Suzanne Sterling (vocals / lyrics), Alex Newman (keyboards / producer), Jason "Drumfire" (percussion)
Influences
Underworld, William Orbit, Medicine Drum, Circulation, Massive Attack, The Orb, Future Sound Of London, Elizabeth Fraser
Sounds Like
It's EDM innit! kinda sorta a tiny bit like... William Orbit , The Orb , Underworld , Orbital , Francois K , Groove Armada , Future Sound Of London , Sasha , Deep Dish
San Francisco-based Alcyone is an exceptional live electronic
music duo. Producer/keyboardist Alex Newman and vocalist/
composer Suzanne Sterling draw upon their years of studio
and stage experience to create a sound that is exciting,
sophisticated, and highly infectious. Drawing on elements of
“classic” electronic music in the vein of Underworld, The Orb and
William Orbit, Alcyone has created an album that is equally
suitable for home listening and the dancefloor.
With their debut full-length album, The Stars Are Real,
Alcyone unveil nine exceptional compositions with flourishes
of ambient, dub, trance, breaks and deep house. On the live
front, Alcyone has become a popular choice with clubbers,
festival-goers, and all-night party people, and led to peak-time
performances at Earthdance, Harmony Festival, Burning
Man’s “Sol System”, Solfest, Anon Salon’s Sea of Dreams,
San Francisco Decompression and many more events.
Such accomplishment in the field of electronic dance music
doesn’t appear overnight. Newman and Sterling bring a rich
legacy of experience to their current sound from their studio
and stage work as producer and lead vocalist of internationally
renowned, pioneering electronic dance act Medicine Drum.
Newman produced, co-wrote, and engineered Medicine
Drum’s 2003 third album “Original Face”, which was given a
rave review by Billboard: “A Major Thrill... one cool track after
another”. Newman and Sterling have toured the USA
extensively and performed internationally with Medicine Drum
as keyboardist and lead vocalist - including the recent
Australian tour, shows in Japan, and as the opening act for
popular electronic/live crossover band Sound Tribe Sector 9
on their 2003 US tour.
more music samples can be found on the band's web site: http://www.alcyonemusic.net/music.html
i would like to give the creators of Alcyone many thanks for the beauty and wisdom you hold in your music...i feel so blessed to have seen you play live in the desert with my partner a few years ago...our new daughter, 8 weeks old now, is beautiful beyond words...we knew we wanted alcyone to be part of her name one night while star gazing...not only for the star but for you and your music as well...thank you for existing...we cant wait to hear more...
me and my love lucid stumbled across the playa last year and were drawn to say the least to your sounds. your guy's music has inspired and changed our lives in the most wonderful way...
...dont know if there any other werds... but thank you, and namaste!! hope to see you guys out there this year...
moonlit shade
