Analog Missionary is an atmospheric/cinematic art-rock band from the Southern USA. Utilizing atypical instrumentation (such as theremin, Chapman Stick, Dumbek, and Banjitar) and world-music influences, its members include Anstrom, Tony Novak, Kevin Kaiser, and the Mark. They have released one full-length album, Transmitter, and a soundtrack for the 1920's silent film classic Nosferatu, entitled Voyage of the Demeter.
They are presently recording their 3rd album between tour dates in the US.

Editor's review- CNET.com
This Alabama-based quartet gives U2 a run for its money in the 'epic soundscapes' category. Analog Missionary has a pristine, multilayered sound that's anchored by the sultry vocals of Anstrom, a female vocalist of remarkable range and clarity.

Analog Missionary has developed a vast, multi-layered sound that sweeps from grandiose movements of intense power to calmer moments of emotive introspection. Their sound has been characterized as sultry, acoustically complex, sonically textured, and eclectic.

The band's strength is their ability to beautifully balance the fragile with the ferocious...

Anstrom's voice has been described as a layer of voices, a vocal multiplicity that lifts and swoons, excites and calms. Vocal variations that are both hauntingly beautiful and deliciously exciting, drawn from voices she finds everywhere.
ANSTROM: vox, Theremin, zils, bellydance KEVIN KAISER: guitar, ebow, banjitar MARK: drums, keys TONY NOVAK: bass, Chapman Stick, keys, Quintar Rush, Yes, Tori Amos, King Crimson, U2, Led Zeppelin, P J Harvey, 4AD, Kate Bush, Cocteau Twins, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Dif Juz, Police, Bjork, Portishead, Radiohead, Pixies, Daniel Lanois, Echo and the Bunnymen, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Muse, Lush, Slowdive, Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno, Sigur Ros, Dead Can Dance, the Cure, Explosions in the Sky, Fugazi Yma Sumac, Diamanda Galas, Tool, Failure, Pale Saints, Porcupine Tree, Love and Rockets, Massive Attack, Kitchens of Distinction Middle-Eastern/Turkish/Moroccan Music Tribal/Bellydance haunting vocal soundscapes, ambient drifts and otherworldly warmness- gradually building to eruptions of sensuality and power. Sultry, ethereal whirlpools leading to explosive finales; plus the occasional industrial/gothic/noisefests odd-time prog riffing w/ theremin solos Rush, Yes, Tori Amos, King Crimson, U2, Led Zeppelin, P J Harvey, 4AD, Kate Bush, Cocteau Twins, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Dif Juz, Police, Bjork, Portishead, Radiohead, Pixies, Daniel Lanois, Echo and the Bunnymen, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Muse, Lush, Slowdive, Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno, Sigur Ros, Dead Can Dance, the Cure, Explosions in the Sky, Fugazi Yma Sumac, Diamanda Galas, Tool, Failure, Pale Saints, Porcupine Tree, Love and Rockets, Massive Attack, Kitchens of Distinction, Middle-Eastern/Turkish/Moroccan Music http://www.myspace.com/analogmissionary mark booking@analogmissionary.com $ - $