Astro'n'out

latvian

Astro'n'out are one of the best-selling artists in the Latvian indie/pop scene. They first appeared in 2003 when a young girl named Māra with an extraordinary voice penned an instant radiohit about a shady district of Riga, after that many Astro’n’out hits had beaten Latvian radio top first places for long time. Under independent label “Avantis Promo” band has released four albums. Debut album “Kush Kush” won the award for “The best rock album of the year 2006” in Latvian Music Industry Awards. In 2007 Astro’n’out was nominated for “MTV Europe Awards” in nomination “New sounds of Europe.” Year later they were invited to perform as special guests in the most successful Latvian band “Brainstorm”/ “Prata Vetra” tour “Tur kaut kam ir jābūt”. In the end of 2008 the second album “Astro’Acoustic” was released and in the end of 2009 - album “Geometrija”. Both albums were nominated for Latvian Music Industry Awards as “The best alternative album 2008” and “The best rock album2009”. Astro’n’out have written original music for several documentaries- such as “Rīga, Mana Rīga” / “Riga, my Riga”, “No cita skatupunkta”/ “From another point of view”, “Nestāstāmie stāsti”/“UnTellable stories”, “Sūnas aug ziemeļu pusē”/ “Moss grows on North side” and others. Songs by Astro’n’out are often used for several ads and charity projects as well. Astro’n’out have performed, literally,...