Upsilon Acrux
United States · formed 1997 · last active 2015
Upsilon Acrux is an American avant-progressive / math rock band founded in 1998 by guitarist Paul Lai, who started the group near San Diego before relocating to Los Angeles. Built on interlocking twin-guitar counterpoint, odd meters and a frequently rotating cast of players around Lai as the sole constant, they trade in a dense, athletic, largely instrumental 'brutal prog' indebted to King Crimson and Japanese noise-rock forebears like Ruins. They released their most widely heard albums, Galapagos Momentum (2007) and Radian Futura (2009), on the Maryland avant-rock label Cuneiform Records.
SCORE PROFILE
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MEMBERS
- Paul Laiguitar, Moog
- Cameron Presleyguitar, Moog
- Tommy Cutlerbass, vocals
- Noah Guevaraguitar
- Patrick ShiroishiRhodes, saxophone
- Dylan Fujiokadrums
CONNECTIONS
- Deafheavenpath →
Allison Schulnik provided artwork for both Deafheaven's New Bermuda (2015, "Artwork") and Upsilon Acrux's Radian Futura (2009, "Artwork [Back]"). Freelance artist with no atlas band membership -- pairwise per the artwork exception to the hub-and-spoke rule. source ↗
- Mats/Morganpath →
Shared label roster: Cuneiform Records, per MusicBrainz. source ↗
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