Upsilon Acrux is an American progressive rock

Progressive rock

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 band from Los Angeles

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, originally from San Diego, California

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History

Upsilon Acrux first appeared on record on a 1998 compilation entitled Trummerflora 2. Soon after they contributed a song to a compilation entitled Before the Pirates Came. They went from a 4 piece to a 3 piece before releasing 2002's Last Train Out. They expanded to a five-piece, including two drummers for Volucris Avis Dirae-Arum in 2004. By 2006 they had done away with the dual-drummer setup, and signed with Cuneiform Records

Cuneiform Records

Cuneiform Records is an independent record label based in Silver Spring, Maryland.The label releases a mixture of musical styles, including progressive jazz, modern fusion music, progressive rock, the Canterbury Scene and electronic music...

 later in the year. 2007 saw the release of their first album for Cuneiform, Galapagos Momentum. They have just released their sixth full-length album, entitled "Radian Futura," on May 19, 2009.

Members

Several musicians have passed through Upsilon Acrux through its many lineups. Paul Lai has remained with the group since its inception.
Current lineup

• Paul Lai - guitar
• Noah Guevara - guitar
• Mark Kimbrell - drums
• Dylan Fujioka - drums

Founding members

• Paul Lai - guitars, moog
• Cameron Presley - guitars, moog

Former members

• Marty Sataman - bass
• David Moeggenberg - guitar
• Chris Meszler - drums
• Phil Cobb - moog
• Josh Quon - bass
• Muir Tennerstet - bass
• Derek Bruns - drums
• Eric Kiersnowski - bass
• Nick Lejejs - moog
• Brady Miller - guitar
• Jesse (Klecker) Applehans - drums

Guest musicians

• Devin Sarno
  Devin Sarno
  Devin Sarno began CRIB in early 1990 as a solo bass sound project focusing on improvised subsonics. Over the course of a decade his music evolved from high volume feedback experimentation to a sonic examination of the meditative properties of low-end drone music...
  
   - bass (Last Pirates of Upsilon)
• Bobb Bruno - bass (Last Pirates of Upsilon, Last Train Out,)
• Glen (Galaxy) Galloway - baritone sax (In the Acrux of the Upsilon King)
• B. "Iceman" Miller - drums, drum programming (Radian Futura)
• Mike Armstrong - saxophone (Radian Futura, Upsilon Acrux/Honey Ride Me a Goat split)
• Peter Kolovos - guitar (Upsilon Acrux/Honey Ride Me a Goat split)

Discography

• In the Acrux of the Upsilon King (Accretions Records, 1999)
• The Last Pirates of Upsilon (Win Records, 1999)
• Last Train Out (Hactivist Records, 2002)
• Volucris Avis Dirae-Arum (Planaria Records/Epicene Records, 2004)
• Galapagos Momentum (Cuneiform Records
  Cuneiform Records
  Cuneiform Records is an independent record label based in Silver Spring, Maryland.The label releases a mixture of musical styles, including progressive jazz, modern fusion music, progressive rock, the Canterbury Scene and electronic music...
  
  , 2007)
• Radian Futura (Cuneiform Records
  Cuneiform Records
  Cuneiform Records is an independent record label based in Silver Spring, Maryland.The label releases a mixture of musical styles, including progressive jazz, modern fusion music, progressive rock, the Canterbury Scene and electronic music...
  
  , 2009)
• White LP (split LP w/ Honey Ride Me A Goat)(Kitchen Dweller Records, 2009)