Best New Band in Boston" is not a title given lightly to electronic rock innovators MOONRAKER. If a nod at the 2003 Boston Music Awards isn't enough to intrigue the listener, then check out Moonraker, their self-titled release on Immergent Recordings, dropping nationally September 23, 2003.

MOONRAKER met at school in Boston in 2000 and started experimenting with electronic music. As film students, David Moltz and Kody Akhavi were immersed in off-beat cinema, which found its way into their long Friday night rehearsals. Their cohort Dan Mintzer soon found a passion for emulating the drum machine. With the addition of Daniel Chen and Kelli Scarr--by way of a street flyer --the band started playing gigs at TT the Bears and the Middle East in Boston. During the winter of 2000, MOONRAKER won a Boston area contest that secured them enough money to record their debut LP Nada Brahma, which sold 5,000 copies independently.

Within the next two years, MOONRAKER was performing alongside Lake Trout, Elefant, Joan Osbou