At least 4 artists share this name: 1) Ascendant, a soul group from Chicago, Illinois. Although there may be some artists with the name Ascendant, the soul band, ASCENDANT from Chicago, Illinois, was the first and is the only artist with the registered trademark in the US (2000). All the others are infringing on their trademark rights. 2) Ascendant, the ambient group from Los Angeles, California, consists of electronic music producers Chris Bryant (S1gns of L1fe) and Grammy-nominated mastering engineer Don Tyler (Phase47).