Voyager One

Voyager A single began typically a sufficient amount of — seeing that an ad put into a Seattle music newspaper — but offers since gone to create intricate, textural space-rock in the way of Catherine Steering wheel, Swervedriver, and Trip. During the wintertime of 1998-1999, Peter Marchese (guitars/vocals) and Jeramy Koepping (electric guitar) laid down their initial two-song demo. Happy with their function, the overworked duo positively sought to circular out Voyager One’s lineup. They shortly agreed upon on bassist Dayna Loeffler as well as the initial in some six short-term drummers, Michael Shilling (Traditional western Condition Hurricanes, Heather Duby). Shilling was afterwards changed by an “public” member, Sneaky Pete, who remained with the music group for nine a few months until John Hollis beamed aboard completely. Voyager One documented a full-length demonstration, Zeroes and Types, Parts One and Two, which received a substantial amount of airplay on regional indie train station KCMU. They started playing live soon thereafter. Within their meteoric rise, Voyager One authorized to Loveless Information in fall months of 1999 and stepped in to the studio room to record their debut LP, From the brand new Nation of Very long Shadows. The recording was documented and mixed within three weeks at the top ground of a restored barn in rural Washington. At exactly the same time, their live arranged expanded into fresh sonic territory, typically assisted from the kaleidoscopic visible stimuli of the B-movie pastiche, operate by Projectorhead. Koepping and Marchese used Expenses Bernard (Sky Cries Mary) in Sirhan Duran, an ambient trip-hop trio; Hollis moonlighted in the Squirrels and Joey Kline; and Loeffler was energetic within an unnamed side task.