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Apollo 440
electronic rock band
Formed in 1990
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Apollo 440 (also known as Apollo Four Forty or @440) are an English electronic music group formed in Liverpool in 1990. The group have written, recorded and produced five studio albums, collaborated with and produced other artists, remixed as Apollo 440 and as their ambient cinematic alter ego Stealth Sonic Orchestra, and created music for film, television, advertisements and multimedia. They notched up ten UK top 40 singles with three top tens, and had a chart presence worldwide.
The group's name comes from the Apollo program and the frequency of concert pitch—the A note at 440 Hz, often denoted as "A440"—and the Sequential Circuits sampler/sequencer, the Studio 440. They changed the writing of their name from Apollo 440 to Apollo Four Forty in 1996, though they switched back for their latest album. To date, Apollo 440's remixes have included OMD, U2, P. Diddy/Jimmy Page, Jean-Michel Jarre and Ennio Morricone. Among their Stealth Sonic Orchestra remixes are a series of Manic Street Preachers singles.
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Apollo 440 est un groupe musical britannique formé en 1990 à Liverpool par Trevor Gray et son frère Howard Gray, ainsi que Norman Fisher-Jones (Noko). Tous les membres chantent et utilisent allègrement samples et bruit électronique.
Ils feront une première fois parler d'eux en remixant le titre Even Better Than The Real Thing de U2 (1991), en proposant pour l'une des premières fois une version "dance" d'un morceau rock.
Après avoir migré dans le quartier de Camden à Londres, Apollo 440 a enregistré son premier album Millennium Fever et l'édite en 1994 sur son propre label Stealth Sonic Recordings (distribués par Epic Records).
En 1996, ils changent l'écriture de leur nom pour Apollo Four Forty avant de revenir à la version chiffrée vers 2001.
Actuellement, le groupe réside dans Islington à Londres dans un nouveau siège social affectueusement appelé Apollo Control.
Billy Mackenzie écrit les paroles de Pain in any langages (Electro Glide in blue) avant de se donner la mort en 1997.
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Discography
Albums
- 1994 Millennium Fever
- 1996 Full Album Sampler
- 1997 Electro Glide in Blue
- 1999 Gettin’ High on Your Own Supply
- 2003 Aka Stealth Sonic Orchestra
- 2003 Dude Descending a Staircase
- 2012 The Future’s What It Used to Be
EPs
- 1993 Rumble EP
- 1999 Rejected EP
- 2001 Say What?
- 2011 A Deeper Dub EP
Singles
- 1991 Blackout
- 1991 Destiny
- 1991 Lolita
- 1992 Lolita-Destiny '92
- 1993 Ain’t Talkin’ ’Bout Dub
- 1993 Astral America
- 1994 Liquid Cool
- 1995 (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
- 1996 Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Dub
- 1996 Krupa
- 1997 Carrera Rapida (Theme From Rapid Racer)
- 1997 Raw Power
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- 1998 Rendez-vous 98
- 1998 Lost in Space
- 1999 Stop the Rock
- 1999 Heart Go Boom
- 2000 Stadium Parking Lot
- 2002 Dude Descending a Staircase