AlphaHistamines

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Band Bio

Not much is known about this duo. They began by manning the computers and noise machines at underground one-off mobile parties that roamed MPLS's Warehouse district before it became the trendy night spot it is today. They have been described as "Happy Industrial", an enormous incongruity to be sure, but as long as the meds don't wear off it works.
Atonal noise jockeys for position amongst some of the catchiest riffs and hooks any pop artist ever achieved. The beats are frenetic and all designed by the computer module, "RMP/BST2000". Logarithms are input and the module performs complex equations based on the input. This culminates in some of the most off-putting beats ever.
Twisting from the pop focus on the hook, here the hooks become the canvas over which the noise is brushed. And these guys apply layer after layer until the canvas is only a texture underneath the art.

(best enjoyed in large doses while staring at a blank white wall)

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Albums / EPs

Light The Lamp Date Released: 8/11/2011   Tracks: 10 Sales: 5   Listens: 5 djRX and ?, his anonymous partner in AlphaHistamines spent the off season scrapping together a roster full of new noise tracks. While retaining their usual frenetic beats, industrial noise and recorded sounds from the rink, this album represents a new direction for AlphaHistamines. For the first time ever they entered the studio with a backing band (non other than UncleDuff's own Tusken). This collaboration gives Light The Lamp a grungy, distorted bar band foundation that is then liberally painted with their well documented noise...Industrialized rock anthems that chug along with the adrenaline of a 3rd line wing crossing the blue line. -engineered by Frey @ the Bassment, MPLS, MN -produced by the Zephyr -djRX uses Apple computers, Akai turntables & the RMP/BST2000 - ? uses B&D power tools, LDF sheetmetal & Christian Bros. hockey sticks Tusken: -Saul Severe = bass -Billy Pilgrim = guitar -London Lloyd = piano, guitar -Winston Smith = drums -published by Headphone Music for Birchwood Sound * UncleDuffRecords * TwentYleven

...go where it's going Date Released: 9/14/2009   Tracks: 12 Sales: 7   Listens: 6 AlphaHistamines are preparing for the opening face off with a new disc of industrialized hockey anthems. Utilizing recorded sounds from the rink, Led Zeppelin samples and as always the RMP/BST2000 computer module, these concoctions of noise are ready to blare from the arena rafters! A.H. use Apple computers, B&D power tools, Christian Bros. hockey sticks & vintage Akai turntables. "Don't go where the puck is... go where it's going" -Wayne Gretzky

the Boots of Sharpened Blades Date Released: 4/17/2009   Tracks: 6 Sales: 6   Listens: 5 To honor the start of the race for Lord Stanley's Cup comes this disc of hockey soundscapes from the happy industrialists. It drops the puck with "the 10 Minute Mark" & closes with an ode to Gordy Howe (a reworking of the Beatles "Revolution #9"). When the Gods of Frost came down from the frozen hinterlands to survey the games of Man, they gave to him sticks and pucks. But the greatest of these gifts bestowed... the Boots of Sharpened Blades for so Man could fly upon the frozen pond.

Popping Pillz Date Released: 3/27/2009   Tracks: 12 Sales: 5   Listens: 4 Recorded straight to HardDrive at "the Rehearsal Space" Mixed by T. McKenna & A. Huxley AlphaHistamines use Apple computers, BlackNDecker powertools, LDF sheet metal & pawn shop keyboards. this album intended to be listened to at maximum volume. if the speakers aren't popping then the trip's not rocking.