Area 11



Area 11 are a Bristol-based rock band, who are combining Western rock with traditions of Eastern music to form a Gaijin Rock band. Taking their cue from the music found in popular Japanese animation, the band mix punishing lead guitar lines, synth hooks and soaring vocals to deliver a polished and upbeat sound, which is both familiar and unique.

The official description from their site www.area-11.co.uk

Area 11 are also known for co-operating with the Yogscast, mainly by composing music for them. The most famous piece is the Yogscast's outro music, which is based on a tune of Area 11's song Euphemia. Upon the release of their first album, the outro was put on the end of their song Vectors.

Sparkles* was also a competitor in the Survival Games, and Crown Conquest (along with Parv). Sparkles* and Parv are also the only ones working at YogTowers, and it has been noted by Martyn that the rest of the band visits them there often.

Along side their music Area 11 also post playthroughs of games and different comedy sketches on their Youtube channel.

They played a series of | Worms Revolution which features the band and guest Duncan.

Parv has also done a playthrough of the | Witcher 2.

Sparkles* has also done a playthrough of the very first | Tomb Raider game.

Sparkles* and Sjin are doing a playthrough of Day of the Tentacle.

Leo also started a playthrough of | Prince of Persia

Kogie works on a lot of different sketches for the Area 11 channel which include | Double Leg Cross, | Riddles and | Cereal.

In December 2012, Area 11 made a song called Minecraft Christmas to help raise funds for the Yogscast Honey Drive 2012 fundraiser.

On January 31st 2013 Area 11 released their first album All The Lights in the Sky (album). This finished at 75th in the UK album charts and 10th in the UKs Rock album charts.

In April 2013, Area 11 released their single Shi no Barado, featuring vocalist Beckii Cruel, taken from their debut album All The Lights in the Sky (album). This single charted at number 12 in the Indie charts and number 1 on the Indie breakers charts. 250 hard copy's of the single were made, some were sent to magazines or blogs to be reviewed. The rest were sold at Area 11s gigs along with limited edition Shi No Barado t-shirts. After Area 11 finished their gigs they then sold the remaining CDs and t-shirts on their website which sold out in under two hours. When buying these CDs Elevens were given the chance to request for it to be signed by the band and possibly Adam Davis and/or Beckii Cruel.This can be seen in the picture to the right.

Along side their realise of Shi No Barado, Area 11 did a Minecraft series called | Gigacraft which has many links to | Digital Haunt The band released a new single entitled "GO! Fighting Action Power!" on the Sunday of May 12th, 2013. This single was made for the new cartoon 'Bravoman' and can be seen here. This can also be seen live | here.

Sparks told the people in Radio Sparkles* that the band was already working on new music and they had 2 bars of a new song already. He also explained that band hope to bring back songs that were cut from All The Lights in the Sky (album) such as Human is Dead;Mismatch and Homunculus.

On Friday the 19th of July, Area 11 streamed a live gig from justjamit.com. Their set list included System;Start, Vectors , Go!! Fighting Action Power, Knightmare/Frame , a cover of Haruka Kanata , The Strays , Euphemia , Shi No Barado with Beckii and finishing with Heaven Piercing Giga Drill.

Members

 * Tom Clarke (Sparkles*) – Vox, KeytarCassandra_5th_member.png
 * Alex Parvis (Parv) – Guitar
 * Jonathan Kogan (Kogie) – Bass
 * Leo Taylor – Drums
 * Cassandra - Guitar? As stated by Sparks in this Tumblr post that shes the 5th member and plays guitar.

Albums

 * Blackline EP (2012)
 * BLACKLINE 「COMPLETE」 (2013)
 * All The Lights in the Sky (2013)

Singles

 * DOTA 2 Beta Key (2012)
 * Knightmare/Frame (2012)
 * Reply Boyz (2012)
 * Minecraft Christmas (2012)
 * Shi no Barado (2013)
 * GO!! Fighting Action Power (2013)

Influences
Area 11s music is influenced by many different Animes and these include: Some of Area 11s musical influences include:
 * Vectors - Elfen Lied
 * Euphemia, Knightmare/Frame and Area 11 - Code Geass
 * Tokyo House Party - Fooly Cooly
 * Shi No Barado (feat. Beckii Cruel) - Death Note
 * The Strays - Cowboy Bebop
 * Dream & Reality - Bakuman
 * Heaven Piercing Giga Drill, All The Lights In The Sky and Black Hole Giga Drill - Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
 * The Legendary Sannin - Naruto
 * Human is Dead, Mismatch - Steins;gate
 * Homunculus - Fullmetal Alchemist
 * Go!! Fighting Action Power - Bravoman


 * FACT
 * ONE OK ROCK
 * Gazzette
 * The Pillows
 * Asian Kung Fu Generation
 * The Brilliant Green
 * Maximum the Hormone
 * MUSE
 * Biffy Clyro
 * Paul Bilbert & Mr Big
 * Enter Shikari
 * Lostprophets
 * At The Drive-In
 * Iron Maiden
 * etc

Gigs

 * March 1st 2013 - The Pipeline, London


 * May 8th 2013 - The KOKO, London


 * May 15th 2013 - The Pipeline, London
 * August 23rd 2013 - Minecraft Expo, Telford

Trivia

 * Euphemia became the outro theme to the Yogscast YouTube channel 'BlueXephos' after a copy of Blackline EP came into Lewis Brindley's hands.
 * Many other sections of their songs appear on different Yogscast videos, such as; Bōsōzoku Symphonic in the Reverse World Animation, AniMay and some Top 5 videos.
 * A lot of the band's work is references to anime. For example, the songs Euphemia and Knightmare/Frame, the band name Area 11, or Sparkles*' name on Facebook (Sparkles li Britannia) are all references to the anime Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion.
 * Sparkles* revealed his real name on one of the Christmas Livestreams.
 * Parvis was the first person to reveal Sparkles* real name in the first installment of '11 minutes with Area 11'.
 * Luke Owens and Tim Yearsley are past members of Area 11.
 * Someone called Lee designed the Area 11 digital eye logo.