Walter Astral is the duo formed by Tristan Thomas, also known as Zaspero and captain of Ovhal 44, and Tino Gelli, singer of Polycool. Their two seemingly distant musical worlds share a worship of the dreamlike and the absurd, and harmonize in their mystical trances.
Walter Astral’s music combines psychedelic pop with techno, acid and house. Tristan’s drum machines and acid bass blend with the retro sound of Tino’s guitar and a banjo so old it produces quarter tones like a saz.
Their hybrid musical style finds its influences in King gizzard and the lizard wizard, Flavien Berger, Altin gun and Mehmet Aslan. They produced and mixed their first EP in the old house of a hermit near Sancerre in the Berry region, by the fireside. Each song embodies one of the four natural elements and presents the human being in relation to the natural world around him.
Walter Astral is a celestial explorer, traversing parallel worlds through wormholes hidden in giant redwoods. He meets candle men, witches and druids, and a star who lives in a tree, who accompany him on his mystical quest.
