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<h1>City of Satellites</h1>
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City of Satellites’ hook-laden, cinematically-inspired music showcases an effortless and heavily seductive blend of acoustic, electronic and human sounds; shimmering guitars and vaporous synthesizer tapestries creep in like the darkness across a desolate metropolis; iceladen drums snap and pulse, often breaking songs apart only to rebuild them like some kind of experimental toy robot. All the while, syrupy sweet, abstract vocal passages are whispered to the listener, intoxicating melodies behaving like bridges throughout a beautiful cosmic playground.

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<h3>Discography</h3>
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<h4>The Momentary Mask</h4>
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March 2013
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This 17-minute collection of 4 new tracks see the trio stride boldly in a refreshing and ambitious new direction while distilling their melodic sophistication and depth of sonic composition further beyond that typically present in today’s rock music. Tighter structures and newly succinct arrangements form the fabric throughout which the City of Satellites weave their signature glacial atmospherics, shimmery guitars, celestial vocals and potent rhythms.

With a sound and presence that has been described as ethereal and haunting, City of Satellites has embarked on a wide-eyed cosmic ride with <em>The Momentary Mask</em>. New realms of stratospheric highs and wistful star-gazing are tempered by deeply introspective moments reminiscent of the solitary wonder of an urban sprawl glimmering in the night.
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<h4>Remixed</h4>
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October 2011
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<em>Remixed</em> sees tracks from City Of Satellites’ debut EP <em>The Spook</em> and album <em>Machine Is My Animal</em> receive the remix treatment from Manual, Syntaks, Tim Koch, Slow Dancing Society, Jatun, Tin Manzano and M-13. Tin Manzano’s remix of the title track from <em>Machine Is My Animal</em> is a gorgeously seductive instrumental, where restraint and space are as alluring as the sounds blooming across the stereo field. Syntaks bring their trademark wavering dream-gaze to ‘Victor! Burn City Lights’, resulting in a tantalising, sticky web of melody and beats. M-13’s take on ‘Stranger Than Fiction’ bitcrushes the original to produce an incredibly addictive slice of dreamy electroclash.

Slow Dancing Society’s remix of ‘Moon in the Sea’ (from <em>The Spook</em> EP) is as epic and mesmerising as anyone familiar with the SDS catalogue would expect. Tim Koch’s restructuring of ‘BMX’ is masterful, rebuilt from the inside out into stunning avant-pop architecture. Jatun renders ‘Control’ as a fuzzed-out shoegaze surge, before Manual (Jonas Munk) closes the album with his remix of ‘Skeletons’, blurry and sensuous as a half-remembered dream.
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<h4>Machine Is My Animal</h4>
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November 2009
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On <em>Machine Is My Animal</em>, City of Satellites deliver on the exceptional promise of their debut EP <em>The Spook</em> – and then some. This pristine album synthesizes ’80s pop aesthetics with ’00s production values to create a truly monumental sound. From the Eastern-influenced synth lines of superb opener ‘BMX’ to the crystalline drift of closer ‘Sky Rider’, Machine Is My Animal carries the listener through a glistening science fiction future, as viewed from a wistful child’s window.

On single ‘Stranger Than Fiction’, swirling synth sounds, Thomas Diakomichalis’ propulsive drumming and Jarrod Manuel’s pure vocal tones glide beautifully. Its aching melodies to the fore, the song taking heartrending turns before dissolving into the ether. ‘Skeletons’ glides and weaves like a hovercar over the course of seven levitating minutes, before the epic title track stomps across a dystopian future like a Transformer with a conscience, its robot heart bleeding as its surveys the devastation it has wrought. This balance between cold synthesized tones and a warm emotional heart creates a delicious balance throughout.
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<h4>The Spook</h4>
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November 2008
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Across its three expansive tracks, <em>The Spook</em> covers more musical and emotional ground than most full-length albums. Majestic synthscapes are punctuated by pounding rhythms, melodic themes are afforded the space and time to elegantly unfold, and the whole amounts to so much more than the sum of its undeniably beautiful parts.

The full length version of single ‘Moon In The Sea’ opens the EP with delayed guitars, bass and drums swathed in an eerie mist of synths and chimes, above which Jarrod Manuel’s emotive vocals shine clear and true. Then, the loping grandeur of ‘Sleeping Disgrace’ threads backwards guitar loops and drones through a landscape of post-rock-coated opium pop. And the stunning title track sends shivers up the spine as it layers soaring synths across a glistening bed of guitars, bringing the listener back down to earth as its draw the EP to a close. Like all the best atmospheric music, the whole EP breathes and throbs with life, ebbing and flowing beautifully throughout its near-25-minute running time.

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<h3>Biography</h3>
City of Satellites is a dream pop/shoegaze trio whose members are divided geographically between Australia and the USA. Jarrod Manuel (vocals, guitars, synthesizers) is based in Adelaide, Australia; Thomas Diakomichalis (drums, synthesizers and production) is based in New York City, USA; Drew Sullivan (guitars, synthesizers and production) is based in Spokane, USA.

City of Satellites’ hook-laden, cinematically-inspired music showcases an effortless and heavily seductive blend of acoustic, electronic and human sounds; shimmering guitars and vaporous synthesizer tapestries creep in like the darkness across a desolate metropolis; iceladen drums snap and pulse, often breaking songs apart only to rebuild them like some kind of experimental toy robot. All the while, syrupy sweet, abstract vocal passages are whispered to the listener, intoxicating melodies behaving like bridges throughout a beautiful cosmic playground.

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<h3>News</h3>
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<h2>Reviews</h2>
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<h3>Press Releases</h3>
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<a href="../../publicity/press-releases/The_Momentary_Mask_Press_Release.pdf">The Momentary Mask EP Release</a>

<a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-City_of_Satellites-MIMA_Remix.pdf">‘Machine Is My Animal (Tin Manzano Remix)’ Single and Music Video</a>

<a href="../../publicity/press-releases/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-City_of_Satellites-BMX_Single_and_Music_Video.pdf">‘BMX’ Single and Music Video Release</a>

<a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-City_of_Satellites-Machine_is_My_Animal_CD_Release.pdf"><em>Machine Is My Animal</em> Album Official CD Release</a>

<a href="../../press/HSR_Press_Release-City_of_Satellites-Machine_Is_My_Animal_Pre-Release.pdf"><em>Machine Is My Animal</em> Album Digital Pre-Release</a>

<a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-City_of_Satellites-Stranger_Than_Fiction_Single.pdf">‘Stranger Than Fiction’ Single Release</a>

<a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-City_Of_Satellites_EP.pdf"><em>The Spook</em> EP Release</a>

<a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-City_Of_Satellites_Single.pdf">‘Moon In The Sea’ single Release</a>

<a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-City_Of_Satellites_Signing.pdf">City Of Satellites Sign to Hidden Shoal Recordings</a>

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<h3>Music Videos</h3>
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<h3>Licensing</h3>
City of Satellite's music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title="Contact Us" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.

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