Within the 33+ minutes we find long improvised yet tight rhytymic sections with layer upon layers of intergalatic soundscapes and atmospheres. Although only 3 songs and a total album length of 33+ minutes long, The Spacelords Liquid Sun gives the listener a sonic sense of a full one hour of listening bliss. The Spacelords Liquid Sun embodies a little bit of every element of the two music scenes mentioned above along with their own improvised and free form approach to the music itself. One of the many multiple offspring that both scenes of music produced was current German progressive/psychedelic rockers The Spacelords. This new music would have all the elements of both scenes as well as a more free form improvisional sound that is not as pre conceived nor written ahead of time. It is as if the Krautrock of Germany and the Psychedelic/Acid rock of San Francisco had ‘Melodic Intercourse’ and created a all new sub genre within progressive and psychedelic music. Bands like The Greatful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin and Crosby, Stills and Nash were on the forefront of this revolution of music.Ĭome now to 2016. This approach was a more drug induced, mind expansive that would be called Psychedelic, Acid or Stoner rock. Therefore the bands from Germany bypassed the UK and sought audience in America.ĥ600 miles to the west in San Francisco California another less is more approach was happening within its own music scene. Due to the post World War 2 bitterness krautrock would be rejected on UK soil. Bands such as Amon Duul ii, The Can, Popol Vuhl and Kraftwerk to name a few believed that a less and more eccentric approach was more. ![]() This was a more subtle minimal approach to progressive rock unlike the over the top progressive rock coming from the UK at the time. This would affectionately known as Krautrock. Genre : Progressive/ Spacerock / Psychedelic / StonerrockĪbout 50 years ago there was something happening in Germany that would enhance the landscape of music for 3 & 1/2 generations to come. Three long pieces between 8 minutes and over 20 minutes are the perfect listening pleasure for every Spacelords & Psychedelic fan.Label : Sulatron Records / Tonzonen Records "Unknown Species" offers space rock and psychedelic of the best kind. That is, the structure of the individual pieces leaves room for the necessary development, grabs hold at exactly the right moment to catapult the listener into orbit with precision and top speed. The three tracks unfold their complete beauty in the usual manner. Guitarist Matthias "Hazi" Wettstein, drummer and singer Marcus Schnitzler and bassist Ekhard Friedrich "Akee" Kazmaier present themselves full of energy on their new studio album. ![]() ![]() The German Space- / Psychedelic Rock band The Spacelords with their new album. Three long pieces between 8 minutes and over 20 minutes are the perfect listening pleasure for every Spacelords & Psychedelic fan. ![]()
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