Copyright a2RK 2016, all rights reserved.

a2RK are proud to announce their first release: a 3 song EP entitled 'Papillon'. The first track 'Papillon Theme', is the original instrumental labour of love, which sets the mood of the EP. This is followed by 'Wings Of Hope', a 70’s progressive-style rock'n'roller which takes the symbol of hope of Papillon and really gives it some air. The last track is 'St. Martins West', reflecting on memories of growing up in 70’s Leicester within a symphonic, majestic rock song.

The band feels that these 3 songs really define where they are at - but this is only just the beginning. Each member of a2RK contributes to the writing and arrangement of songs as well as being accomplished vocally and musically on different instruments; so stay tuned for more a2RKnews as the band continue to polish, hone, refine and release their material throughout 2017 and beyond...

Personnel……...
Vocals, Guitars, Keys/Kelvyn Martin
Keys, Guitars, Production/Roy Naidoo
Bass, Drums, Guitars, Vocals/Andy Heggs
Drums, Guitars, Vocals	/Adi Barrett

Background...........
a2RK came about directly as a result of Theresa's (Kelvyn’s missus) cancer treatment in 2012; 
""Papillon Contact Radiotherapy.
By delivering high doses of treatment quickly and painlessly directly to the tumour, Papillon gives bowel, skin & other accessible tumour cancer patients a real choice. 40,000 people a year get bowel cancer, nearly 9000 have surgery. If eligible, Papillon avoids the high operative mortality (10-20%) and morbidity (30-50%) especially in the elderly which radical surgery can pose. Papillon is also used in the treatment of some skin cancers & inter-operative breast cancer.""

During a chance conversation with Theresa’s consultant Professor Sun Myint (Head of the Papillon project at Clatterbridge Cancer Clinic) in 2013, Kelvyn was asked to compose an inspirational piece of music for Papillon, to apply his creative genius through those extremely tough days and to raise the profile of this amazingly life-changing radical treatment within the public domain.

Taking inspiration from Mark Davies' "Saving My Arse (Bowel Cancer: A Survivor’s Story)", Kelvyn contacted Roy in the summer of 2014 (a self-proclaimed proggy tech-head) whom he had collaborated with on various projects over the previous 20 years. Throughout 2015 they worked on refining these ideas and fashioning them into recognisable musical arrangements - a truly productive and enlightening time. By the end of 2015, the theme of “an expression of hope” had metamorphosed (like the proverbial Papillon) from the seeds of these original ideas into a collection of song demos. 

Their desire was to develop the demos with the collaboration of fellow musicians in order to crystallise the distilled creative juices into a more robust structure of a band set up, which in early 2016 resulted in fellow multi-talented multi-instrumentalists Andy and Adi completing the current line-up of the band, eponymously creating the band's name: Adi-Andy-Roy-Kelvyn, or a2RK.

Papillon EP

Wings Of Hope

St. Martins West

Papillon Theme

Copyright a2RK 2017, all rights reserved.

At last …. the long awaited 2nd release from a2RK has emerged – after the summer’s tragic and untimely passing of our drummer and friend Adi Barrett – ‘prdctbl:’ (which has proved anything but) has landed squarely on the doormat.

prdctbl: is the Title track – from the pen of Andy (who features on lead vocal) – an evocative tale of a journeyman or is it? Track 2 – ‘Tears’ – Roy’s pulsating ‘bass riff’ driven, heartfelt reflections on the highs'n'lows of love’s emotional rollercoaster. Final track, from Kelv – ‘China Dawn’ – sensual, poetic musings of a fragrant Oriental day-break.  

So, here you have it - ‘prdctbl:’, the follow up to 'Papillon' - whose first track 'Papillon Theme', is a definitive instrumental labour of love, setting the mood – Track 2, 'Wings Of Hope', is a 70’s progressive-style rock'n'roller which takes the symbol of hope of Papillon and really gives it some air. The last track is 'St. Martins West', reflecting on memories of growing up in 70’s Leicester within a symphonic, majestic rock song. ‘Oh, those encounters!’ 

The band is enormously proud of these 2 mini collections, as a definitive representation of where they have reached and where they are moving to – continually working and re-working a host of material - each member of a2RK contributing to the writing and arrangement of songs (including previous collaborations on co-written material from Adi – which have mercifully been saved ‘in the can’). Versatility rules, man – much more to come! 

So stay ‘tuned in’ for now and through 2018 – download the songs, give 'em some ‘welly on yer woofers 'n' tweeters’, tell yer mates, come to the gigs (watch a2RKnews for the dates) as the band continue to polish, hone, refine and release more of their ‘stuff’ ….. “You owe it to yourself, you know” Adi B: 2001 or so...

prdctbl:

China Dawn

Tears

a2RK are an exciting and innovative Progressive Rock band from Leicester, UK:

Kelvyn Martin: Vocals, Guitars.
Roy Naidoo: Keyboards, Programming, Guitar, Vocals.
Andy Heggs: Drums, Bass, Guitar, Vocals.
Alexandre Santos: Guitars.
Mike Fleming: Bass

We are inspired by a multitude of styles, such as Pink Floyd, Genesis, Yes, Porcupine Tree, Spock's Beard, Flower Kings........

Contact us on 
Twitter: @aRKcreativity 
Web: www.arkcreativity.com
Facebook: aRKcreativity
bandcamp: a2RK
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