Aliensix13
Alien#six13 - Techno/Electro Dance music from the UK - debut album - Establishing Alpha
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Holding onto Something Holding onto Something
A clip from 'Holding onto Something', one of the more poppier tunes on the album.
Alien#six13 - Techno/Electro Dance music...Band/artist history
Geoff Pinckney - Male - born 3rd July 1969, Harlow, Essex. UK
In August 1990, after meeting at an old club called THE FLAG , Geoff Pinckney and Ian Davies combined their musical skills to form GLASSHOUSE. Their idea was to produce music that was an integration of all their heroes and influences from the 80's.
A year later, with a stock of catchy synth-pop tunes, they set off as support band for GARY NUMAN, on his 'Emotion' tour. This was a great acheivement and a dream come true.Thanks to Gary they gained a lot of experience and followers, their first insight into the world that was previously out of reach. The following year had them supporting Gary on his 'Isolate' tour in March, again they were well received.
This led to regular gigs in and around London playing to an ever increasing audience and the appearence of guitarist Pete Steer ('Shockwork' and 'En' fame).
Still as GLASSHOUSE the band continued writing and gigging until August of '96 when Pete left the band to persue his own musical direction. After much thought Geoff and Ian decided that GLASSHOUSE had exhausted itself and it was time to start again. With a new name and a different attitude towards their music THE NINE was born and so was a new, refreshing sound, still with the influence of the 80's but in a more contemporary style.
Their change of attitude led them to signing with the popular synth-pop label A DIFFERENT DRUM, based in Provo, Utah, giving the band the chance to reach a much wider audience, taking them into America and Europe. The debut album 'Native Anger', released in 1998, firmly established them in the scene.
In 2000 they recruited Neil Dansey, who, as well as a guitarist, contributed to the writing process pushing their sound further. The fruits of which resulted in another successful release - 'Dreamland'.
After 12 years or so as singer / songwriter with The Nine, Geoff Pinckney felt the need to pursue other projects, a chance to write music outside of the confines of the band. The first of which is the oddly named Alien#six13. After more than 2 years exploring many different musical genres and the debut single, 'Imagery of Ecstasy' (released 2001), a dabble with Trance music, Geoff found his direction, the result of which is the debut album, 'Establishing Alpha' (released June 2004), an amalgamation of Techno, Electro and Dance music. All tracks were produced using a minimal setup for a more spontaneous approach. Taking advantage of the advances of music software and virtual synthesis Geoff was able to produce the entire album using only Propellerheads Reason and Emagic Logic, keeping everything in the digital domain and all on an Apple 867mhz G4 Powerbook laptop.Have you performed in front of an audience?Alien#six13 is a studio project. There are no plans to take it on the road but things can change!
Your musical influences
Goldfrapp, The Prodigy, Kylie, Human League, Air, Gary Numan, Kraftwerk, Chemical Brothers, The Crystal MethodWhat equipment do you use?
Apple G4 867mhz Powerbook running Reason 2.5 and Logic Audio 6.3 on OSX, M-Audio Firewire 410, M-Audio UC33, Supernova II rack, Korg Trinity Plus, Korg Monopoly.
Cambridgeshire,
United Kingdom
ID
202326
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