Yay Conifers with Death By Stars and Sliide

Yay Conifers

Both Lüke and Miranda attended art college in Chicago... Luke in Composition and Miranda in tapdance/theater/jazz... At the end of the school year Miranda decided to see Lüke's final recital were he created a live composition out of amplifying different sounds on a bicycle... she was blown away..... Then Lüke move to Seattle, WA. Miranda ended up there less then a year later.. then they made music in the city nestled in mountains, conifers, oceans, orcas and sounds.

Death By Stars

Born in the galactic debris of a supernova over one year ago, Death By Stars have arrived in Tacoma, Washington, fully prepared to disintegrate social structure, global economies, and Earth itself. Their means? A highly volatile blend of electronica, punk, and psychedelia, torn from the soul of a single note and transmitted to sentient beings everyhere. If Link Wray, Wire, Daft Punk, and of Montreal were sent to the Moon by Captain Beefheart in a lunar sexcraft, Death By Stars would play the after party.

In May of 2010, former band mates Killer Bees (vocals/bass/guitar/samples) and Patrick Galactic (vocals/guitar/bass/keys) were conspiring to create a new project when they encountered Cherry Danger, a visual artist, keyboardist and beat-maker. The artistic and personal chemistry was apparent immediately and the three spent the next half year writing and recording. 

Utilizing Danger’s experience as a visual artist, Death By Stars’ surreal live shows have turned many heads already. Evoking both the modern pop sensibilities of Andy Warhol and the dark, Kesey-ian psychedelia of the late 60’s, Death By Stars continue to carve a unique path to success. 

Sliide

New to the electronic music scene, Chris Nunley originally began his audio career in recording engineering, live sound reinforcement and DJing. From an early age he has enjoyed the cool electronic ambience of Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno & Tangerine Dream while also craving the pop structure from acts like Depeche Mode, A-ha & Erasure. Although his only formal musical training is in percussion, Chris has always pecked away at a Casio or Yamaha keyboard since he was 7. Now with the aid of current DAW technology (and some music theory), SLiiDE is Chris' own style of "random" IDM, balancing glitches, ambient pads, funky bass lines, popping synths & gritty drum patterns.