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Only You For Me in the film: 'The Succeeder' featuring L.Vaughan Spencer (Neil Mullarkey)
L is for Love, not Loser
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Alphaspin - Colonel Joe
Alphaspin - Strange Days live at Knebworth
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About the band
Being a talented foursome with individual musical flair, Ash, Si, Jim and Woz have developed a sound that does not depend upon samples, overproduction and technology to define their groove.
The purpose of Alphaspin is to give audiences a taste of the past where song craft overshadowed fashion and trend and where talent, musicianship and originality came first.
Formed in 1998 as BreakFast, the established line up was thrown together in Early 2001. To date, the band have played mainly London venues such as Borderline, Water Rats Theatre, Metro Bar, Dublin Castle, West One Four, WKD bar, Kashmir Klub, Underworld, Sound, Earls Court Olympia, and recently supported The Who at Knebworth.
The band centres around three singer/songwriters. The resulting sound varies from interesting guitar to high-energy piano led songs. All are big on harmonies crossing many borders of music. (This profile was edited with Thomas Myspace Editor V3.6 .)
About the debut album
Through the Solar Waves
If you're enjoying the songs above, and you'd like to listen to more, our debut album, Through the Solar Waves, is available from:
for iPod users.
Alternatively, if you fancy a hard copy of the album, it is available to purchase online from either:
or from CD BABY.....
for orders in the US,
for orders worldwide, or
for UK buyers only.
Feel free to click here to hear a teaser of the album. The songs on the profile are not necessarily the best songs from the eleven included, so you may find one on Through the Solar Waves that you like even more.
Feedback:
'Piano-led rock' it says here. Which should bring to mind the Keane muppets. Now, get rid of that image, cos this is far better. These London based fellas are more akin to Crowded House, so yes, there are killer songs on here, full of summery pop joy. Much appreciated round here considering the present weather. A&R team, Rough Trade Shops
"I liked it - made me tap my feet quite a lot, and want to dance, it's full of energy. Did you say they had a record deal? I need to wait until they've got a bit more profile - then will get them on." Jamie Theakston, Heart 106.2
"Album of the Week" on Pulse Rated, August 2005
"A fantastic fresh and fun sound that just makes me want to jump about! These guys deserve their break" Lindsay Hooper, Pulse Rated FM
"A great new band reminded me of early Damian Rice particularly liked the last track Only you for me...." Tom Fenner Producer of Steve Wright, BBC Radio 2.
Artist of the Week on karmadownload.com, February 2006
"If you like your pop perfect, and your vocal lines instantly memorable, and your production values high, well look no further!" A&R team, karmadownload.com
"Alphaspin deliver gob smacking piano rock comparable to the likes of early Elton John and The Beatles, Abbey Road era. "A&R team, Halfmoon
"Positively smashing, and very catchy, debut by this British band! EXCELLENT!!!" A&R team, Kool Kat Musik
"Shifting between simple acoustic indie pop to piano-laden Keane-esque ballads, they have the simplistic sound and the right hooks to make it in the industry today. Sometimes simple pop-rock is the way to go. Alphaspin seem to have rounded out a solid sound with some tight musicianship, good vocals and top notch songwriting." Daniel Field, ReadJunk
About the album
The band recently decided to raise some cash and self finance an album. The demos were picked up by a number of producers, the band settling on Ian Grimble (Travis, Texas, Manic Street Preachers) and work began at 2Khz Studios . There they used a 1968 EMI desk that was originally purpose built for John Lennon and Phil Spector for the Imagine album sessions. Further to this, the band used the drumming skills of friend of the band Luke Bullen , (KT Tunstall and Joe Strummer) and the Hammond organ skills of Julian Wilson of Grand Drive .
Recording took about 30 days over the course of 3 months including a trip to Rockfield Studios in Wales, where they recorded the piano (incidentally the Bsendorfer grand played by Mercury on Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody) and the Rhodes organ parts. Ian was keen to capture the retro sound that they have, so avoided modern instruments where possible. Interestingly enough the EMI desk was removed from 2khz upon completion of the album, so it remains the last commercial album to use this legendary equipment.
The album was mastered at Abbey Road Studios by Steve Rooke (Franz Ferdinand, David Bowie and The Beatles).
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