ALTO STRATUS

Alto Stratus biography
Alto Stratus is a duo consisting of brothers Alan and Steve Freeman with occasional guest help. Alto Stratus have been experimenting with electronics since the early 80's, as Alto Stratus and under the guise of various other names, projects, solo, and collaborations. Alto Stratus sound is often times a combination of Industrial and Kosmische Music, referencing everyone from Stockhausen to Schulze. The brothers also have operated several labels over the years, mostly releasing their own music, but with occasional releases from other well known names such as Günter Schickert, Peter Frohmador, Guru Guru, Asmus Tietchens, Shub Niggurath, Conrad Schnitzler, Robert Rich and more. Dark Star was the first label operated by the brothers and was mainly releasing cassettes. Auricle then followed, which has now been replaced by Ultima Thule. The Cosmic Egg label was started out of the duos love for Krautrock and German experimental music and focuses on releasing rare and previously unreleased records. A Krautrock encyclopedia titled The Crack In The Cosmic Egg written by the brothers was published in 1996.