In the Prog Seat: Our Favorite Space Rock Albums

Join the In the Prog Seat crew for a discussion of our favorite space rock albums. #spacerock
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[@seaoftranquilityprog]

Luis' picks: 5. Hydria Spacefolk - Live at 11 am, 4. Earthless - Rhythms from a cosmic sky, 3. Steve Hillage - Fish Rising, 2. Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill, 1. Grobschnitt - Solar Music. Eric's picks: 1. Pink Floyd - Meddle 2. God Is an Astronaut - All Is Violent, All is Bright 3. Brian Eno - Apollo 4. Ozric Tentacles - Erpland 5. Hydria Spacefolk - Symbiosis Ken's picks: 1. Hawkwind - Space Ritual 2. Ozric Tentacles - Strangeitude 3. Far East Famil Band - Parallel World 4. Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways 5. Igra Staklenih Perli - same HM: 35007 - Phase V 35007 - Liquid Monkey3 - Astra Symmetry Tako - U Vreci Za Spavanje Yuri Gagarin - same Group 1850 - Paradise Now Hidria Spacefolk - Symbiosis Pete's picks: 1)Hawkwind-Warrior on the Edge of Time 2) Eloy-Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes 3) Ozric Tentacles-Strangeitude 4) Ash Ra Tempel-Ash Ra Tempel 5) Gong-You Honorables: Nektar-Journey to the Center of the Eye, Steve Hillage-Fish Rising, Pink Floyd-Meddle, Agitation Free-Malesch, Grobschnitt-Solar Music Live, Astra-The Black Chord

[@Conan_WhatIsBestInLife]

My picks: Eloy - Planets Sun Dial - Other Way Out Cave In - Jupiter Hawkwind - Space Ritual Voivod - Nothingface

[@MrSadsack56]

some brilliant albums here.. i`d put grobschnitt above them tho with eloy floating at top.. lol be well safe

[@jefffloyd9671]

Cool stuff! I have to immediately search and listen with the cans. Would have loved to have gotten Anthony's picks. Ryan was great, as was everyone. Thanks guys!

[@Nick-qf7vt]

@@Conan_WhatIsBestInLife kudos for sneaking some Voivod in!

[@mariusjacobsenlixomania]

@@Conan_WhatIsBestInLife LOVE your no 1 pick, VERY CLEVER , i love that, as i'm a massive Voivod fan myself, and a cool list all over, never liked Cave In though, but when you described that i thought hm is he going to pick Neurosis hehe, oh and thanks for reminding me about Sund Dial, haven't heard the for tooo long, but i will now, and btw, out all of you in Hudson Valley Crew, i feel that you and i have the most similair tastes compared to the other guys/girls, though i love you all as the Hudson Valley episodes are my fave from this channel, keep it up dude 🙂 greetings from Norway 🙂

[@ericporter344]

Thanks everyone for watching, great to have Ryan on The Prog Seat, he was great! Always a blast with this crew, love learning about other bands I need to check out.

[@kevinmcgauhey9813]

Hi Eric! You indicated that Symbiosis was as far as you'd gotten with Hidria Spacefolk. You may know now, but Balansia, Symetria and Astronautica are great too!

[@ericporter344]

@@kevinmcgauhey9813 thanks Kevin, I plan to check them out.

[@mellotronin54]

I went to see Nick Masons Saucerful of Secrets on Sunday and they now do Echoes brilliant spacey middle section great concert.

[@frankdenter863]

Ken, Luis, you nailed it with Grobschnitt's Solar Music! I had the chance to see them play live this thing in the late 70's, early 80's and later on in the early 2010's (with a slightly different version of it named 'Sonnentanz'). In the old days, the sound, the lights, the stage gimmicks, the sweet smoke smell in the venue left you still dizzy for hours afterwards. Absolutely awesome! My other picks: Far East Family Band : Nipponjin Nektar : Journey to the Centre of the Eye Porcupine Tree : The Sky Moves Sideways UFO : II - Flying Pete, great for mentioning 'Malesch', one of my all time favourites, but not really Space Rock.

[@justamops]

Yes on UFO - Flying! It always gets lumped in with their awful first album, but in my opinion it’s much different and much better.

