The DRASTIC
spaceship started its journey through the interstellar
spaces in 1995, when Chris Buchman recorded his first
demo-tape, "Creator of Feelings".
This little piece of melancholic art was selected as "best
demo" by Metal Hammer, Metal Shock and Flash on planet
earth, and reached the top-ten on Mars and Saturn.
The Plutonians are looking forward to listening to these
five extremely emotional songs, but some problems, due
to the well-known slowness of the Italian postal service,
are making it difficult to send the cassette there before
the new millennium...
In 1996,
an intergalactic label (Beyond... prod.)
started the distribution of the demo-tape in the cosmic
underground.
Chris had thousands of deal-proposal,
but having been drugged and tortured by Beyond... prod.,
"spontaneously" decided to sign a contract with
this label...
Reduced to slavery, Chris
worked hard on the new stuff for more than two years and
finally, in 1998 gave to the (cosmic) light his debut
full-length deluxe digipak CD titled "Thieves
of Kisses".
8 songs of pure Cosmoheroic Melancholia: unearthly female
vocals, romantic keyboards and a powerful guitar riffing
for a trip into another dimension! Metal Hammer selected
this innovative and unconventional work as “Best
Italian Album of the Year”.
In 2003 Chris returned from
a five years space trip, changed the moniker into DRASTIQUE
and released - supported by the amazing performances of
Fay (female vocalist) and Mahavira
(ex ENSOPH, male vocalist) - his second album titled “Pleasureligion”:
7 pieces of pure Cosmoerotic Melancholia, including a
wired cover of Sandra’s hit of the eighties “Maria
Magdalena”. The first 1000 copies are available
in an elegant black digipak version.
Chris started this project
with the idea of a total experience: a voyage through
our deepest feelings and strongest emotions, flying on
the enchanted wings of art, among dying planets and shining
supernovas.
Now it's up to you: listen...
and discover the infinite.