News
1st August 2009
18th May 2009
Go to our MySpace page to see the first installment of Corins' Blog.
21st April 2009
The Revolution EP is now for avaliable on MP3 direct from CD Baby. There are three different versions with vocals from Martin Bernard, Helen White, Wendy Stubbs and Sean Cook from "The Flies'.
26th March 2009
'Two Phased People' - the Alpha and Horace Andy album. Its controversial, it shit hot, its one awesome record and its coming to you this spring. Get your free exclusive track from the album now by going to www.donttouchrecordings.com.
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17th March 2009
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12th March 2009
The Ariel EP is available now - it includes unheard tracks some written when Alpha were called Ariel and before Massive Attack found them and quickly signed them to their label, extra little treasures which can all be yours. Click the link to CD Baby below to make your purchase....Just a little something until the big release coming this year....
4th March 2009
All these releases from the discography are available via
.2nd February 2009
Alpha's third instrumental album 'Made in Space' is now on special offer at CDBaby for a limited time only at $4.99.
26th January 2009
What are your all time top 20 Alpha tracks?
Over at the Alpha facebook group, Dont Touch Recordings are conducting a bit of market research and would like to know from Alpha's fans, their top 20 Alpha tracks. Joins us there to give us your opinions.
13th January 2009
Happy New Year! Please come and join the Alpha group on Facebook - see you there.
7th October 2008
Alpha and Horace Andy have collaborated on a brand new album which will be released early next year. It's so cool it hurts. More news as it comes in.
4th August 2008
Alpha are carrying out a small tour in France in October and November this year - don't miss it because its damn rare occasion.
21st April 2008
Click here to view Wendy's recent interview with Womens Radio and check out their review of The Sky is Mine.
www.alphaheaven.com is back on line and the shop is fully functional for the time being, although www.donttouchrecordings.com out of service at the moment. Sorry for any trouble.
Check out this new review at experimusic - it's great!
21st February 2008
Watch this video of a school choir in the USA singing 'Blue Autumn' from 'The Impossible Thrill' as its really lovely indeed.
8th February 2008
The Sky Is Mine was called ’album of the year 2008’ in Properly Chilled.
7th February 2008
ALPHA REVIEWS
http://www.chaindlk.com/reviews/?id=4169.%3cbr
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Artist: ALPHA
Title: The Sky Is Mine
Format: 2CD (double CD)
Label: Cat'n Roof Records [ info {at} catnroof {dot} com ]
First of all I'd like to point out that Alpha's music isn't my cup of tea at all. I'm not into lushy electronic music with soul components (I can't find a better way to explain it, even if sometimes it remembers me a sort of mellow version of Portishead) and I'm not into Massive Attack either (Alpha released something on their label). This double CD contains twenty four tracks where the sensual whispered voice of Wendy Stubbs enrich the electronic soul melodies performed by Corin Dingley. Fortunately for me there are also tracks I liked where the duo showed a little of their dark side (like on "Brood", "Push" or "Burn me again") and I also dug some instrumental experiments which were mixing jazz and electronics and some of the six remixes but they are too classy. If you are into these sounds I must admit that they are good...
ROOFTOP PROMOTION / VISIONS FROM THE ROOF
Alpha
The Sky Is Mine
Cat'n'Roof
0001
2008
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This two-disc set marks just over ten years since {$Alpha} first exploded
onto the indie techno-trip-pop scene with {^Come from Heaven}, which was
released under the aegis of {$Massive Attack} on what was then their
brand-new {@Melankolic} label. If you liked {$Alpha} then you'll probably
still like them now, though if this marks your first exposure to their music
you may find yourself wondering what all the fuss is about. The group is a
duo comprised of {$Colin Dingley} and {$Wendy Stubbs}; {$Stubbs} provides
all the vocals, and her voice is often the most attractive thing about the
songs -- it's dark in tone but not too murky, and light in texture without
being fluffy. The songs themselves are okay, but they mostly seem like
variations on the same theme, and the variations don't vary much: {&"Burn Me
Again"}, {&"Given Time"}, {&"May"}, and {&"For the Wages"} are all dark and
quiet and not terribly interesting. {&"Stargazing"} evokes 1960s pop in a
good way, while {&"Surely"} does the same in a slightly seasick way. The
album's best track, {&"Home"}, starts out unpromisingly with a desultory and
out-of-tune piano, but then slowly builds in intensity and interest. The
second disc is more interesting, mainly because half of it consists of
beefed-up remixes of songs from the regular program (the other half is bonus
tracks which are also, ironically enough, mostly more interesting than the
main album). Overall, this is a worthy addition to the band's catalog but
probably not a must-have for anyone except diehard fans.
