Since first forming in 2002, Irish post rock instrumental group God Is An Astronaut has released a dozen studio albums to date. Their latest album ‘Embers’, sees the group, comprised of twin brothers Torsten Kinsella (guitars) and Niels Kinsella (bass), and Lloyd Hanney (drums) – continue to build and expand upon their sonic tapestry of evocative and mesmerising instrumentals. The complexity of their recorded output features multi-instrumentation, and layers of sounds and textures the group masterfully recreate in the live environment within the constraints of their three-person line-up. Using solely their instruments and supplemented by an array of pedals, microphones and backing tracks which are only utilised in regards to enhancing the sounds.

Hugely popular in Europe and the US, the group finally toured Australia for the first time in February and AudioTechnology was invited to go behind the scenes with Torsten Kinsella at their Melbourne show.