{"product_id":"astralasia-an-introduction-to","title":"Astralasia - An Introduction To","description":"Astralasia formed in 1990, but Marc Swordfish's recording history goes back further than that... This 'Introduction to' set takes us through more than four hours of Astralasia - with plenty of Fruits de Mer tracks, but much more besides, including new mixes and previously unreleased recordings...and even Marc's first-ever track!\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nSwordfish explains....\n\"This compilation is hand picked by us; its an eclectic, electric selection of some released but a lot of unreleased tracks, and mixes that you won't find anywhere else (probably ever). We think it gives a more balanced view to what we do that hopefully defies genre stereotyping and putting us in a bracket (or bucket), which sadly everyone wants to do these days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThese recordings originate from our earliest in 1982 on a 4-track Teac A3340 reel to reel (which we still have - the start of it all) that was an accident, as we got some singers in that couldn't sing, so it's a recording of them chatting over a backing loop; then it was the Magic Mushroom Band, which morphed into Astralasia then back again to Mushroom Project ,now just Mushroom and Astralasia (a lot has gone on between then and now.)\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAn Introduction To\u003c\/i\u003e includes tracks from FdM releases 'Oceania', 'Wind On Water', 'The Darkest Voyage', 'Lobster Basque', together with 'Tales From The People Who Are Astralasia', 'Cluster Of Waves', 'Coloured In Dream', plus unreleased tracks from the 'Something Somewhere' sessions ...ooooh, and lots more besides - over four hours of twists and turns (and great music).","brand":"Fruits de Mer Records","offers":[{"title":"4CD","offer_id":50990572634390,"sku":"RMX-61111","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/f96c7db3787e141945d542db987b48f8.jpg?v=1769442225","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/astralasia-an-introduction-to","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}