blasterdition - biography

biography

blasterdition is one of many projects by new-south-wales based songwriter/human being/early teenager dimitri athannasaskis. the name came about in 2018 back when he was still an avid geometry dash player and was figuring out a new moniker to go by. the first thing that ended up coming to mind was "blasterdition" as he thought that it sounded cool. however as time went on, he became more and more disillusioned to where he doesn't really enjoy saying it nowadays. he also changed his name to "yugen" after a song by argentinian dark ambient act repulsive for about three seconds in february or march of 2022.

blasterdition was originally intended for his more gaming-oriented type things. however on may 15, 2021, he wrote his first ever original song. it was above mediocre. inevitably as time passed, his focus shifted from video game related output to his more auditory endeavours. this eventually culminated in him recruiting his friends kyle truscall and adam ferrader along with him. athannasaskis took charge of guitar, synthesisers, and his voice. truscall was the boy playing bass synth and sampling, and ferrader did drum programming.

the currently-trio recorded a demo CD on february 2022 in dimitri's bedroom. throughout the month they also recorded early demo versions of the first six tracks in the morning coffee rush album. the idea for the album came about on a bus ride to his school. in mid-april in 2022 they welcomed dominic borriello into their collective, turning it from a trio into a quartet. he was their second (third if you count kyle) synth player, and also played percussion (i.e. an electric fan and a metal water bottle with no-brand drumsticks). this is also when the recording sessions for their second demo CD, "as performed by..." commenced. it was also recorded in dimitri's bedroom with the sessions taking place in april and may. eventually the three ended up growing disinterested, and dimitri allowed them to go as they pleased in around about june.

from there, his focus shifted to uploading more songs on his own online, and juggling this with creating art for his friends, something he'd already been doing since the very start of the year. general chaos occured throughout this period up until the end of 2023, and honestly there's not much to say about this period. he had an extended play in progress called "postcards and dead ends", which was intended to be released on august 7, 2023, but is still in waiting today.

considering his influences ranging from nine inch nails to jeromes dream to radiohead to bill wurtz to massive attack to aphex twin to the dillinger escape plan to joy division, he never really sticks to one particular genre when creating songs, however he prefers the more intense styles like emoviolence and drum-n-bass.