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". This article is about the city in England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Electronica is a term that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ... Electro rock is a sub-genre of punk. ... Big beat (sometimes called chemical breaks) is a term devised in the mid 1990s by the British music press as a way of describing the work of The Chemical Brothers, but was defined by the work of Fatboy Slim and The Prodigy. ... Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at that time. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... For other uses, see Dance (disambiguation). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 550 Music is a defunct imprint of Epic Records, a subsidiary of Sony BMG. 550 is named after the address of the Sony building located at 550 Madison Avenue in New York. ... Epic Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Sony BMG. // Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... Norman Fisher-Jones (also known primarily as Noko, which he will be referred to henceforth) is a multi-instrumentalist musician who was born in Liverpool (UK). ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... In music, a band is a group of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of a musical arrangement. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... This article is about the city in England. ... Norman Fisher-Jones (also known primarily as Noko, which he will be referred to henceforth) is a multi-instrumentalist musician who was born in Liverpool (UK). ... James Gardner is a British-born musician and composer (born Liverpool, 1962), now resident in New Zealand. ... Lycian Apollo, early Imperial Roman copy of a fourth century Greek original (Louvre Museum) In Greek and Roman mythology, Apollo (Ancient Greek , Apóllōn; or , Apellōn), the ideal of the kouros (a beardless youth), was the archer-god of medicine and healing, light, truth, archery and also a... In music, pitch is the perception of the frequency of a note. ... The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the SI unit of frequency. ... A440 is the 440 Hz tone that serves as the standard for musical pitch. ...

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 charts 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. Camden Town is an area of north London in the London Borough of Camden. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Millennium Fever is the debut album by electronic group Apollo 440. ... Epic Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Sony BMG. // Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... The hit parade is the list of songs most popular at any given time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Rock and roll. ... Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at that time. ... Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronic music, new age, rock and roll, modern classical music, reggae, traditional, world and even noise. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

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. Aint Talkin bout Dub is a song by Apollo 440, released in 1997. ...

Currently, the band resides in Islington, London, having once again moved its headquarters (affectionately labelled Apollo Control). Islington is an inner-city district in north London. ...

Discography

Albums

• Millennium Fever (1994)
• Electro Glide in Blue (1997)
• Gettin' High on Your Own Supply (1999) #20 UK
• Dude Descending a Staircase (2003)

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Singles

• Lolita (1991)
• Destiny (1991)
• Blackout (1992)
• Rumble E.P. (1993)
• Astral America (1994) #36 UK
• Liquid Cool (1994) #35 UK
• (Don't Fear) The Reaper (1995) #35 UK
• Krupa (1996) #23 UK
• Ain't Talkin' 'bout Dub (1997) #7 UK
• Raw Power (1997) #32 UK
• Carrera Rapida (1997)
• Rendez-Vous 98 (with Jean Michel Jarre; 1998) #12 UK
• Lost in Space (1998) #4 UK
• Stop The Rock (1999) #10 UK
• Heart Go Boom (1999) #57 UK
• Promo only: Cold Rock The Mic / Crazee Horse (2000)
• Charlie's Angels 2000 (2000) #29 UK
• Say What? (with 28 Days; 2001) #23 Australia
• Dude Descending A Staircase (feat. The Beatnuts; 2003) #58 UK

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Soundtracks

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. // In film formats, the sound track is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ... In 1998, New Line Cinema produced a feature-length motion picture adaptation of the 1965-68 CBS television series Lost In Space. ...

• Rapid Racer (1997), format: PlayStation CD (Audio CD plus game data track). The soundtrack was also available as an extra CD, as part of the limited edition double cd single release of "Carrera Rapida"
• EyeToy: AntiGrav (2004), format: PlayStation 2 DVD

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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: Norman Fisher-Jones (also known primarily as Noko, which he will be referred to henceforth) is a multi-instrumentalist musician who was born in Liverpool (UK). ... Liverpool skyline. ...

