Formed in 1982. By 1983 Fiat Lux had signed to Polydor Records, were being championed by BBC Radio 1 in Britain and were touring the UK and Europe. 
The trio folded in 1985 but the surviving members returned to the studio as Fiat Lux in 2017 and are now once again active with new material and as a live act. Vocalist Steve Wright and multi-instrumentalist David P. Crickmore were first discovered by Bill Nelson (ex-Be Bop Deluxe and Red Noise) who produced and released ‘Feels Like Winter Again’ on his own Cocteau label in 1982. It became a UK indie chart Top Ten and an NME Single Of The Week. Later that year Bill’s brother Ian joined Fiat Lux.

Polydor signed them and they began their long term recording relationship with producer Hugh Jones. Tours with Blancmange and Howard Jones followed and the singles – ‘Secrets’ and ‘Blue Emotion’ – both skirted the UK charts. “one of the most criminally underrated singles of the decade.” – Louder than War

UK and European tours followed along with radio sessions and TV appearances in those territories.   Ark Of Embers. Ian Nelson died in 2006. 

Crickmore and Wright reformed Fiat Lux in 2017 releasing a remake of Secrets. There then followed a new album Saved Symmetry in March 2019. In April 2019 came Hired History Plus – A double CD set of the Polydor years including the previously unreleased Ark Of Embers album. Subsequently Universal Music released the back catalogue which formed most of Hired History Plus on all digital platforms. 2019 also saw the announcement of first live gigs from Fiat Lux since the mid 1980s.

ELOHYMN are two parts Chorley and one part Mancunian but are strictly 100 percent post rock prog. Underneath the technical riffs and beats are robot noises and subliminal sonic subtexts. Charging this attack are subtle but essential effects, that shift the pitch and cause sequenced delays, all of which enhances an already spectacularly grand sound.The flipside sound reveals a blossoming anthemic and ethereal 21st Century post rock outlook, that’s captured in the cascading themes, loops and eloquent guitar lines. Elohymn don't have to rely on big chords. Instead they can snap out quick multibeat passage, punctuated with millisecond pauses which lead into the next ascending or descent led theme. The trio create something of a conceptual set, with the backing tracks and consistent, connecting strands. The numbers of course become gigantic by the end, elevating the audience on something of a sonic mountain climb - with such altitude, comes the very best of views"- Manchester Music


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