Aarktica

about

Aarktica is a musical collective based in New York City, United States, conceived in the winter of 1998 when sole member Jon DeRosa's permanently lost his hearing in his right ear. As his hearing loss became less of a distraction and more of a new way of listening, Aarktica became a means to execute the soundtrack of the life in mono he now faced; one of audio distortions, aural hallucinations and a reliance on painkillers. The first album "No Solace in Sleep", released in 2000 on Silber Records, was a series of minimal guitar and tape compositions, glacially paced and effected, recorded on a 4-track cassette recorder in various NYU dorm rooms. This release echoed across the Atlantic, and Aarktica soon released the "Morning One" EP on Ochre Records in 2001, gaining accolades and airplay from the venerable John Peel. Soon after, Aarktica released "Or You Could Just Go Through Your Whole Life and Be Happy Anyway, Bliss Out v.18" (Darla Records, 2002) and "Pure Tone Audiometry" (Silber Records, 2003). These releases combine lo-fi electro, noise and shoegaze with the ambient textures of modern composers like Morton Feldman and Ingram Marshall, defining Aarktica’s innovative drone pop hybrid. These were also the first Aarktica albums to feature guest musicians to realize DeRosa’s ultimate goal: to create drones and textures from the timbres of instruments, not solely from reverb units and delay pedals. It was also during this time that DeRosa began his classical Indian vocal

top songs

albums

No Solace in Sleep

Pure Tone Audiometry

Bleeding Light

In Sea

Matchless Years

Or You Could Just Go Through Your Whole Life and Be Happy Anyway

...Or You Could Just Go Through Your Whole Life and Be Happy Anyway. / Bliss Out v.18

In Sea Remixes

Lost Tracks

Bliss Out, Volume 18: ...Or You Could Just Go Through Your Whole Life and Be Happy Anyway

We Will Find the Light

Mareación

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