• Billy MacKenzie on Pain In Any Language (Album: Electro Glide in Blue), coincidentially the last song Billy recorded.
• Ewan MacFarlane on Electro Glide in Blue (Album: Electro Glide In Blue) and numerous tracks on the Dude Descending a Staircase album
• Xan on Something's Got to Give (Album: Dude Descending a Staircase)
• Jalal Nuriddin on Children of the Future (Album: Dude Descending a Staircase)
• The Beatnuts on Dude Descending a Staircase (Album: Dude Descending a Staircase)
• Elizabeth Gray on Christiane (Album: Dude Descending a Staircase) and Stealth Mass (Album: Electro Glide in Blue)
• Mary Mary (Ian Hoxley) on Ain't Talkin' 'bout Dub, Raw Power (Album: Electro Glide in Blue) and Stop The Rock (Album: Gettin' High On Your Own Supply).

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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. Postmodernism (sometimes abbreviated as Pomo or PoMo) is a term used in a variety of contexts to describe social conditions, movements in the arts, economic and social conditions and scholarship from the perspective that there is a definable and differentiable period after the modern, or that the 20th century can... Jean Baudrillard (born June 20, 1929, in Reims, died March 6, 2007 in Paris) (IPA pronunciation: [1]) was a French cultural theorist, philosopher, political commentator, and photographer. ... Jean Baudrillard (born June 20, 1929, in Reims, died March 6, 2007 in Paris) (IPA pronunciation: [1]) was a French cultural theorist, philosopher, political commentator, and photographer. ...

• The track Astral America, references Baudrillard's America essay, where the term originates.
• The track The Perfect Crime, references Baudrillard's book of the same name.
• The lyrics of Stealth Requiem reference the Baudrillardian concept of hyperreality. At one point a female voice says "Ravishing hyperrealism ... Mind blowing", and later quotes directly from America (1988): "The exhilaration of obscenity; the obscenity of obviousness; the obviousness of power; the power of simulation."

Marcel Duchamp

The album Dude Descending a Staircase has a cover as tribute to Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2 by Marcel Duchamp. Marcel Duchamp. ... 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). This bigfoot Dewar is custom-designed to contain four wholebody patients and six neuropatients immersed in liquid nitrogen at −196 degrees Celsius. ... A Dewar human cryopreservation unit utilized by Alcor Life Extension Foundation Cryonics (often mistakenly called cryogenics) is the practice of cryopreserving humans or animals that can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine until resuscitation may be possible in the future. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... (Dont Fear) The Reaper is a song by the Blue Öyster Cult from the 1976 album Agents of Fortune. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

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." Omega point is a term invented by French Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to describe the ultimate maximum level of complexity-consciousness, considered by him the aim towards which consciousness evolves. ...

Covers, remixes, reprises, samples etc.

• Ain't Talkin' 'bout Dub uses a sample from a popular hit of hard rock band Van Halen, Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love.
• For the Depeche Mode tribute album For the Masses, Apollo 440 covered I Feel You.
• Liquid Cool seems to include a Blondie sample (from the song Fade Away and Radiate in Parallel Lines).
• Stop the Rock's guitar riff comes from Caroline, originally played by Status Quo and the howling theremin comes from The Beach Boys Good Vibrations (heard from 0:25 to 1:41); both these claims are unconfirmed.

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Trivia

• Stop the Rock (particularly portions containing the lyrics "can't stop the rock") is played after each goal scored at home games of the Toronto Rock Lacrosse team.

• Howard Gray, along with Art Brut/Razorlight producer John Fortis, produced Assembly Now's Apollo Control Demo at Apollo 440's London-based recording studio Apollo Control.

• "Can't Stop The Rock" has become a fad on the spoof site ytmnd.com. YTMNDs generally set the refrain "You can't stop the rock/Can't stop the rock" to a clip of Indiana Jones running from a boulder in Raiders of The Lost Ark

• As part of the 1998 FIFA World Cup celebrations, Apollo 440 performed an open-air concert with Jean Michel Jarre

• Apollo 440 were accused of using a Status Quo sample in "can't stop the rock". The band refuted this, saying that it was a riff that they had recorded themselves, although it is very much in the style of Status Quo.

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External links

• Official site
• The Stealthography
• coldrockin' Apollo 440 site
• Complete Discography including Live performances and lots of samples