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Astralasia

Astralasia is a British music group specializing in electronic music in the Goa/Trance/House genres. The group originally started in 1990 as an ambient and dub side project by musicians of the psychedelic pop rock band Magic Mushroom Band. Astralasia soon established itself in the field of electronic dance music with set pieces from house music and psytrance. The group continues to this day, while the Magic Mushroom Band has not appeared since 1995. Astralasia collaborated with Simon House on their more recent albums, Cluster of Waves and Away with the Fairies.

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Peel had an interest in the Magic Mushroom Band's music since the mid 80's and when they moved onto the side project of Astralasia, he started playing their material until the late 90's, where he had lost interest in their music.

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1992
  • 31 July 1992: 'Psilocybe Semianceati (LP-The Politics Of Ecstasy)' (Magick Eye)
  • 28 August 1992: Politics Of Ecstasy (format?) Magick Eye
  • 19 September 1992: 'Squatter In the House (Compilation LP-Shamanarchy In The UK)' (Evolution) (JP: 'Dangerously like Donna Summer, someone said in the studio. I hadn't though of that, I must admit.')
  • 20 September 1992 (BFBS): Squatter in the House (LP - Shamanarchy in the UK) Evolution
  • 26 September 1992: "Squatter in the House" (LP - 'Shamanarchy in the UK', Evolution Records) (JP: 'Astralasia and that's their contribution to the LP "Shamanarchy In The UK" on Evolution Records, "Squatter In The House" is the name of it - and I mentioned last night that I spent the beginning of last week up in Anglesey, well ... I mean "up" from where I am in Ipswich or thereabouts, Stowmarket, and - really just going back to the place where I had served my ... done my National Service, you know, as a soldier of the Queen, so you could sleep easier in your beds, I suppose more accurately at the time, so your parents could sleep more easily in their beds. And while I was there I bumped into a lad who asked me to play something for everyone in 144 SU at Ty Croes Camp. He wanted to hear "The Wild Swans", well why not? This is "Revolutionary Spirit" of course.')
  • 09 October 1992: 'To A Better Place (12"-Utopia EP)' (Magick Eye)
  • 24 October 1992: 'Sul-E-Stomp (Ceilidh Mix) (12")' (Magick Eye)
  • 30 October 1992: Sul-E-Stomp (Ceilidh Mix) (12") Magick Eye
  • 13 November 1992: Sul-E-Stomp (Ceilidh Mix) (12") Magick Eye
  • 15 November 1992 (BFBS): Sul-E-Stomp (12") Magick Eye
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1998
  • 18 June 1998: Your Calling (LP - White Bird) Magick Eye
  • 01 July 1998 (BFBS): 'Your Calling (CD-White Bird)' (Magick Eye) (JP: '(It) has got a picture of Melanie Taylor, who's the singer, without any clothes on, and, well you know, nipples and a hint of pubic hair. That should shift units.')

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