[@stevepinna6533]

Damn this episode! I’m going to spend so much money now.

[@ericporter344]

😁

[@grindmaster7433]

Some favourites: Hawkwind - Sonic attack Litmus - Planetfall Robert Calvert - Captain Lockheed and the starfighters Nik Turner - Space Gypsy Ozric tentacles - Sunrise festival The acid mothers temple - Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Under The Stars

[@Nick-qf7vt]

Just today I was thinking "I need to get into the space rock genre" and then I get the notification for this video! Very opportune. And I gotta say, if there's one good thing to come out of covid, it's the Hudson Valley Squares and all the new SoT guests. Love em all!

[@ericporter344]

Thanks Nick, enjoy checking out some new music

[@bencurti7693]

I absolutely loved Steve Hillage when I was an undergrad in college in the 70's. Motivation Radio and Green were two of my favorites....after my roommate and I completed homework assignments, it was bongs, beer and Hillage.

[@johnburton894]

Another great episode from Pete n the Gang. Hawkwind are my favourite band so I could easily pick 5 of theirs. But I've chosen these. 1. The Spacelords: 1st album. 2. Yuri Gagarin: At the center of all infinity. 3. Comacozer: Mydriasis. 4. Gong: Angels egg. 5. Steve Hillage: Green. Also I totally agree with Ken. Talk Talk such a underrated band, Mark Hollis a musical genius.

[@williamwalker146]

Another incredibly intoxicating "In the Prog Seat" episode. Every individual is a character. Thank you SOT for such a consistently good show.

[@alexandergilles8583]

Never thought I’d see Ryan with a Bangles shirt on! I love it! They’re always a really fun listen

[@charlesrambeau519]

Love the show. You guys always turn me on to great stuff ive never heard. Love Ryan's Bangles shirt lol!!

[@roberthardin2133]

thanks for the Talk Talk and Bark Psychosis shoutout Ken!

[@stephenjefferies5101]

Thanks for the vid guys, as always it’s a real education watching you and listening to your recommendations. This is one of my fav genres, so the recommendations mean a lot to me. Thank you.

[@ericporter344]

Thanks Stephen

[@erikberg5363]

A couple cool albums I enjoy that didn’t get mentioned would be Kingdom Come - Journey and FM - Black Noise. A lot of Monster Magnet’s stuff definitely rides the line between Space Rock and Stoner Rock, their most Spacey release to my ears is 25 - Tab, especially the 32-minute opener! Great show as always, thanks everybody! Super cool to see Ryan here too.

[@davidsheppard7317]

Another great show guys. Keep up the great work. 👍👍👍

[@donfreeman9298]

Damn! Thank you once again Ken. Igna Staklenih Perli is fucking amazing!!!

[@daanthing6002]

Great episode. My kinda prog stuff. An absolute classic of the last few years is Slift "Ummon". Fantastic stoner/psych/space trip. Can't give it enough praise. One of my favorite albums post 2000. Don't say this often but this is a mandatory record. And i still often play Farflung "A wound in eternity". Great catchy uptempo spacerock. Spectral Haze "Turning electric" (space/stoner) i also have soft spot for. And the new Naxatras "IV" is a great space/fantasy rock album. Too much stuff to mention. This weekend it's among others Earthless live at Sonic Whip 2022! Great stoner/psych bands this year!

[@nikolademitri731]

Dude, that Slift “Ummon” is soooo good. I’d definitely say you could call it space rock, it definitely freaks out info cosmic sprawls enough to qualify.

[@donhadfield2835]

Hawkwind IS the definition of the category, In Search of Space, Space Ritual are required listening. Stacia Blake was an added feature that peaked my interest. I just listened to Ship of Fools, awesome album, love learning new music on this channel.

[@AndyWrasman]

I pulled up In Search for Space and am listening to it now and YT gave me this video as a recommendation. Not watching this video now (listening to In Search for Space as I said), but I'm shocked that In Search for Space didn't make any of the lists in the pinned comment by Sea of Tranquility. And Space Ritual only made one list.

[@eliunger16]

I think Khan space shanty is a must for this genre.

