Alaska in Winter

Alaska in Winter

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. [cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Alaska+in+Winter|accessdate=2008-03-28|title=alaska in winter – Listen free at Last.fm] The band has garnered some of its fame due to Zach Condon's appearance on their debut album, "Dance Party in the Balkans". [cite web|accessdate=2008-03-28|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/47177-dance-party-in-the-balkans|title=Alaska in Winter: Dance Party in the Balkans: Pitchfork Record Review]
Bethancourt has been living in Berlin, Germany where he recorded his sophomore album, Holiday, which will be released November 18th. [cite web|accessdate=2008-03-28|url=http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=9882061&blogID=417446980: AIW myspace blog]

Discography

* "Ivan Fyodorovich is Not a Real Person (self release/ unreleased)" (2005)

* "Dance Party in the Balkans (European release)" ( July 2007)

* "Dance Party in the Balkans (US release)" ( March 2008)

* "Close Your Eyes- We Are Blind 7" vinyl" ( May 2008)

* "Remixes 12" vinyl" ( October 2008)

* "Holiday" ( November 2008)

See also

* Electronic music
* Beirut

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/alaskainwinter Official MySpace]
* [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/47177-dance-party-in-the-balkans Review of "Dance Party in the Balkans"] on Pitchfork Media
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* [http://iguessimfloating.blogspot.com/2007/08/alaska-in-winter-feat-zach-condon-of.html Review of "Close Your Eyes - We Are Blind"]
* [http://www.regularbeat.com Regular Beat Records (European label)]
* [http://www.milanrecords.com Milan Records (US label)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emIcVs7WDuo Interview with Brandon Bethancourt]


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