Sons Of Alpha Centauri - Sons Of Alpha Centauri
Catalogue Number // SD006CD
Release Date // November 26th 2007

Alpha (ά) and Omega (ω): The first and last letters of the Greek alphabet.
A phase hence meaning the beginning and end or sum entirety of everything.

‘Alpha Centauri’: /’ælfœ sen’tÞ:rai/ The brightest star in the constellation Centaurus
and the third brightest star visible from within the Earth’s atmosphere
and is orbited every 80-years by the binary sun ‘Proxima Centauri’
the nearest star to the Sun, 4.2 light years away.

BIOGRAPHY:

Sons of Alpha Centauri are an instrumental stoner rock band residing in the Thames Gateway Swale area. Formed on the hottest day of July 2001 by Nick Hannon and Marlon King the project initiated to pioneer alternative riff rock and encapsulate genres from classic rock though to avant-garde experimentation.

The duo wrote 25 tracks before contacting drummer Stevie B. and Andrew Blake to deliver textures, tape manipulations, samples and atmospheric ambience. This completed their line up in spring 2004.

Tracks were composed as numbers (to correspond to their chronological order) and instrumental from onset.

Sons of Alpha Centauri are an equal opportunities rock band and are not associated with any ideologies other than their own. We are not endorsed. The project is self-reinforced and sustained working in liaison with multiple artists to contribute ideas, projections and theories. Conceptual art and landscape photography have been by composed by individuals within the band for both live-set visualisation and artistic impressions.

The debut ‘Sons of Alpha Centauri’ twelve-track concept release consists of a selection of the live studio recordings from the first 35 movements.

‘…to the north of the practice bay are the WWII forts…. the Shivering Sands
and the Red Sands. The north Kent coast and the remains of WWII surround the
Island. The SS Montgomery an abandoned American merchant ship with 5000
tons of TNT onboard which engulfs our home with the threat of looming tsunami
through possible explosion…’

LINE UP:

marlon king – guitars
Originally trained as a Spanish and Classical guitar player since he was five years old Marlon encompasses the musical production of the band from mixing and recording techniques to dynamic writing and orchestration.

nick hannon – bass
Nick is the other half of the riff construction and orchestration program, which is coupled with his foundations in the thread concepts governing the SOAC program musically and artistically.

stevie. b – drums
With 23 years of drumming experience behind him Steve provides the vintage percussionist backbone of the band. His far reaching and wide ranging abilities making him crucial to all rock elements contained within the project.

blake - textures
Blake is a lost soul yet accomplished electronica musician. A tortured visionary held in limbo between anxiety and temporal loss. His atmospherics contained within some of the heavier movements encapsulate his sense of discontent.

'SONS OF ALPHA CENTAURI' CD:
CD: 6-panel digipak. 8-page booket.

01: 2 (05:30)
02: 14 (05:21)
03: 15 (06:08)
04: 26 (05:51)
05: 23 (07:07)
06: 25 (04:47)
07: 28 (05:03)
08: 21 (06:28)
09: 9 (06:14)
10: 31 (04:56)
11: 8 (06:04)
12: 34 (04:24)

Total: 68:00

BAND CONTACT:
info[at]sonsofalphacentauri.co.uk
www.sonsofalphacentauri.co.uk

LABEL CONTACT:
info[at]sounddevastation.co.uk
www.sounddevastation.co.uk

PR CONTACT:
UK // owen[at]heropr.com
Owen Packard - Hero PR
EU // pr[at]creative-eclipse.com
Magnus Jaschke - Creative Eclipse PR
ROW // sdpr[at]sounddevastation.co.uk
Chris Keith-Wright - SDPR

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL:
PR Sheet [pdf]
Exclusive download of '2' [mp3]
Logo [jpg]
Exclusive poster with pre-orders [jpg]


Album art, Sticker, Poster & Badges © Seldon Hunt & SOAC
Photography, Logo & '2' © SOAC