[@johnmichaelwilliams6694]

Great show, gents, and special thanks to Ryan for stepping up, joining the Prog Seat for this episode and making such a good contribution to the discussion. Pete's recent discussion of some Hawkwind and Ken bringing up the Ash Ra Tempel during an earlier Prog Seat episode sparked an interest in more of this type of music and the picks from this show and the commenters provide some great reference for further listening for albums not already in my listening library. Thanks for taking the time to come up with your lists and using such an interesting topic for a show.

[@ericporter344]

Thanks John

[@coreycrossman3447]

A Saucer Full of Secrets is super under rated, just as good as the debut and has elements of the later work, defiantly top 5 floyd for me

[@enriqueagaton9515]

Although Meddle is my top favorite Pink Floyd album, I will go for Saucerful of secrets when it comes to Space rock!

[@arnaudb.7669]

1- Eloy : Ocean 2- Ozric Tentacles : Arborescence 3- Tangerine Dream : Stratosfear 4- Klaus Schulze : Moondawn 5- Pink Floyd : Wish You Were Here

[@tonypeake467]

Pete. Great episode and thanks to Ryan for filling in. Can we have Chad's picks. Cheers

[@nectarinedreams7208]

Eric, always great to see an Eno mention in the Prog Seat! Whether it's his art rock stuff or ambient, everything that dude does is ahead of its time and is usually pretty spacey. Definitely worth a bit of a stretch to include Apollo here. What a gorgeous and undeniably spacey album.

[@ericporter344]

Thanks! I knew I was going outside the lines, but no doubt space comes to mind when listening to Eno. Thanks for watching

[@jaybee7890]

@@ericporter344 In that vein Force Majeure would be Tangerine Dream's space rock album with great guitar work by Edgar Froese. Well worth a listen. Another progressive electronic outfit that has such a huge catalogue its hard to categorize.

[@ericporter344]

@@jaybee7890 hopefully we will have more chances to discuss Tangerine Dream

[@peterm.fitzpatrick7735]

Thank you, gentlemen, I learned quite a bit about one of my favorite genres!

[@ericporter344]

Thanks for watching

[@wolftree3948]

space rock, yes, great topic - do more of these along this thread

[@jamesthousandkings5406]

So many Bald Prog aficionados! Here's my Top Five: 1. Tangerine Dream - Rubycon, 2. Tangerine Dream - Phaedra, 3. Eloy - Silent Cries and Mighty Oceans, 4. Tangerine Dream - Zeit, 5. Floyd - Meddle (Echoes!)

[@shadowstealer2790]

Hawkwind - Space Ritual (can't be anything else really) Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii ( Set The Controls- SpaceRock's finest moment?) Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn the first ever Space Rock songs?! Loop - Sonancy (2022 release- pure Space Rock if that can be a thing) Sonic Youth - EVOL - (no space themes as such but guitar-wise total space rock) Great topic thanks!

[@ykmgeedee]

Way to go guys- thanks for the tips! I dig Ozrics and Hawkwind and of course the spacey Meddle songs. Grateful Dead get into some deeep space.

[@keiththomas1416]

Love the show guys. Interesting that the mini revival of the late 80's and early 90's of Space Rock isn't explored more. Bands like Spaceman 3, Loop and Sterolab are clearly influenced by Hawkwind and many Krautrock bands, and although they have a more indy;garage feel to them, they are certainly trippy enough.

[@webbfaze124]

Never thought of Meddle as space rock.. The break in Echoes always struck me as if I stepped into a time machine to Prehistoric earth… thick air, hot and swampy open area. The squawks are dinosaurs.. not the dangerous kind, but you still feel creeped out and don’t belong there.

[@zootallures6470]

Tangerine Dream - Ricochet. And the fact that it's live makes it even better.

[@ericporter344]

Love TD and that one is a classic

[@jeffreyrobinson9120]

Some of my favorites: Dzyan - Electric Silence Eloy - Silent cries And Mighty Echos Ash Ra Temple - Join In Klause Schulze - Cyborg The Spacious Mind - Organic Mind solution Tangerine Dream - Alpha Centuri Ozric Tentacles - Strangeitude Melting Euphoria - Inside The Gardens Of The Mind 35007 - Phase V Subarachnoid Space - Endless Renovation

[@MrSadsack56]

silent for me is number 4 floating at 1. some great choices Jeffrey

[@jeffreyrobinson9120]

@@MrSadsack56 Love "Floating" as well as "Inside". They had a string of albums where they could do no wrong.

