as I began to pull myself out of the worst of my depressive episode, still in isolation, that I put the studio back together and started to play again. Simple play turned into expressions of all the feelings I held, and I pressed record.

I made mistakes in the depths of my depression. Aftermath is about the fallout of those mistakes – where I found myself, and how I picked myself back up again. I had cut off all of my old friends and music contacts. They weren’t real friends anyway. So I found myself alone, save for my close family (whose love and support were crucial), and at the precipice of a major life reset.

Aries Moonbass: Why the New Project?

House music is good and fun, but my musical roots are actually in rock. I started in a punk rock trio with my little brother and best friend in high school.

Even as AudioMunk was starting out, I was performing and recording as a bassist in several bands – from rock to reggae to blues and jam band music. And even a little jazz. You won’t find those releases listed on my original music page – I purposely excluded them because those people are no good and I don’t want to support them.

As a lifelong guitarist, bassist, and singer/songwriter, my love for traditional guitar-driven music has never completely left me. I’ve come to really appreciate well-produced (not over produced) groovy rock/hip hop style music with an electronic flair. To be honest, the reason I bought my first electronic instrument – a Korg Electribe EMX 2 (which is still part of my studio setup) – is because I wanted to make music like Gorillaz.

And so Aries Moonbass is the realization of that original goal. It’s all of my musical influences – from Gorillaz and The Postal Service to Nightmares on Wax and Thievery Corporation – put in a blender and seasoned with my own perspective and life experience. Aftermath is just the first taste – an experiment, just to see if I could pull it off.

I’m pleased with the results. And I hope you dig it too. The second Aries Moonbass release is already in production.

Take care, and thanks for listening and reading!

-AudioMunk

Free Album Download Codes

As a thanks for listening, I’ve generated some redeemable codes to download the album for free. To redeem a code, visit this special BandCamp link and enter one of the codes below. If a code is used, it will not work – try another one. There are 20 free downloads – first come, first serve!

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