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The Utopia Strong are a British electronic band formed in Glastonbury, England in 2018. The group are composed of Steve Davis, Kavus Torabi, and Michael J. York. They released their self-titled debut album in 2019 and their second, ''International Treasure'', in 2022.
The Utopia Strong's second album ''International Treasure'' was released in 2022. '' The Quietus'' listed the album at number 25 on their Albums Of The Year So Far Chart 2022. The band appeared on ''BBC Breakfast'' on 25 March 2023. They supported
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History
The Utopia Strong originated from an experimental improvised session in Glastonbury on the evening of 2 January 2018. Steve Davis, a six-timeWorld Snooker Champion
The World Snooker Championship is an annual snooker tournament founded in 1927, and played at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England since 1977. The tournament is now played over seventeen days in late April and early May, and is chronologi ...
, was recognised for his love of progressive rock, soul and jazz-funk. He booked the French progressive rock band Magma to play three sold-out nights at the Bloomsbury Theatre
The Bloomsbury Theatre is a theatre on Gordon Street, Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden, owned by University College London. The Theatre has a seating capacity of 547 and offers a professional programme of innovative music, drama, come ...
and later became a DJ with the radio show Interesting Alternative on Phoenix FM. At a Magma gig, Davis bonded with Iranian-born musician Kavus Torabi, a storied guitarist with Gong and Cardiacs
Cardiacs are an English rock band formed in Kingston upon Thames by Tim Smith (lead guitar and vocals) and his brother Jim (bass, backing vocals) in 1977 under the name Cardiac Arrest. The band's sound fused circus, baroque pop and medieval mu ...
. Davis and Torabi met Coil's Michael J. York after DJing at the 2017 Glastonbury Festival
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, and the three decided to form a band.
The Utopia Strong released their self-titled debut album on 13 September 2019 on Rocket Recordings. The album features a guest vocal appearance by Mediæval Bæbes' Katharine Blake.
The Utopia Strong's second album ''International Treasure'' was released in 2022. '' The Quietus'' listed the album at number 25 on their Albums Of The Year So Far Chart 2022. The band appeared on ''BBC Breakfast'' on 25 March 2023. They supported Steve Hillage
Stephen Simpson Hillage (born 2 August 1951) is an English musician, best known as a guitarist. He is associated with the Canterbury scene and has worked in experimental domains since the late 1960s. Besides his solo sound recording and reprodu ...
's 2023 UK tour, with Torabi also a member of Hillage's backing band.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''The Utopia Strong'' (2019) * ''International Treasure'' (2022)Live albums
* ''Alphabet of the Magi'' (2020) * ''Dreamsweeper'' (2020) * ''Ninth Art'' (2021) * ''Gyre'' (2023)Singles
* "Brainsurgeons 3" (2019, ''The Utopia Strong'') * "Konta Chorus" (2019, ''The Utopia Strong'') * "Strange Altar" (2019) * "Shepherdess" (2022, ''International Treasure'') * "Castalia" (2022, ''International Treasure'')Remixes
* "Rechargeable" (2019, with Snapped Ankles)References
External links
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