Jon DeRosa / Aarktica
@aarktica.bsky.social
Ecstatic Lightsongs & No Solace in Sleep (2025 Remaster) OUT NOW! • Limited LP & CD available at Aarktica Bandcamp
BC: https://aarktica.bandcamp.com
IG: @aarktica_official
BC: https://aarktica.bandcamp.com
IG: @aarktica_official
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
The blissfully hypnotic “To Love is To Believe” ensues, captivating from the get-go with its simmering strings and rhythmic bolstering, finding a middle ground between dream-pop and trip-hop. - @obscuresound.bsky.social
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New Album: Aarktica - 'Ecstatic Lightsongs' -- Obscure Sound
Ecstatic Lightsongs is the gripping new full-length from Aarktica, the project of Los Angeles-based artist Jon DeRosa. We were introduced to his riveting 2000 debut album, No Solace in Sleep, via its ...
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October 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The blissfully hypnotic “To Love is To Believe” ensues, captivating from the get-go with its simmering strings and rhythmic bolstering, finding a middle ground between dream-pop and trip-hop. - @obscuresound.bsky.social
www.obscuresound.com/2025/10/aark...
www.obscuresound.com/2025/10/aark...
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just got my @aarktica.bsky.social No Solace In Sleep reissue test pressing in the mail! thank you so much Jon. truly a classic album, dear to me for a long time, and hugely influential on how i developed as a guitarist
i hope all my friends have a listen
i hope all my friends have a listen
October 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
just got my @aarktica.bsky.social No Solace In Sleep reissue test pressing in the mail! thank you so much Jon. truly a classic album, dear to me for a long time, and hugely influential on how i developed as a guitarist
i hope all my friends have a listen
i hope all my friends have a listen
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New & Notable: L.A.’s Aarktica sculpt magnificent art rock with no easy comparisons—sweeping songs with the scope of a Tarkovsky film.
Ecstatic Lightsongs, by Aarktica
9 track album
aarktica.bandcamp.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
New & Notable: L.A.’s Aarktica sculpt magnificent art rock with no easy comparisons—sweeping songs with the scope of a Tarkovsky film.
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New blog post! Wrote about new records from Charlie Kaplan @ciwk.bsky.social, Aarktica @aarktica.bsky.social, Friendship Commanders @fcommanders.bsky.social, and People Mover:
Pressing Concerns: Charlie Kaplan, Aarktica, Friendship Commanders, People Mover
Hey, folks. It’s the first Pressing Concerns of the week. Thanks for joining us. We’ve got new albums from Charlie Kaplan, Aarktica, Friendship Commanders, and People Mover below, which…
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October 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
New blog post! Wrote about new records from Charlie Kaplan @ciwk.bsky.social, Aarktica @aarktica.bsky.social, Friendship Commanders @fcommanders.bsky.social, and People Mover:
Ecstatic Lightsongs is featured on Bandcamp today as a New & Notable release ❤️🔥
Available for a limited time as a Name-Your-Price download: Aarktica.bandcamp.com
Available for a limited time as a Name-Your-Price download: Aarktica.bandcamp.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Ecstatic Lightsongs is featured on Bandcamp today as a New & Notable release ❤️🔥
Available for a limited time as a Name-Your-Price download: Aarktica.bandcamp.com
Available for a limited time as a Name-Your-Price download: Aarktica.bandcamp.com
Ecstatic Lightsongs is out today! ✨
“DeRosa delivers ‘a sonic love letter to his earliest influences,’ evoking the artists that initially inspired him like Talk Talk and The Durutti Column” - Opus Zine
Available now on all streaming platforms 🖤
“DeRosa delivers ‘a sonic love letter to his earliest influences,’ evoking the artists that initially inspired him like Talk Talk and The Durutti Column” - Opus Zine
Available now on all streaming platforms 🖤
October 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Ecstatic Lightsongs is out today! ✨
“DeRosa delivers ‘a sonic love letter to his earliest influences,’ evoking the artists that initially inspired him like Talk Talk and The Durutti Column” - Opus Zine
Available now on all streaming platforms 🖤
“DeRosa delivers ‘a sonic love letter to his earliest influences,’ evoking the artists that initially inspired him like Talk Talk and The Durutti Column” - Opus Zine
Available now on all streaming platforms 🖤
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The new @aarktica.bsky.social album is a love letter to Jon DeRosa’s earliest influences, including Talk Talk and The Durutti Column. Listen to one of the album’s highlights.
“Trick of the Light” by Aarktica - Opus
Jon DeRosa’s long-running project delivers one of its most personal albums to date.
opus.ing
October 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The new @aarktica.bsky.social album is a love letter to Jon DeRosa’s earliest influences, including Talk Talk and The Durutti Column. Listen to one of the album’s highlights.