This review will be carried shortly by the All-Music Guide.
FIRST YOU CAN GET IT DIRECT FROM THE US LABEL:http://www.catnroof.com
THEN YOU CAN WALK INTO A RECORD STORE AND BUY IT THERE. OR YOU CAN VISIT ITUNES WHERE ITS BEEN FOR SALE FOR A WHILE NOW OR GO TO WWW.DONTTOUCHRECORDINGS.COM AND FINALLY WWW.ALPHAHEAVEN.COM
MOST OF ALPHA 'S ALBUM PRE DONT TOUCH CAN BE FOUND ON AMAZON, ITUNES AND OTHER INTERNET SITES.
THANKS FOR TAKEN TIME TO READ ALL THIS INFO.
16th October 2007
THE SKY IS MINE IS NOW AVAILABLE ON ITUNES AND HERE'S THE LINK:http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=265937934
30th August 2007
view pictures of Alpha in Paris
www.flickr.com/photos/alain-g/1259459619 click here to view pics of Alpha in Paris.
THE SKY IS MINE THE BRAND NEW VOCAL ALBUM FROM ALPHA. IT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON SEPTEMBER 4TH 2007 AT WWW.DONTTOUCHRECORDINGS.COM.
IT WILL BE SOLD AS CD AND DOWNLOAD. ALSO BRAND NEW ALPHA T SHIRTS WILL BE FOR SALE.
THANKS
ALPHA
16TH February 2007
ALPHA'S RARE VIDEOS FOR 'SOMETIME LATER' AND 'SOUTH' NOW STREAMING ON www.alphaheaven.com
Enjoy.
28th January 2007
review of 'Without Some Help
ALPHA Without Some Help CD (Don't Touch)
Alpha is the electronic project of Corin Dingley, who produced James Roberts' solo album Everything You Know Is Right. James appears here along with an assortment of big names like Coldplay, Jarvis Cocker and Massive Attack. This album is a collection of tracks either remixed by Alpha or collaborations between Alpha and other artists. The tracks range from retro-futuristic electronica with experimental undertones to commercial soul/pop to tracks with massive orchestral arrangements. The tendency to combine a 'big' production sound and music with mainstream appeal with undergroundy and experimental elements is one that works well.
If James Roberts' solo album came as a surprise to anyone familiar with his former bands The Sea Urchins and Delta, then his collaboration with Alpha here will do so even more. Hope Goes Blind is a very commercial soul/pop/electronic track, very unlike anything he's done before, but as is usual with Alpha, the mainstreamness of the song is offset by the addition of rather more adventurous forms of electronica. There's strings, samples and electronic burblings underlying the song and it all sounds pretty impressive. The tune is also amazingly catchy.
I'm not familiar with the original version of Acid Casuals' Bowl Me Over, but the remix here is very innovative, packed full of strange squeaky electronic noises and what sounded for a brief moment like orchestral kettle drums. Alpha and Jarvis Cocker appear here with a cover of Jimmy Webb's This is Where I Came In - sounds very classy, with a huge orchestral arrangement. The collaboration with Wendy Stubbs is another cover, this time Tim Buckley's Song to the Siren. This combines breathy vocals with ambient and orchestral instrumentation - very inventive and impressive. Alpha's remix of Blueneck's LE:465 wraps an understated vocal in enormous swathes of ambient sound.
James Roberts appears again with Yeah So, which originally appeared on his album Everything You Know Is Right. The song itself is early 70s rock in the style of the earlier output of James' former band Delta, but arrangement-wise it brings in a whole host of electronic burblings, orchestral bits and samples, very unlike anything heard from either of James' previous bands.
More info at www.donttouchrecordings.com