San Francisco post-punk outfit OCTAVIAN WINTERS kicks off West Coast tour with BLACK ROSE BURNING on September 28

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Tour tickets  https://octavianwinters.com/shows
'The Line or Curve' EP https://octavianwinters.bandcamp.com/album/the-line-or-curve
'Velveteen (Mark Pistel Remix)'  https://youtu.be/OBwMiPL6_h4
'Nebula' video  https://youtu.be/exDtbI_asfs
'Nebula / Velveteen (Mark Pistel Remix)'  https://octavianwinters.bandcamp.com/album/nebula-velveteen-mark-pistel-remix
Spotify  https://open.spotify.com/album/2x8YWUluDcm87PXVRfFSPc
'Surreal' video  https://youtu.be/UBGvNvuePLk
'Ondine' video  https://youtu.be/UNsT5d-hidM
'Undertow' video  https://youtu.be/hvpdYUexGz4
'Velveteen' video  https://youtu.be/s5Wi93fuA4U

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Online press kit  https://haulix.promo/4jaq
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"A dark and lush tapestry of near-classic post-punk, oscillating between shadow and shimmer. Reflecting the troubled times that we live in, sublime dark sonic delight" ~ The Spill Magazine

"Feels like it was recorded in a studio deep beneath the earth, drawing power from subterranean caves and bubbling magma... tectonic thunder... Such power, strong and true, a voice that scales the wall of sound beneath her with ease" ~ Joyzine

"A dark musical weave forged of post-punk and gothic strands. A sonic web of pulsing bass grooves and shaded ethereality, dark and delicious guitar slashes and haunting sound washes" ~ The Big Takeover

"Their music beautifully marries the somber and the sublime, creating a landscape where edgy riffs dance with ethereal synth waves, and vocals that sound like they were borrowed from an ancient, mystical chorus" ~ Post-Punk.com 

"Seriously compelling incitement, which Aursjoen’s tones and the electronically atmospheric mists around her only escalate" ~ Ringmaster Review


San Francisco post-punk outfit Octavian Winters announce a series of West Coast tour dates, together with NYC dreamrock / new wave icons Black Rose Burning. The quartet will be touring in support of their debut EP 'The Line or Curve' and their latest 'Nebula / Velveteen (Mark Pistel Remix)' single, both released via Stratis Capta Records.

Formed in 2022, Octavian Winters is guitarist Stephan Salit (Thrill of The Pull), drummer Randy Gzebb (Thrill of The Pull, Love Club), bassist Jay Denton and Ria Aursjoen on vocals and keyboards. Together, they weave their visceral and ethereal sound into a texture all its own – of stories once told but half-remembered, under a dusk of shadows and stars, in an abandoned city under the winter moon.

Led by George Grant, NYC-based outfit Black Rose Burning continues to tour in support of their third album 'Ad Astra', a compelling collection blending ominous goth atmospheres, dark dancefloor anthems, new wave magnetism, and post-punk drive that was met with critical acclaim.

Co-produced by Octavian Winters and William Faith (The Bellwether Syndicate, Faith & the Muse, Christian Death), 'The Line or Curve' EP was mainly recorded at Pistel's Room 5 Recording before being mixed and mastered at 13 Studio in Chicago. Most recently, the band released the video for Pistel's remix of 'Velveteen', created by filmmaker David Kruschke,  

A producer, engineer, programmer, remixer and songwriter active since the 80s, Mark Pistel founded the band Consolidated and has been with Meat Beat Manifesto since 1997. He's also worked with The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Grace Jones, Therapy?, MC 900 Foot Jesus, Machines of Loving Grace, Hector Zazou, Mark Stewart, Lee Scratch Perry, Cabaret Voltaire's Stephen Mallinder and Fishbone's Angelo Moore.

Pistel explains, "Randy Gzebb called me about remixing one of the tracks off 'The Line or the Curve' EP. I was excited to do so, as we'd recorded some of these vocals at my Room 5 Studio in San Francisco. I chose to do 'Velveteen' as I already loved the track with its fantastic vocal melody and Stephan's unstoppable guitar hook! I  took on the track with pulsing analog synths and a slamming dance floor beat for the clubs."

The A-side to this 2-track release, called 'Nebula', underscores the inevitable impermanence of all that is seen and unseen, known and unknown. Ria Aursjoen explains, "Nebula began as an experiment... I kept envisioning a sort of “last day at the end of the world” — what would the sky look like? Would we know and understand what was happening? There is this broadly Gnostic idea of the universe as unfolding and unfolding through what are called Aeons, essentially levels of manifestation, until we get this world we live in here. I imagined this world reaching the fullness of its life, that whole cycle ending — and then everything reversing, refolding back to the start to make way for the next universe."

Octavian Winters' members have a rich history of collaborating and touring with notable artists, including Nine Inch Nails, Killing Joke, Lords of the New Church, Savage Republic, Christian Death, The Frozen Autumn, Everything Goes Cold and Black Tape for a Blue Girl.

Both 'The Line or The Curve' EP and new 'Nebula / Velveteen (Mark Pistel Remix)' single are available everywhere digitally, including Apple Music, Spotify and Bandcamp. Tickets for Octavian Winters' shows can be obtained at https://octavianwinters.com/shows.

CREDITS 
Ria Aursjoen - Vocals / Keyboards
Stephan Salit - Guitars
Randy Gzebb - Drums
Jay Denton - Bass
'Velveteen' remix by Mark Pistel
'Nebula' written by Ria Aursjoen
'Velveteen' written by Octavian Winters
Recorded at OW studios San Francisco
Vocals recorded by Mark Pistel, Room 5 Recording, San Francisco
'Nebula' mixed & mastered by William Faith at 13 Studio, Chicago
'Nebula' produced by Octavian Winters and William Faith
Cover art Ria Aursjoen
Design by Eric Olson 
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR
Video by David Kruschke

TOUR DATES
Sept 28 LOS ANGELES - Redwood Bar (with Black Rose Burning)
Sept 29  SACRAMENTO - Cafe Colonial (with Black Rose Burning)
Oct. 01  OAKLAND - Thee Stork Club (with Black Rose Burning)
Oct. 02  CHICO - Naked Lounge (with Black Rose Burning)
Oct. 03  RENO - Alturas Bar Cellar Stage (with Black Rose Burning)
Oct. 19  SAN FRANCISCO - Gathering Of The Goths Halloween Festival


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