Astro is the solo project of Japanese musician Hiroshi Hasegawa of the influential noise music group C.C.C.C. Astro's music is made using a Moog synthesizer and covers a wide range of styles in the experimentalpsychedelic music field, from space music to psychedelically tinged harsh noise. Noise music is music that uses sounds regarded as unpleasant or painful under normal circumstances. ... C.C.C.C. is a noise band from Japan, one of the original bands in this genre, alongside such bands as Merzbow and Incapacitants. ... Bob Moog Dr Robert A. Moog (born May 23, 1934) is the inventor of the Moog synthesizer. ... Experimental music is any music that challenges the commonly accepted notions of what music is. ... Psychedelic music is a musical style inspired by or attempting to replicate the mind-altering experience of drugs such as cannabis, psilocybin, mescaline, and especially LSD. Psychedelic music is a misnomer and should properly be called psychedelic rock music, but for the purposes of this article it is not rigorously... Space music is a style of music often without conventional melodic, rhythmic, or vocal components, which can give the listener a sense of consciousness which can include floating, flying, and cruising. ... Harsh noise is a genre of music that uses no (or minimal) synths, no (or minimal) acoustic instruments, and is created almost entirely by electronic feedback and distortion, along with aimless samples. ...