Alpha (band)

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Name = Alpha


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Origin = Bristol, England
Genre = Trip hop, Downtempo, Lounge music, Chill Out
Years_active = 1996–present
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Associated_acts = Martin Bernard, Kelvin Swaby, Helen White, James Roberts
URL = [http://www.alphaheaven.com/ www.alphaheaven.com]
Current_members = Corin Dingley Wendy Stubbs Peter Wild
Past_members = Andy Jenks

Alpha is a trip hop/electronica group, comprising founder member Corin Dingley, Wendy Stubbs and Peter Wild - founder member Andy Jenks left the set-up before the release of their most recent album "The Sky Is Mine". The duo of Dingley and Jenks formed Alpha in 1996 after working on various projects in the Bristol area; from where trip-hop originated and which also included Massive Attack and Portishead. Like Massive Attack, Alpha recruited singers to add vocals to their downtempo, beat-driven compositions of the late 1990's, which led to them being included in the category of "Post Trip-Hop". "ComeFromHeaven", their debut LP was the first release on Massive Attack's Melankolic label in 1997. They are currently on Don't Touch Recordings, a label they founded.

Discography

* "ComeFromHeaven" (September 30, 1997)
* "" (September 22, 1998)
* "The Impossible Thrill" (March 20, 2001)
* "Stargazing" (March 23, 2004)
* "Made In Space" (Instrumental album, web released only)
* "Lost In A Garden Of Clouds (Part 1)" (Second instrumental album)
* "Lost In A Garden Of Clouds (Part 2)" (Third instrumental album)
* "Secret EP" (May 14, 2006)
* "Without Some Help" (2006)
* "Without Some Help. Net Edition" (2006)
* "The Sky Is Mine" (September 4, 2007)

External links

* [http://www.alphaheaven.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.donttouchrecordings.com/ Official label]
* [http://www.myspace.com/alphastargazin/ My Space]