DeRosa delivers ‘a sonic love letter to [his] earliest influences,’ evoking the artists that initially inspired him, like Talk Talk and The Durutti Column.
Indeed, Vini Reilly’s deft touch echoes throughout Trick of the Light’s delicate guitar filigrees.” - @opus.ing
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Indeed, Vini Reilly’s deft touch echoes throughout Trick of the Light’s delicate guitar filigrees.” - @opus.ing
opus.ing/posts/trick-...
“Trick of the Light” by Aarktica - Opus
Jon DeRosa’s long-running project delivers one of its most personal albums to date.
opus.ing
October 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
DeRosa delivers ‘a sonic love letter to [his] earliest influences,’ evoking the artists that initially inspired him, like Talk Talk and The Durutti Column.
Indeed, Vini Reilly’s deft touch echoes throughout Trick of the Light’s delicate guitar filigrees.” - @opus.ing
opus.ing/posts/trick-...
Indeed, Vini Reilly’s deft touch echoes throughout Trick of the Light’s delicate guitar filigrees.” - @opus.ing
opus.ing/posts/trick-...
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October 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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I’ve had mixed results with print-on-demand…
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Ecstatic Lightsongs is out TODAY as a Name-Your-Price Bandcamp exclusive.
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“Ecstatic Lightsongs invites us to step into a sound world where memory, rhythm, and emotion converge in haunting, luminous harmony.” - Apricot Magazine
aarktica.bandcamp.com/album/ecstat...
“Ecstatic Lightsongs invites us to step into a sound world where memory, rhythm, and emotion converge in haunting, luminous harmony.” - Apricot Magazine
October 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Ecstatic Lightsongs is out TODAY as a Name-Your-Price Bandcamp exclusive.
aarktica.bandcamp.com/album/ecstat...
“Ecstatic Lightsongs invites us to step into a sound world where memory, rhythm, and emotion converge in haunting, luminous harmony.” - Apricot Magazine
aarktica.bandcamp.com/album/ecstat...
“Ecstatic Lightsongs invites us to step into a sound world where memory, rhythm, and emotion converge in haunting, luminous harmony.” - Apricot Magazine
Aarktica covers The Chameleons’ “Second Skin,” the third single from the forthcoming Ecstatic Lightsongs album. Out now wherever music is heard.
September 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Aarktica covers The Chameleons’ “Second Skin,” the third single from the forthcoming Ecstatic Lightsongs album. Out now wherever music is heard.
“…blissfully hazy production and gorgeously graceful arrangement.”
Treble Zine has good things to say about Aarktica’s latest single, out today.
Treble Zine has good things to say about Aarktica’s latest single, out today.
September 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“…blissfully hazy production and gorgeously graceful arrangement.”
Treble Zine has good things to say about Aarktica’s latest single, out today.
Treble Zine has good things to say about Aarktica’s latest single, out today.
For the old heads… my first CD release. This one will turn 30 next year, I believe.
Beautiful to see one out in the wild 🖤.
Beautiful to see one out in the wild 🖤.
listening to this again after years and damn!!! What an incredible album…
Not sure how many copies are still around, I’ll keep mine dear!
@aarktica.bsky.social
Dead Leaves Rising - Shadow Complex
Not sure how many copies are still around, I’ll keep mine dear!
@aarktica.bsky.social
Dead Leaves Rising - Shadow Complex
September 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
For the old heads… my first CD release. This one will turn 30 next year, I believe.
Beautiful to see one out in the wild 🖤.
Beautiful to see one out in the wild 🖤.
“Destination Paradise” is the second single from Aarktica’s forthcoming album Ecstatic Lightsongs. Out today everywhere music is heard 🖤
Preorder Ecstatic Lightsongs on CD or LP at Aarktica.bandcamp.com
Preorder Ecstatic Lightsongs on CD or LP at Aarktica.bandcamp.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“Destination Paradise” is the second single from Aarktica’s forthcoming album Ecstatic Lightsongs. Out today everywhere music is heard 🖤
Preorder Ecstatic Lightsongs on CD or LP at Aarktica.bandcamp.com
Preorder Ecstatic Lightsongs on CD or LP at Aarktica.bandcamp.com
“Trick of the Light” is the first single from Aarktica’s forthcoming album Ecstatic Lightsongs. Out now everywhere music is heard ❤️🔥
Preorder Ecstatic Lightsongs on CD or LP at Aarktica.bandcamp.com
Preorder Ecstatic Lightsongs on CD or LP at Aarktica.bandcamp.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
“Trick of the Light” is the first single from Aarktica’s forthcoming album Ecstatic Lightsongs. Out now everywhere music is heard ❤️🔥
Preorder Ecstatic Lightsongs on CD or LP at Aarktica.bandcamp.com
Preorder Ecstatic Lightsongs on CD or LP at Aarktica.bandcamp.com
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Music artists make, on average, only $0.003 to $0.005 per stream, yet platforms like Spotify made over $1.3 billion in profits in 2024.
