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Apollo 440 (alternately known as '''Apollo Four Forty''' or '''@440''') are an English Musical Band formed in 1990 in Liverpool by brothers '''Trevor''' and '''Howard Gray''' with fellow Liverpudlians Noko and James Gardner , although Gardner left after the recording of the first album. All members sing and add a profusion of samples, electronics, and computer-based sounds. The name comes from the Greek god Apollo 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 . After relocating to the Camden area of London , Apollo 440 recorded their debut album, '' Millennium Fever '', and released it in 1994 on their own Stealth Sonic Recordings label (distributed by Epic Records ). They have successfully invaded both the Pop Chart s and the dancefloor with their combination of Rock , Techno , and Ambient . They also changed the writing of their name from Apollo 440 to '''Apollo Four Forty''' in 1996 , though switched back for their latest album. The band had been most known for its remixes until the release of ''Liquid Cool'' in the UK. However, it was not until the success of the singles ''Krupa'' and '' Ain't Talkin' 'bout Dub '' that their own musical efforts were brought to international attention — particularly the latter contributed greatly to pushing Apollo 440 into the spotlight. Currently, the band resides in Islington , London, having once again moved its headquarters (affectionately labelled Apollo Control). In 2007, the band played a tribute gig to the late singer Billy MacKenzie and decided to go on after that. They plan for several more gigs and an album that should be out in 2008. DISCOGRAPHY Albums
Singles
Soundtrack s Apollo 440's music is often found featured in various soundtracks of all sorts: movies (notably the reworked theme to the movie Lost In Space ), games, and shows. The list of soundtracks they have contributed to is long - accordingly, this list only includes soundtracks which are ''exclusively'' done by Apollo 440.
VOCALISTS Apollo Four Forty have a history of working together with various vocalists to achieve their musical goals. Whilst their debut album, ''Millennium Fever'', was sung almost exclusively by Noko , the Liverpudlian has since withdrawn from his vocalist status in the band to make way for various guest appearances, including, but not limited to:
TRIBUTES Jean Baudrillard The album ''Millennium Fever'' is a tribute to the French Postmodernist Jean Baudrillard . Since the release of that album, other references to Jean Baudrillard 's works have popped up.
Marcel Duchamp The album ''Dude Descending a Staircase'' has a cover as tribute to Nude Descending A Staircase No. 2 by Marcel Duchamp . Alcor The song ''Liquid Cool'' (released as a b-side in 1993, as a single in 1994, and featured on the ''Millennium Fever'' album) is a tribute to Alcor , a company focused to pursue research into and the organization of Cryonization . The topic is also referenced in the title-song ''Millennium Fever'', which includes the "''I've been dreaming of freezing my mind in California ''" where Alcor was based until 1994. Contact details for Alcor subsequently appeared on the sleeve of the single '' Don't Fear The Reaper '' (a cover of the Blue Öyster Cult song). Omega Point The song ''Omega Point'' references the Concept Of The Same Name , and features a quote from Barrow and Tipler's "''The Anthropic Cosmological Principle''" (p676): "At the instant the Omega Point is reached, life will have gained control of all matter and forces not only in a single universe, but in all universes whose existence is logically possible; life will have spread into all spatial regions in all universes which could logically exist, and will have stored an infinite amount of information, including all bits of knowledge which it is logically possible to know." COVERS, REMIXES, REPRISES, SAMPLES ETC.
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