Listen Up: Astrea Corp Gets Experimental on ‘Local Vibes’

Episode 25

Mark Kemp and Ryan PitkinJanuary 11, 2018May 17, 2025

Not many folks move to Charlotte with the sole intention of entering the music scene, but that’s what Mike and Carly Astrea did about two and a half years ago, and they’ve since brought Will Gilreath on to the experimentalist trip-hop group Astrea Corp they formed in south Florida.

We talk to the trio about how they showed up on the local scene with dimebags of downloadables and have helped it grow since then.

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[From left] Will Gilreath, Mike Astrea, Carly Astrea and Ryan Pitkin.

This article appears in Jan 10-16, 2018.

Ryan Pitkin

Ryan Pitkin began his journalism career at Creative Loafing as an intern, later becoming the writer of CL's satirical column, The Blotter, and recently became the News Editor. Other publications he has... More by Ryan Pitkin

Mark Kemp

Mark Kemp is Creative Loafing's former editor-in-chief, and the author of Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race and New Beginnings in a New South. He is currently the senior editor of Our State magazine.... More by Mark Kemp