[@rickweigle5559]

@@jeffreyrobinson9120 imo Jeff Eloys 1st 9 albums are all very good worth having albums,- '71-'80,to be specific were their best albums IMHO

[@jeffreyrobinson9120]

@@rickweigle5559 Agreed.

[@johnhenfrey5936]

You could have knocked me down with a feather when, Ship Of Fools got mentioned, very local to me, we all drank in the same pub, just never thought a band from, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. Would get mentioned on here. Ozric Tentacles never to this day heard a single track from them, though I am hopefully going to see them supporting, Gong in Leeds, this coming November. Hawkwind saw the classic 70’s line up a couple of times they were Excellent each time. Lastly a big thanks to Pete and all the gang for another great show.

[@aleksandarfrick2656]

Guru Guru - double live from 1978 . German band . Five stars .

[@JohnMacRae23]

NIce... don't get me started... top 25: 1. Taipuva Loutisoura - 8 2. Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live 3. Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of time 4. Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill 5. Pyramidal - Dawn In Space 6. Pulsar - The Strands of the Future 7. Space Debris - Elephant Moon 8. Sensations’ Fix - Portable Madness 9. Cosmic Debris - While You're Asleep 10. Ozric Tentacles - Erpland 11. Far East Family Band - Parallel World 12. Gong - You 13. Yuri Gagarin - At the Center of All Infinity 14. Igra Staklenih Perli - s/t 15. Oresund Space Collective - Hallucinatios Inside The Oracle 16. Eloy - Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes 17. Oresund Space Collective - Music for Pogonologists 18. Monomyth - s/t 19. Nektar - Remember the Future 20. My Sleeping Karma - Soma 21. Eye - Vision and Ageless light 22. Nektar - A Tab In the Ocean 23. 35007 - Liquid 24. 3rd Ear Experience - Stones of a Feather 25. Samsura Blues Experiment - Long Distance Trip

[@kingjudas66]

u know your stuff mate

[@skallagrimr_kveldulfsson]

Great list!

[@millionvivy]

Bro

[@JohnMacRae23]

@@millionvivy bra

[@yungftak3000]

5. Farflung- 25,000 Feet Per Second 4. Darxtar- Daybreak 3. Ozric Tentacles- Live Underslunky 2. Hawkwind- Palace Springs 1. Electric Moon- Stardust Rituals

[@sspbrazil]

Good to see Ryan here, great picks all around, I love Grobschnitt.

[@jpmcmullan8666]

My father loved Space Ritual. Especially the live version. I used to listen to down through the night before my middle school basketball games

[@shyshift]

I started with Space Ritual Alive In London And Liverpool on 8-track late 1973.

[@joeking5310]

There's a studio version?

[@OblivionGate]

Space Ritual is a live album, there is no studio version.

[@Spirit-Of-The-Age]

Technically there is a studio version as most songs on Space Ritual can be found on Hawkwind's 2nd and 3rd studio albums (X In Search Of Space and Doremi Fasol Latido) .. Clearly the live 'Space Ritual' brings a different dimension to those songs that were first on the studio albums...... Many of Hawkwinds songs sound very different during their different live shows throughout the years...This is something that adds an extra dimension to their wonderful back catalogue (especialy their golden years of 1970 to 1984)

[@kdiamond]

This might be a stretch but Chroma Key “You Go Now” is a favorite of mine. The vibe, and some of the samples and song titles feel like you’re drifting out in space above a lunar landcsape.

[@therapyinvinyl]

What a great video. Thank you, guys. Lots to check out today. “You” is my #1. If we’re going to consider “post rock” bands here (which we should), then Sigur Ros’s “()” belongs here. I’ll also acknowledge Coil as a band who had too much going on to be ambient, with “Musick to Play in the Dark” worthy of consideration. I’d also add TD’s “Force Majeure” and the late 70’s Hillage (and, hell, System 7!) as well. Blood Incantation’s last album straddles the line for sure between ambient and space rock for me. Thanks again!

