Chloe Alper
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Chloe Alper (born 13 September 1981) is a British/French musician and artist, best known as a singer and bassist in the British New prog rock group Pure Reason Revolution. Her career began with girl punk band Period Pains. She also works as a designer and artist.
Biography
The Pains
From the age of 13, Alper fronted girl punk band Period Pains, based in Reading. The band formed in 1995 with Alper on vocals, Felicity Aldridge on guitar, Laura Warwick on bass and Laura Viney on drums. Viney was later replaced by Magdalena (Magda) Przybylski.
Their 1997 anti-Spice Girls single, "Spice Girls (Who Do YOU Think You Are?)", was released on Damaged Goods. The disc received airplay from John Peel, for whom they later recorded a session which was later released as an EP.[1] The band were covered by publications including The Daily Mail and Just 17 but only played a few live shows, notably opening in the Dr Martens tent for the 1997 Reading Festival, playing to an audience of around 1000.
Pure Reason Revolution
Alper then joined Reading-based band The Sunset Sound, which eventually became Pure Reason Revolution, contributing vocals, picking up the bass guitar later after the previous bassist left [2]. Alper also plays keyboards, including a midi sample-triggering keyboard during live performances of certain tracks. The band signed to Alan McGee's Poptones label for a one-off release of "Apprentice of the Universe", which peaked at number 12 in the indie charts. Signing to SonyBMG in autumn 2004, the following year saw Pure Reason Revolution releasing two singles and one mini-album.
In March 2005, the band played the South-by-Southwest festival in Texas, before heading out for several dates in on the British club circuit. During this time, PRR supported Mew, Hope of the States, The Deers, Secret Machines and Oceansize, as well as headlining their own gigs, and recorded sessions for Mark Radcliffe's BBC Radio 2 show and XFM.
The first full-length album, The Dark Third, was released in the UK on April 10 2006, and was produced by Paul Northfield (worked with Rush, Porcupine Tree, Gentle Giant, Marilyn Manson, Hole). More recently, Pure Reason Revolution supported Blackfield on their European tour in February 2007 and opened for Porcupine Tree on their European 'Tour of a Blank Planet' in July 2007.
[23] On 28 November 2008 they confirmed their second album would be titled Amor Vincit Omnia and would be released on 9 March 2009.
On 5 March 2009, the band began their most extensive tour to date, comprising about 12 concerts in the UK and approximately 22 in mainland Europe.[24][25] The band were track of the week on Kerrang! Radio and track of the day in Classic Rock Magazine - which also featured a double-page spread on the band in their quarterly prog-rock issue.[26] A single from the album, "Deus Ex Machina", was released as a download only on 24 March 2009. Promo-CDs with three versions of the single were distributed at gigs on the 2009 tour.
Artist
Alper is also a designer and artist. She designed the cover-slip for Pure Reason Revolution's single entitled "Victorious Cupid" that was distributed at tours in 2006 and 2007 to accommodate the free myspace download, which has since become a collector's item. She also designed the cover art for the official "Victorious Cupid" EP release on ORG records in 2008. Recently, she designed the artwork for Porcupine Tree drummer Gavin Harrison's 2007 collaboration with 05Ric, Drop. Alper also designed the album artwork for Pure Reason Revolution's 2009 release, Amor Vincit Omnia. The sleeve contained a 16 page booklet which included 12 pieces of her work. Some limited edition numbered prints of these plates were made available on her website in early 2009.
DJ
Alper often performs under the pseudonym 'Chloe Ramone'. She tends to favour 70s and 80s Disco House, Electronica and Techno.