Poor Genetic Material was founded by Stefan Glomb (guitar) and Philipp Jaehne (keyboards). When they met German art rock band Alias Eye in late 2000, opportunity was there to work on more song-oriented material. Singer Philip Griffiths (son of the Beggars Opera singer Martin Griffiths) joined the original duo to work and record together. During the last few years Poor Genetic Material have made a name for themselves in the prog- and artrock scene. Island Noises is a double concept album based on The Tempest by William Shakespeare. Yet, the album does not try to re-tell the but rather explores certain ideas, atmospheres and characters plot of the original play and so becomes a work in its own right. "Why Shakespeare?" "Why The Tempest?" you may ask. Well, there"s a sorcerer, a spirit of the air, a monstrous creature, there is romance and attempted murder, it"s about the stuff that dreams are made on ... sounds like a prog-concept album? - Exactly!