[@nikolademitri731]

I think Sigur Ros fits 💯, both the album you named and the one that came before it from 1999.. I can’t remember how it’s spelled, but it’s often considered their best along with ().. I definitely think a lot of “post” rock/metal can also be called space rock, just like it can overlap with prog, kraut, shoegaze, and so on.

[@sspbrazil]

“Spirt Of Eden” is a masterpiece as is their last album “Laughing Stock”, “The Colour Of Spring” is also a great album.

[@erica45645]

Zero chance Mr. Pardo will like it. But, yes, Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock are breathtaking.

[@sspbrazil]

@@erica45645 Mark Hollis’s solo album is very good too. I agree, I doubt Pete would like anybody it, despite the presence of Hammond organ. 😂

[@ericporter344]

@@sspbrazil I got turned onto Spirit of Eden a number of years ago, amazing

[@sspbrazil]

@@ericporter344 it is..

[@nikolademitri731]

@@erica45645 why do you say that? I’ll admit, I’ve not watched enough of the channel yet to know, but I’ve been impressed with the full scope of things he likes. Based on the Miles Davis episode, and some of the more spacey/ethereal things they talked there, specifically, “In A Silent Way”, which I think has similarities structurally, I think maybe there’s a chance he’d get into it. But again, maybe you’ve seen enough to be more confident he’d not like it, I’m just going off the little bit I’ve seen of SOT.

[@m.b-ee8815]

When I think of space rock I include anything that's "spacey" in feel, so I would include one of my favourite headphone records Moon Safari by Air. Final Countdown by Europe is definitely not space rock even though it ticks the boxes theoretically. Space Ritual is an excellent and classic choice, but I would choose Quark Strangeness and Charm over it any day or Astounding Sounds Amazing music. Other Hawkwind favourites include Choose Your Masques, Sonic Attack and PXR5.

[@paulcropper9655]

1. Hawkwind - Space Ritual 2. Tangerine Dream - Alpha Centauri 3. Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - Have You Seen The Other Side of the Sky? 4. Ashra- New Age of Earth 5. Brainticket - Celestial Ocean

[@byzantineification]

All superb picks!

[@briancox8518]

Brainticket crazy band

[@atlasking6110]

Solar Music Live is AWESOME! Man, that is one of THE greatest live Prog albums ever. Not only was the band on absolute fire, but the whole thing SOUNDS terrific. "Golden Mist" will never not give me goosebumps. That stage show must have been a trip. Love the KZbin clip that stitches together some of the highlights, but I'd give anything for a complete 1977 show on video.

[@muldoon67]

This episode has probably added the most albums ever to my 'must buy list'.

[@ericporter344]

😁 enjoy David

[@jukeboxcowboy]

That was fun! ST 37 are from Texas...I reckon they were most likely named after that Chrome song by the same name.

[@mladent1464]

Greetings from Belgrade, Serbia to Ken. Igra staklenih perli are huge in the prog rock circles around here. I just saw the CD at my friend's place the other day, it was probably the mentioned bootleg release.

[@lasercd7851]

Greetings from New Jersey. Time to buy a turntable!

[@mbgaomo]

Naxatras is a band I've been listening to lately. I guess you could call them space rock.

[@wittsdream]

Love your videos. Have to agree with all the love shown to Hidria Spacefolk, Grobschnitt, Ozric Tentacles, Gong (You), and B. Eno......some of my favorite experimental music ever. Another overlooked masterwork from the electronica/space rock genre is the Legendary Pink Dots’ 1995 “From Here You’ll Watch the World Go By,” recently released on vinyl. Quite a number of standouts on that rich, dreamy album!

[@stevealvanos6592]

Glad you mentioned King Buffalo. Great band and fits into the space rock category among others.

