Biography
Old Arc is the collaborative work of Stefen Lazer & Austin Lee, from Santa Cruz, California. Founding in late 2009, the duo has released multiple independent releases including: their debut self titled E.P. along with two singles “Stay Calm” & “Queen of dusk”. Besides independent releases Old Arc has worked with Amdiscs to bring us a digital single entitled “Sleepcatcher” (http://www.amdiscs.com/?page_id=3719) with remixes by Space Ghost, The Cogito, and Forest Dre∆m. OA has also released a numerous selection of songs that is only obtainable via DIY merchandise currently only accessible at their shows.
Lazer & Lee have remixed the likes of Alex Winston, Local Natives, Flash Fiction, Persona La Ave, Toro Y Moi, & Religious Girls.
Old Arc’s live set is similar to a meta-physical journey to enlightenment. The duo put’s extreme effort and energy into their performance, taking a substantial effect on their audience’s status of interest. Many performances are interpretive scenes of costume and sensory band/audience interactions, based on their conceptualized fictions & theories, the two, share in common.
In 2012 Stefen Lazer & Austin Lee recruited 3 new members to their live performance including: Kail Smith (Vocals) Mason Rosenberg (Bass) & Gregory James (Drums).
Though many of the Old Arc recordings are primarily digital, the band has indefinitely captured & enriched the true sound and soul of the live performance with the new members.
Since ’09 Old Arc has performed alongside: Pictureplane, Blackbird Blackbird, Born Gold, Seapony, oOoOO, Whirr, Meat Market, Persona La Ave, Kites Sail High, Happy Trendy, Placentaur, Little Ghost, Yalls, Nursery, Prism Pane, Bro Montana, Dom, Thee Bank, Foxes in Fiction, Babe Rainbow, Call Before You Dig, R&B Millionaires, Soft Metals, Phantom Kicks, Grizzly J, Aeropsia, Tree, Superman Fast, Nikhil, Jolly Llamas, Wolf feet, Cousins, Wanderdusk, Butterclock, Religious Girls, Netherfriends, Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt, Horrorscopes, Dempsey, Birdhand, Cuckoo Chaos, and more.
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