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Ashbury Heights are an electronic music band formed in 2005, in Sundsvall, Medelpad, Sweden. The group's original line-up was Anders Hagström (male vocals, songwriter, music and programming) & Yasmine Uhlin (vocals). Yasmine left the band after the release of their EP "Morning Star In A Black Car", and was replaced by Kari Berg (female vocals) who started as the new female vocalist in the end of 2008.
Discography
With Yaz
* 2005: Angora Overdrive – Demo
* 2005: Parliament Of Rocks – Demo
* 2005: Ashbury Heights – Demo
* 2006: Angora Overdrive – Single
* 2007: Three Cheers for the Newlydeads – Album
* 2008: Morning Star In A Black Car – EP
With Kari
* 2009: Take Cair Paramour – Album (Soon to be released)
Live supporting musicians :
* Johan Andersson – keyboards (2008-)
History :
Formation:
Ashbury Heights was born when Anders Hagström asked his former girlfriend Yasmine if she wanted to sing on his demos. The newly formed band reached success very fast when Out of Line chose to sign them.
Yasmine Uhlins departure (2008)
Yasmine announced her departure from the band in November 2008 in Hamburg at the last concert of the Out Of line festival tour.
She explained the departure
“ Why I am doing this is not because of lack of energy or love for the band. There are no grudges to be held and the air within Ashbury Heights is free from any pollution. You see, this is something I have to do. I need to let go in order to build something of my own. I've been fighting myself in this matter for a long time but I can't change what I truly feel.”
Following Yasmines departure, many of the fans were very upset since they thought that Yasmine had a hand in the creation of the music and that the music were going to change because of that. But since it had only been Anders who had written both music and lyrics the fans didn’t have to worry.
Kari Berg joins the band (2008)
Anders started to search for a new singer and then found the Swedish-Norwegian model / singer / actress Kari Berg. She had focused mostly on singing opera before joining the band even though the music she listened to was mainly 80’s Goth.
So in November 2008 it got announced that she was the new female vocalist in Ashbury Heights.
The first time Anders and Kari met was when Anders and Yaz were photographed for the EP 'Morningstar in a Black Car'. Kari was assisting the photographer whom she also had done several photoshoots with. They didn’t spoke to each other then since both were very focused on getting the shoot good, but who knew that this was the beginning for something more.
So when Anders needed a new singer he found Kari on Myspace and asked her if she would be interested to be the new female vocalist in the band. She answered yes without second thought and moved directly to Gothenburg to record.
Kari was already known to some before she joined the band. She is a well-known fashion & alternative model.
Take Cair Paramour (coming 2009)
The record Take Cair Paramour is the first record where Kari Berg is going to be featured on.
The release date is yet to be set, but it’s supposed to come out in the beginning of 2009.
Some of the song titles that have been announced on their official Myspace page are:
* Night Creature
* Crescendo
* Dancer’s Nocturne
* The Velvetc
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