Search - Oh Astro :: Champions of Wonder

"Mimicking the loop-based strategies of pop but giving them her own unique twist, Dowe trades her former ambient experiments for something that's at the same time accessible and mind boggling, and always enjoyable to hear." -- XLR8R "Shimmering truncated melodies flirting jaggedly like two butterflies dancing until it winds down and tips off." -- Exclaim "Jane Dowe jerry-rigged her own software to create music that mirrored the ghostly clicks, piercing pops, and quark-sized samples of experimental electronica, but loops all the little blurbs as if she were making pop songs." -- CMJ Married duo Jane Dowe and Hank Hofler are both rooted firmly in experimental music, but with the Oh Astro project they continue their move toward odd interpretations of popular forms. Club music, children's songs, and fragmented samples of pop/rock all intersect on their first full-length album, Champions of Wonder. Jane Dowe has previously released on Mille Plateaux in collaboration with Terre Thaemlitz. She has also exhibited as a sound artist and appeared on countless compilations, including the infamous Deconstructing Beck. She returned to Illegal Art (home of Girl Talk) in 2005 with the debut Oh Astro mini-album, Hello World. Hank Hofler has performed electronic music internationally alongside artists such as Otomo Yoshihide, Oval, Merzbow, Alva Noto, Ikue Mori, Philip Jeck, Sawako, and others. Part-time member Stefen Robinson releases glitch-hop music under the Yea Big moniker for Jib Door. Two of Dowe and Hofler's children also sing on Champions of Wonder.