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Description of Space Rock

 
Though Space Rock has been around for a number of years, it came into its own as a subgenre with Spacemen 3, the groundbreaking trio from England, on their record Taking Drugs To Make Music To Take Drugs To. Space Rock is dreamy, narcotic music geared less toward conventional notions of melody and pop hooks than toward tone and sustained, hypnotic harmonies. Feedback and overtones play as strong a role in the music as do analog synths and effects-laden guitars. Bands like Spiritualized, Mogwai and Windy & Carl explore a different notion of rock, incorporating Gospel, Techno, horns, strings, and just about anything else that catches their ears.
 

Space Rock Key Tracks

 
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1. Star Sail The Verve
2. Arc-Lite (Sonar) Loop
3. You And I Silver Apples
4. Pick My Brain Bardo Pond
5. Jenny Ondioline Stereolab
 

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Space Rock Key Artists

 
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Fuxa

Detroit-based Randall
Nieman and Ryan Anderson
release an aura of
ambient-minded space
rock.

Spiritualized

Truly the best
post-Spacemen 3 project,
Spiritualized make
psychedelic, orchestral
epics for pasty, half-lidde...

The Verve

This British band made
anthemic, psychedelic
rock during the '90s and
were actually as good as
they claimed to be. Supp...

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