Foreign Cinema

Camera, With a flicker of an 8mm reel, Foreign Cinema projects a noir soundscape blending elements of shoegaze, triphop, and dub. The band’s signature sound balances light and dark, and is blanketed in ethereal warmth with interjected groove. Use of melody, space, and beat are weaved together with a shadowy backdrop. The band’s name comes from an appreciation of foreign film and their live performances are typically accompanied by visual projections, thus creating an audio visual experience. ...

Camera, With a flicker of an 8mm reel, Foreign Cinema projects a noir soundscape blending elements of shoegaze, triphop, and dub. The band’s signature sound balances light and dark, and is blanketed in ethereal warmth with interjected groove. Use of melody, space, and beat are weaved together with a shadowy backdrop. The band’s name comes from an appreciation of foreign film and their live performances are typically accompanied by visual projections, thus creating an audio visual experience. Lights, Founded in 2008, the symbiotic core is comprised of Astral frontman/ guitarist, Dave Han of San Francisco and bass guitar courtesy of Natalia Silva from Goiania, Brazil. Dave Han has a long, colorful history (as the founder of the San Francisco based shoegaze/ post-punk band Astral since 2001), opening for many well known musicians and bands such as; David J (of Bauhaus/ Love and Rockets), Tiger beat (featuring Colm O’Chiosoig of My Bloody Valentine), Mr. North (produced by Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads and The Modern Lovers), Lisa Dewey (recorded with Simon Raymonde of Cocteau Twins), Audra (Bret and Bart Helm of Black Tape For A Blue Girl, Projekt Records), The Sagittarians (featuring Neil of And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead), Inner (Jennifer Turner, formerly of Natalie Merchant’s band). Astral was also featured on Rio Carbon mp3 players as a preloaded music artist and sponsored by Rocket Dog Shoes. Action, The band’s debut EP release will officially be released on British indie record label, Parallax Sounds, in 2009 and feature 5 original songs and an obscure Depeche Mode b-side titled “Ice Machine”. For more information on Foreign Cinema, visit www.myspace.com/aforeigncinema or contact foreigncinema@rocketmail.com