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Guldbamsen View Drop Down

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Posted: January 05 2013 at 17:29

Vespero. Nuff said.

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Posted: January 05 2013 at 17:17

Space Mushroom Fuzz

http://spacemushroomfuzz.bandcamp.com/

All the albums are free

Edited by spacemanspace - January 05 2013 at 17:19

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Posted: October 11 2010 at 10:28

hawkwind and ash ra tempel? i think they are different in many ways... both of them are spacy but ash ra concerns the chill out meditating edge of space rock rather than it`s heavy side which is remarkable in hawkwinds works. anyway my suggestions are Oceansize, Ozric Tentacles, and porcupine tree as well. hope those will be your cup of tea.

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Posted: October 11 2010 at 06:04

Sons of Selina were very space rocky in the mid 90's - are they still going?

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Posted: October 09 2010 at 14:05

nice space rock bands:

the ullulators, mandragora, webcore, I.E.M., dream machine, oresund space collective, cheops, poisened electrick head, soma, liquid sound company, here & now, Gong, aqua nebula oscillator, farflung, nodens ictus, the space pirates, wobble jaggle jiggle, early porcupine three, nukli, ship of fools, alien planetscapes,...

this will get you started :-)

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Posted: September 30 2010 at 10:46

I´ve got a few friends who share your opinion, and I´m pretty okay with that. Music will always be something inevitably personal and beyond any sorts of classification - meaning there will never be a "standard", "the worst" "the best" or whatever one might call such a thing. A matter of taste perhaps? We know what we like and vice versa... You obviously know what you dislike Wink

I loooove Diagonal btw - some common ground for you there LOL

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Posted: September 28 2010 at 21:52

Guldbamsen wrote:

Astra - The Weirding. Probably the best psychedelic album in the last 25 years.

Rrrgh that album is so incredibly boring IMO. What is unique about it? Modern "prog" bands really need to look at their influence's influences. They're doing nothing new. Bands can pull off un-*new* stuff very well (example: Wolfmother, sometimes) but Astra just f**king sucks.

Recently I discovered Tame Impala, they are pretty much an un-*new* band who pull it off well. Not everything they do is spacey though. Same thing with an un-new band Diagonal. Tartar Lamb is very spacey. It's all a matter of interpretation. Out of all the bands I mentioned, Tartar Lamb is probably the most progressive/contemporary/avant-garde/justplainouttheremusic. Diagonal is the most classic prog. Astra still sucks. Tame Impala is retro psych. Good luck on your journey, and if you can't find what you're looking for, make it yourself.

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Posted: September 28 2010 at 16:38

My sig - :) Amplifier.

Their most space-rock release is The Astronaut Dismantles Hal.

And lo, the mighty riffage was played and it was good

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Posted: September 28 2010 at 13:04

This is going into Indie Rock territory, but I've been listening to Secret Machines for a few years now. Great 3 piece band from Texas. Also, I hate to throw this out there, but Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion was my album of choice last summer. Sort of has a Pet Sounds meets Tangerine Dream feel to it.

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Posted: September 02 2010 at 16:26

Litmus are a relatively new UK group who have a similar sound to Hawkwind- not sure if they will play the US but did support Astra who definately one of the best modern psych bands around. Do Acid Mothers Temple still play live??? Mad Japanese space psych! Here and Now still gig but probably only in the UK (check out Floating anarchy with Daevid Allen/ Planet Gong!)

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Posted: September 02 2010 at 14:20

I could give a bunch of proposals Smile

strongly recommend to check ORESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE

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Posted: September 02 2010 at 14:13

Check that search button OP, there was another thread on this a few weeks ago:

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=70197&KW=space+rock

Agree on the Ozric / Hillage axis. One of my favorite axis..sess..

Touring is another thing. Some of these bands are famous for being very irregular when it comes to that. By the way, Ozric mastermind Ed Wynne (a long time denizen of the English countryside) recently moved to Ft. Collins. So you are just about guaranteed to see them play at some point.

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Posted: September 01 2010 at 06:38

I obviously forgot about a part of your question. Do they tour and in the U.S.? I honestly don´t know. Astra does. The Grails might - along with Heavy Water Experiments, Comets on Fire, Subaracnoid Space, Dead Meadow, Wooden Shjips, Secret Saucer, Farflung, The Secret Machines and Kinski. These are all American groups Wink

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Posted: September 01 2010 at 06:19

Welcome to the forum!
If you are anything like me, you will find that this particular site, will rob you of your hard earned cash, in the most rewarding and wonderful way...
I strongly recommend:
Astra - The Weirding. Probably the best psychedelic album in the last 25 years.
The Future Kings of England - I love just about everything this group puts out really. They are more in the Pink Floyd part of the woods, but you should definitely check these guys out!
Øresund Space Collective - The Black Tormato. Brilliant band, that I actually just saw live. They have an enormous amount of free downloads on their web page, which also consist of live material, where they really shine Thumbs Up

Ozric Tentacles, Quantam Fantay, Hidria Spacefolk. Music for melting your brain away like cheese on bed of lava. These groups really stem from Steve Hillage, and the way he mixed electronics and out of this world guitar solos. If you like them you´ll probably like Steve as well.
Electric Orange - Krautrock from Hell. This could easily fit in under the space rock umbrella. Great album with lots of jammin guitars.
The Spacious Mind and First Band from Outer Space. Two Nordic bands that play old school space rock with somewhat loose structures and a lot of melody.
All these groups have Mp3´s on this site btw - you just have to go to the band´s page.
Cheers from Denmark!

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Posted: September 01 2010 at 04:53

I like the Dutch 35007 ("Loose" if you read it upside-down) start with "Liquid". I'm not aware of tours but you can check in the artist's page on PA. In general there are some useful links. Being them Dutch it's unlikely that they tour in the USA but who knows?

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Posted: September 01 2010 at 03:50

I'm extremely new to this forum. It looks like a fabulous research, one I wish I knew of when I first started getting into this kind of music. I wanted to ask if anyone knows of some contemporary space rock bands that tour. By space rock, I mean something along the lines of Ash Ra Temple or Hawkwind.