Pete Bain was an original member of Spacemen 3, with them for all their most important recordings, and he later formed The Darkside. Alpha Stone is his new band- "Like a less sublime, more groovy, danceable Spiritualized, the band merges spacey riffs with urban samples and mechanical drumbeats. Alpha Stone's down-to-earth sensibility and out-of-this-world sounds have an appeal of their own." (Magnet). Read more on Last.fm