Let's pass my Living Wage for Musicians Act to take on corporate greed in the music industry and give musicians the fair pay they (cont in reply...)
Let's pass my Living Wage for Musicians Act to take on corporate greed in the music industry and give musicians the fair pay they (cont in reply...)
August 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Aarktica’s forthcoming album Ecstatic Lightsongs available NOW for preorder on LP, CD & Digital. Preorder now and get the new single “Trick of the Light” not available elsewhere.
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August 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Aarktica’s forthcoming album Ecstatic Lightsongs available NOW for preorder on LP, CD & Digital. Preorder now and get the new single “Trick of the Light” not available elsewhere.
aarktica.bandcamp.com/album/ecstat...
aarktica.bandcamp.com/album/ecstat...
Dancing in a Dream feat. Carina Round
Out today everywhere music is heard.
Out today everywhere music is heard.
July 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Dancing in a Dream feat. Carina Round
Out today everywhere music is heard.
Out today everywhere music is heard.
Independent musicians, who do you use for digital distribution? I have used CD Baby since forever, but non-existent customer service is a drag. Distrokid? Any suggestions appreciated 🙏
July 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Independent musicians, who do you use for digital distribution? I have used CD Baby since forever, but non-existent customer service is a drag. Distrokid? Any suggestions appreciated 🙏
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www.kickstarter.com/projects/sam... Help crowdfund a re-release of ISLANDS, my 1985 pre-BlackTape electronic album. If we reach the $6000 goal, my 2025 remix will be out in 3 formats: 140-gram color vinyl, MiniDisc, & cassette.
🔶 Please Share 🔶
a share helps me out a lot! #MinimalSynth #synthwave
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a share helps me out a lot! #MinimalSynth #synthwave
Sam Rosenthal • Islands
Let's fund an LP, MD & cassette of 1985's minimal synth electronic album. Black Tape For A Blue Girl vocalist Oscar Herrera on 2 songs.
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June 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sam... Help crowdfund a re-release of ISLANDS, my 1985 pre-BlackTape electronic album. If we reach the $6000 goal, my 2025 remix will be out in 3 formats: 140-gram color vinyl, MiniDisc, & cassette.
🔶 Please Share 🔶
a share helps me out a lot! #MinimalSynth #synthwave
🔶 Please Share 🔶
a share helps me out a lot! #MinimalSynth #synthwave
All Democrats should take note of this type of messaging. Brilliant and authentic.
On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
June 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
All Democrats should take note of this type of messaging. Brilliant and authentic.
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LA DODGERS just now:
“This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight’s game will be played as scheduled.”
Right on, Dodgers!
More of this, please.
“This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight’s game will be played as scheduled.”
Right on, Dodgers!
More of this, please.
June 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
LA DODGERS just now:
“This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight’s game will be played as scheduled.”
Right on, Dodgers!
More of this, please.
“This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight’s game will be played as scheduled.”
Right on, Dodgers!
More of this, please.
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Last Call ★ Name-Your-Price Download
Aarktica - No Solace in Sleep (2025 remaster)
projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/no-solace-in-sleep-2025-remaster
Kickstarter ★ 12 hours to go for 2LP/CD edition
www.kickstarter.com/projects/aarktica/aarktica-no-solace-in-sleep?ref=e0if4e
@aarktica.bsky.social
Aarktica - No Solace in Sleep (2025 remaster)
projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/no-solace-in-sleep-2025-remaster
Kickstarter ★ 12 hours to go for 2LP/CD edition
www.kickstarter.com/projects/aarktica/aarktica-no-solace-in-sleep?ref=e0if4e
@aarktica.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Last Call ★ Name-Your-Price Download
Aarktica - No Solace in Sleep (2025 remaster)
projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/no-solace-in-sleep-2025-remaster
Kickstarter ★ 12 hours to go for 2LP/CD edition
www.kickstarter.com/projects/aarktica/aarktica-no-solace-in-sleep?ref=e0if4e
@aarktica.bsky.social
Aarktica - No Solace in Sleep (2025 remaster)
projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/no-solace-in-sleep-2025-remaster
Kickstarter ★ 12 hours to go for 2LP/CD edition
www.kickstarter.com/projects/aarktica/aarktica-no-solace-in-sleep?ref=e0if4e
@aarktica.bsky.social
Less than 48 hours left….
I just ordered @aarktica.bsky.social's No Solace in Sleep Kickstarter reissue album. I'm hella excited, this album has been important to me for decades. Please check it out! Only a day or so left. www.kickstarter.com/projects/aar...
Aarktica - No Solace in Sleep
Aarktica's 2000 debut, remastered for 25th anniversary on 2LP & CD. Glacial & haunting ambient guitar songs for drifting & dreaming.
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June 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Less than 48 hours left….