[@simond1574]

1. Pink Floyd - Saucerful of Secrets 2. Grobschnitt - Solar Music 3. Hawkwind - At the BBC 1972 4. Yuri Gagarin - Yuri Gagarin 5. The Cosmic Dead - Scottish Space Race And some honorable mention. Some are only borderlining space rock, either bei Topic or by atmosphere Porcupine Tree - Voyage 34 Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space Orange Goblin - Frequencies of Planet Ten Ozric Tentacles - Jurassic Shift Öresund Space Station - Four Rider Take Space Mountain Mastodon - Once More Round The Sun Gong - Flying Teapot The Gathering - How to Measure a Planet Elder - Reflections Of A Floating World Spectral Lore / Mare Cognitum - Wanderers Astrology of the Nine Monster Magnet - Superjudge

[@patbarr1351]

All hail The Gathering's "Liberty Bell!"

[@BayouMaccabee]

So glad Luis mentioned the band Earthless...great band. I absolutely love their new album.

[@PatKennedydon]

Great show as usual Pete, only watching this now in 2024. Ozric Tentacles is a band that I got into around 1986 and bought the cassette-only albums that they released themselves three I recommend are Erpsongs 1985, There Is Nothing 1986, and Sliding Gliding Worlds 1988, they brought them out as a set on CD box in the 90s called Vitamin Enhanced with all six on it, and I saw them a lot in the '90s.

[@jimhawkes]

Great show gents. My picks (avoiding those already picked in the show): 5. Farflung - "25,00 Feet Per Second" 4. Mournblade - "Time's Running Out" 3. Underground Zero - "Never Reach The Stars" 2. Eloy - "Metromania" 1. Hawkind - "Doremi Fasol Latido" HMs: Litmus "Aurora" ; Tangerine Dream "Zeit" ; Krel "Ad Astra", ; Spacehead "Of Stars and Time" and Dr Hasbeen "Signs"

[@NewMiliJayBlog]

This is a show I’m watching with deep interest since I’m into anything that’s spacey. Definitely a few things here I’m going to look into. Just want to say it’s not often I want to follow up on something Ryan recommends, since a lot of his music is too extreme for me, but with Sun Dial I was already thinking of looking into them. They are on the newly out, This Was Your Future, a Space Rock box set connected to Dave Brock. I recommend that for anyone into space Rock. They are one of the bands in that collection that I thought I should check out their releases. Also I’m thinking of looking into that Jupiter album Ryan mentioned. It sounds like something I might like. Good show.

[@ryanfisher5835]

I keep coming back to this video as a good reference. Someone in the comments mentioned Monkey3’s album: the 5th Sun. Fantastic album! Thanks to whoever you are!

[@weatherered]

Cosmic Jokers - Galactic Supermarket

[@martinarnold5239]

At last some love for the Ozrics! :D They comprise my entire top 5, along with Angel Rat (voivod), Green (Hillage), Force Majeure (TDream), Wish You Were Here (Floyd)

[@RobGretsinger]

Great to here Blade Runner get a mention! Thanks, Luis!

[@agitation-free]

Was waiting for the Group 1850 pick from Ken, one of my all time favorites :)

[@chrisockenden4350]

A new compilation album just released in UK called this was your future compiled by dave brock space rock and other psychedelics 1978 - 1998 awesome

[@dkba52]

Nodens Ictus - Spacelines, and The Cosmic Key are both wonderful offerings .

[@kenl2091]

Great episode though 'space rock' is even more difficult to define than 'prog rock'. Hawkwind? Definitely. Gong? Probably (Fohat Digs Holes in Space was one of my early favourites) Pink Floyd? Some of it - especially the earlier stuff. Krautrock? Much of it. Top 5: 1. Gong - You 2. Hawkwind - Space Ritual 3. Pink Floyd - Meddle 4. Tangerine Dream - Rubycon 5. Tim Blake - Blake's New Jerusalem

[@joegrinvalsky7222]

Now this was my kind of jam! 5 off the top of my head: 5. Cyrille Verdeaux - "Clearlight Symphony" 4. Richard Pinhas - "Iceland" 3. The Spacious Mind "Mind of a Brother" 2. Flying Saucer Attack "Further" 1. Brainticket "Celestial Ocean" More importantly please bring back Ryan Skow. Very thoughtful picks, with great insight. Eric Porter had the best representative list of the genre this evening.

[@jukeboxcowboy]

♥️Psychonaut and Cottonwood Hill

[@shovedhead]

Saw Pinhas play in San Francisco once, SO loud.

