Analogue Transit was formed in 2006 while band members Kwaku Aning and Jeff Shreiner were working on a separate rock project, and the group was officially launched in 2007.  The name Analogue Transit represents the group’s mission to bridge digital production with analogue sounds and traditional song writing.  A cross between hip-hop, rock and electronica with pop elements, lead sing Kwaku Aning lends his salt and pepper vocals and guitar as Jeff programs and runs the digital sequences, plays synthesizer and accompanies with vocals.

Recently voted one of New York City’s top 50 independent bands in Deli Magazine’s December 2008 Readers Poll, Analogue Transit is quickly making a name for itself in New York and beyond.  The band played at the famed Brooklyn Academy of Music’s “Sounds Like Brooklyn” festival and was also selected for “Make Music NY”, a day of independent music throughout New York’s five boroughs. Their recent touring schedule included gigs in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, and upstate New York, as well as several local performances in their hometown of Brooklyn, NY.

In addition to their paid performances, ATR maintains a strong devotion to their community and charitable work. During B.E.A (Brooklyn’s Emerging Artists) Rock Camp, the band performed for young teens, taught workshops and donated musical instruments in an effort to promote learning and support music programs for the city’s youth.  They also donated time and performed for the “Play in the Playground Project”, where volunteers revitalized a dilapidated playground in NYC.  The band was so well received, they were asked to come back and perform during the ribbon cutting ceremony. 

“Breathe,” a lead single from Analogue Transit’s debut album Gearheart, is featured on the recent compilation Acoustic 4 Autism, the proceeds of which go to benefit research on and raising the awareness of autism in children. In September, they contributed a performance to “Banding Together: A Benefit for the Spondylitis Association of America” which was streamed during a weekend long web-a-thon to raise money for Spondylitis research.  Other upcoming work includes a benefit for “First Book”, a charity that raises money to provide school books to schools in underprivileged districts.