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    Posted: July 27 2015 at 17:29
Litmus- Check out their lp 'Aurora' on rise above records, kinda like Hawkwind (no.. very, very like Hawkwind) not sure they are still going, this lp is about 2009.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAZmyhgHBlU

Apparently they played live 2014 for the first time in years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1aqIaTjoQY

Whatever happened to Underground Zero?? I think they made one lp  in the 1980's and disappeared..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_X-XpzyL24

No, wrong again, gigging on and off up till 2013 and maybe beyond... Reminds me of squat gigs in Bristol and StonehengeWink

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Big Elf. I'm not sure if they're space rock or spaced out rock. But they're fun!
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Originally posted by palotin palotin wrote:

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.  




LUMERIANS- The High Frontier (Album) --Psychedelic/Space Rock/Experimental/Progressive

Oakland, CA based psychedelic band in concert give theatrical performances and elaborate lighting.

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Points: 3126 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2015 at 08:01
Just giving a further thumbs up for Moonwagon.  Excellent recommendation.  Fairly heavy, driving, greta musicianship and lovely production on their albums.  Heard a few off the new one (out this week I believe), also sounds good.

Spotify also came up with Black Noodle Project who I hadn't heard of previously.  What I have heard (admittedly only a few songs) is really nice, in a lighter vein, mostly instrumental and a clear Floyd influence.
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Ozric Tentacles, one of the finest space rock bands out there. Jurassic Shift would probably be the best place to start.
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All the folks here have mentioned some great examples of modern Space/Psych.
I'll add another worthy of your time : SULA BASSANA. Choice stuff !!
Oh, another - MANTRIC MUSE

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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Vespero. Nuff said.

Most of your other suggestions I could get behind, specially rearding Grails (whose description is pretty spot on), but Vespero isn't really that special IMO.

One band I really like is Violeta de Outono. They are a very good space rock band from Brazil; their "traditional" sound is a mix of Pink Floyd, the more pastoral parts of Hawkwind (specially Warrior on the Edge of Time) and late Mutantes, but their latest album, Espectro, brings some of the "newest" influences from the modern space rock bands from Continental Europe.

Another interesting Brazilian band is Invisible Opera Company of Tibet. I don't know these guys as much as I do Violeta, but their latest album is very good.



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Check out some non-prog stuff like Stereolab, Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, Olivia Tremor Control, Boris etc.
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Check Alien Gun, space rock along with some other stuff
www.soundcloud.com/aliengun
www.facebook.com/aliengun
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Moonwagon, great instrumental band with high quality spcae rock sound that is not generic or derivative. I fell in love with Moonwagon after one song.
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Just a few off the top of my head:

Ozric Tentacles (I'm sure you are familiar with them though since they've been around for quite a while)
Djam Karet (ditto above but not quite as well known)
Quantum Fantay
Hidria Spacefolk
My brother the wind

Probably a bunch of other newer bands I can't think off of the top of my head right now

Ok these two aren't contemporary but you might have missed them the first time around:

Can (considered "krautrock" but if you like Ash Ra Tempel you'd probably like them too)
Amon Duul 2 (ditto above)
Gong


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That DVD is still one of the coolest things
...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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^ Thanks for your appreciation Jim. Ghost is a killa one. Cool
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Ghost (Japan) might be worth a listen for you
...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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A band that always gets neglected is Grails. Sure they started out as a somewhat archetypal post rock band, but when they made Burning off Impurities they were an all around different force to be reckoned with. They fit the bill of pairing together the far east with the heart of America somehow.
I'd like to think of them as the modern ROCKING Popol Vuh.
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Hydria Spacefolk-Finnish insanity. Lot's of fun.
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Ozric Tentacles - check out Mooncalf.  Perfect modern day spaced out acid rock.

The big difference between say, Hawkwind and other space/acid rock bands, and modern day zoned out space bands, such as Ozric, is that these days, they are all designer space bands, and not actually experiencing it in its nitty gritty essence. Nothing to Be taken away from modern  space rock bands, but you just cannot fake your first trip.



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Astra and Ozric Tentacles are the big name contemporary space rock bands. Astra's The Black Chord, released earlier this year is getting lots of rave reviews. For the Ozrics, start with their early 90s material.

Some smaller-name psych artists I like are Papir, Hisko Detria, Perry Ferya Band, and Diversion Voice... all of whom have free albums available.

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... Mantric Muse, Darxtar, Verma, My Brother The Wind  ...


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Some more said....Dungen, Hypnos 69, Lumerians
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