Alaska in Winter
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Genre: Dance/Electronica
Milan Records
www.myspace.com/alaskainwinter
ARTIST BIO:
Alaska in Winter is an American electronic band consisting of front man Brandon Bethancourt, who dropped out of art school in Albuquerque, New Mexico and reportedly, “spent a semester in a tiny cabin out in the middle of nowhere Alaska recording music on a laptop during the winter” and which later came to be known as the project, “Alaska in Winter”. Bethancourt later went back to New Mexico and enlisted the help of fellow musicians, Zach Condon (Beirut), Heather Trost (A Hawk and a Hacksaw), Hari Ziznewski (Rap), Stefanie Lamm, Rosina Roibal, Hilary Bethancourt, and Naila Dixon to help with his later musical compositions. The band has garnered some of its fame due to Zach Condon’s appearance on their debut album, Dance Party in the Balkans.
Bethancourt has been living in Berlin, Germany where he recorded his second album, Holiday, which was released November 17, 2008 (Europe) / 18th (US).After releasing “Holiday,” Bethancourt moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he currently resides.
Under his independent label, AIWM, Bethancourt released his third and most recent album, Space Eagle (the motion picture soundtrack), on February 16, 2010. Only 100 copies in cassette tape form have been printed, as announced by Bethancourt. Bethancourt is currently working on two more new albums, one of which is speculated to be a long-awaited full release of his Cabin Sessions album, which was never before released to the public. The other announced album has not been highlighted with details as of yet.