THE AUTUMN PROJECT
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Mike Gustafson - Drums/Keys/Textures
Jess Huffman - Guitar
John Huffman - Baritone Guitar [Des Moines, IA] |
www.zurecords.com
www.myspace.com/theautumnproject
info@zurecords.com
Biography
The sound of the Autumn project is something of a familiar one, reminiscent of Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Isis and Mogwai but still original, fresh and unadulterated. Dynamics, melody, and emotion are the three most important qualities of an Autumn project performance. Also the use of original film projections, filmed and edited by the project's founder Mike Gustafson, bring the crowd into a deafeningly meditative state.
The Autumn project began as the solo work of Mike Gustafson in 1999. Mike self-released "Dancing in the Shadows" (ZURECORDS), the only Autumn Project record with vocals to date.
In 2001, Mike added long time friend and collaborator Jess Huffman (guitar) and his brother John Huffman (baritone guitar) to complete The Autumn Project's lineup. Two years of writing and experimenting followed, piles of long form droning rock music stacked up and ideas were molded and shaped into something that is accessible but still challenging.
In 2003, The Autumn project self-released Fable (ZUREORDS) with an 8 day summer tour and 1 month fall tour to promote the album.
It was on the last day of their fall 2003 tour, Imagine It Records owner Herb Harden caught The Autumn Project at a show in Omaha, NE. Herb was blown away by thier emotionally epic soundscapes, and a relationship was born.
While the band and label built their relationship, The Autumn Project self-released La Lunda De Negra, beautiful, melodic, crushing, dark and brutal at times. TAP continued playing shows in the midwest area.
On August 16 2005, Imagine It Records re-released Fable with all new artwork and TAP once again hit the road for a west coast tour with friend Tenebre from San Francisco. The response to Fable has been great and was named Underrated Album of 2005 by Unrestrained! Magazine.
TAP recently release their latest album A Burning Light via Deepsend
Records.
Discography
Interviews
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Unrestrained Magazine
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Drake Magazine
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Indieworkshop.com
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Iowa State Daily
Reviews
Fable CD
"Underrated Album of 2005"
-Unrestrained Magazine
"...their brilliant and epic song structures and atmosphere truly is mesmerizing, akin to the sounds of Isis, Mogwai and Godspeed! You Black Emporer."
-Unrestrained Magazine
"Music which is perfect for this October morning...these three guys are building up tension and atmosphere just like the masters of instrumental postrock (think of Mogwai or Godspeed)."
-Enough Fanzine
"(Fable) is one of the best things to come my way in a long time. Ignore this at your own risk."
-StonerRock.com
"...this trio certainly has some promise"
-Aversionline.com
"The Autumn project creates dynamic, beautiful, sometimes brutal music."
-Tradebit
"...the threesome proves quite flexible"
-Splendid
"...The Autumn project plays slow, unearthly music that is at times so lush that you forget they are but three people armed with guitar, bass, drums and keyboards... This is emotional music that puts you into a trance with visions of Arctic floes and glacial movement...."
-Punk Planet issue #66
