Interstellar was a

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rock band based in

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. The band released two albums of electronic music in the 2000s.

History

The band was formed in 1998 by Rob Boak (guitar, bass, keyboards) and Denis Dufour (guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals).MINIMALISM IN MANY GUISES
, ''Wavelength'', Issue #26, August 2000, retrieved 2010-03-27

at the Wayback Machine. The debut album, ''Late Night Tea'', was released in 2000 on Mother Superior Records. Cam Lindsay of ''

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'' described the record as sounding like it had been recorded "at four in the morning", comparing it with

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and

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.Lindsay, Cam (2000)
Interstellar - Late Night Tea
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'', September 2000, retrieved 2010-03-27 Interstellar's second album ''ToSleepToDreamToWake'' was recorded over three years and issued in 2004 on Plan Eleven Records, charting across CanadaInterstellar
, ''Wavelength'', May 2004, retrieved 2010-03-2

at the Wayback Machine. and was aired on campus and community radio. The album contained a mixture of uptempo jazz, psychedelia and electro-pop, overlaid with electronic guitar and synthesizer instrumental work.Eke, Darren (2004)
Interstellar - ToSleepToDreamToWake
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'', May 2004, retrieved 2010-03-27 Rob Boak also played guitar/Moog in

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and after Interstellar split up, recorded under the name Cinemascope, Dark Constellations and Infinity Projector.Boles, Benjamin (2007)
Disc Review: Cinemascope
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'', February 8–15, 2007, VOL 26 NO 21, retrieved 2010-03-27Caught in Their Web: Mean Red Spiders haven't given up shoe-gazing"
''NOW Toronto'', by Sarah Liss, October 3, 2002

Discography

*''Late Night Tea'' (2000), Mother Superior *''ToSleepToDreamToWake'' (2004), Plan Eleven

References

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