Deastro is coming to Chicago in November and the more I hear about him the more excited I get. I really thought I had already posted on his album, Moondagger when it came out back in June. But searching my archives, it seems I haven’t. That’s a shame. It’s a record that I listen to often, it’s on my “goooood” playlist which gets put on in the car on random shuffle in traffic. Well, Randy Chabot, a.k.a, Deastro, hasn’t stopped touring since June! Just coming back from the UK this week, he will hit NY and then come to see us, here in the Windy City before heading out on an extensive US tour.

The beauty of Moondagger lies not only in the way Deastro combines electro dance beats with intelligent and intriguing lyrics, but also in the variety of sounds he brings to this project. On “Tone Adventure #3″ you will hear glockenspiels, spy-movie guitars, orchestral stabs, and alien ray guns! It’s seemingly madness and yet all corralled into a tune that is reminiscent of Happy Mondays meets Clan of Xymox, which is nothing but a compliment in my book.

But it just doesn’t stop there, because like any good song in this genre, you also wait with bated breath for the re-mixes. Deastro does not disappoint us with “Green Grays And Nordics (I Am Robot And Proud Remix)” This man just does not stop creating!

Check back here, later this year, for more on Deastro. Hopefully I’ll be meeting up with him in November to give you more insight into what makes Randy Chabot tick, xoxo

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UK Tour Dates
09.29 London, UK @ Scala
10.01 Brighton, UK @ Digital

CMJ Dates (More TBA)
10.21 New York, NY @ Santos Party House
10.23 New York, NY @ TBA
10.24 New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge

US Tour Dates
11.05 Chicago @ Schubas – Max Tundra HL
11.07 Detroit @ Magic Stick – Deastro HL
11.08 Toronto @ The Drake – Max Tundra HL
11.09 Montreal @ Lambi – Deastro HL
11.10 Boston @ Great Scott – Max Tundra HL
11.11 New York @ Mercury Lounge – Deastro HL
11.12 Washington DC @ DC9 – Max Tundra HL
11.13 Baltimore @ Metro Gallery – Deastro HL
11.14 Philadelphia @ Kung Fu Necktie – Max Tundra HL
11.16 Atlanta @ Drunken Unicorn – Deastro HL
11.18 Austin @ Mohawk – Max Tundra HL
11.19 Dallas @ The Cavern – Free Energy HL
11.20 Kansas CIty @ Czar Bar – Max Tundra HL
11.21 Denver @ Larimer Lounge – Deastro HL
11.22 Salt Lake City @ Urban Lounge – Max Tundra HL
11.24 LA @ Echo – Deastro HL
11.25 San Francisco @ Bottom of the HIll – Max Tundra HL
11.27 Portland @ Doug Fir – Deastro HL
11.28 Seattle @ Nectar – Max Tundra HL
11.29 Vancouver @ Media Club – Deastro HL