Aeronaut
AERONAUT IS BROOKLYN-BASED COMPOSER AND MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST STEVE FORS’ SOLO PROJECT. WORKING PRIMARILY WITH A PALETTE OF SOUNDS GENERATED WITH TROMBONE, LAP STEEL GUITAR, SONICA, ANALOG ELECTRONICS, BOWED METAL, AND VOICE, STEVE FORS CRAFTS LUSH, IMMERSIVE SOUNDSCAPES. AS HALF OF THE CHICAGO-BASED DRONE OUTFIT THE GOLDEN SORES–AND NOW SOLO AS AERONAUT–FORS HAS SHARED THE STAGE WITH THE MAGIK MARKERS, LOCRIAN, CENTURY PLANTS, GRASSHOPPER, SUPERSTORMS, JUSTIN WALTER, BILLY GOMBERG, AND NEIL JENDON, AMONG OTHERS.
HAVING RELEASED SIX ALBUMS IN AS MANY YEARS, FORS CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE GENRE DEFINITION. PULLING FROM PSYCH, DRONE, NOISE.AND NEW CLASSICAL TRADITIONS, HE PLAYS A SORT OF MAXIMAL MINIMALISM—ATTEMPTING TO OVERWHELM LISTENERS ALTERNATELY WITH MONOLITHIC BEAUTY AND/OR SONIC DEVASTATION. FOR SOUND SAMPLES, VISIT SOUNDCLOUD.COM/AERONAUT4.
https://soundcloud.com/AERONAUT4