[@ericporter344]

Thanks Joe, nice picks! Thanks as always for watching

[@emdiar6588]

So excited to hear Monomyth getting a shout out.

[@ChromeDestiny]

I'd like to give a mention to side two of Paul Kantner/ Jefferson Starship's Blows Against the Empire. I love the story that they used an actual vacuum to recreate the sound of the vacuum of space for the sound effect interludes.

[@Norther56]

Sometimes one has to take a bit of artistic license, even with science. :-) I wonder if Kantner & Co. knew that there's no sound in space because there's no air, hence nothing for sound waves to travel on, but decided on the vacuum cleaner idea anyway because they had to depict the vacuum of space somehow. I hope they did, it'd be right in keeping with the spirit of the whole project: "F*ck it, let's do it anyway." :-D

[@arti2909]

Here I am with my a bit unorthodox take on the genre: Hawkwind - In search of space Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways Gong - You Tangerine Dream - Zeit Magma - Kohntarkosz Voivod - Nothingface Pestilence - Spheres Plus: Man "Back into the future"-live album UFO - "One hour space rock" Henge "ExoKosm"

[@jameshuseby9931]

UFO II flying is great

[@historybuff1483]

Personally, when I think of space, I think of Piper at the Gates of Dawn and Meddle.

[@dustyjoe71]

Indeed.

[@progfrogian9226]

Very nice show again guys. Here's 5 space or space rock adjacent suggestions (not mentioned during the show) : - Absolute Elsewhere - In Search Of Ancient Gods (1976). Bill Bruford on drums. - Arthur Brown/Kingdom Come - Galactic Zoo Dossier (1971) Maybe more in the silly crazy fun à la Gong than space rock à la Hawkwind. Certainly a trip this album. - Guru Guru - UFO (1972) In the krautrock vain of space rock, but definitely trippy. - Pulsar - The Strands Of The Future (1976) French band. Synth, mellotron, fuzz guitar and flute in a spacey atmosphere. - Samsara Blues Experiment - Long Distance Trip (2010) Modern take on space Rock. Sabbath-ish riffs, some sitar, wah wah guitar, very groovy with great build ups and releases.

[@byzantineification]

Cool u brought up samsara blues experiment! I highly recommend in that kind of style an italian group called ufomammut

[@kevinbutler3665]

I loved seeing Cave In , Jupiter get a mention, though i don't view it as space rock, the album that followed Antenna that gets a mention would make my top 30 studio albums of all time. All my picks would be 70's Hawkwind albums except for Slift , Ummon----thats a classic space rock album, proper banger, French band.

[@ronniejames3681]

Steve Hillage Green and the weird For To Next.. Pink Floyd A Saucerful of Secrets! Great show as always!!

[@hansg.8557]

Good topic and great show. Nobody picked Monster Magnet. In my opinion their catalogue has many elements of Space Rock e. g. Spiine of God, Dopes to Infinity

[@petertaylorson5783]

Spot on Hans.

[@dertodesking8379]

Awesome show, hope you’ll do the Krautrock show!

[@Jabular1]

Nice to see the 'Ozrics' mentioned a few times

[@OblivionGate]

Hawkwind : Quark, Strangeness and Charm

[@justamops]

Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure, Green Desert Pink Floyd - “Echoes”, “Wish You Were Here”, the live half of Ummagumma Hawkwind - In Search of Space, Space Ritual I always think of Tangerine Dream as more rock than purely electronic work by Klaus Schulze, Jarre, or Vangelis, because TD always featured Edgar Froese’s electric guitar. Force Majeure has drums too. Floyd is a tough call like you said, because every album has songs that bring you down to earth (or in the case of the studio half of Ummagumma, just bring you down). I always think of In Search of… as Hawkwind’s spaciest early work (the original vinyl includes a great booklet about their cosmic travels), but my favorite is Space Ritual. I’ll also give a shout-out to Tim Blake’s solo album Crystal Machine (even though it’s purely electronic), which I’ve always enjoyed. Side 2 is very TD to my ears. And I think Kitaro deserves more attention than he’s usually given by rock fans. In an old interview I read, he said that once a week he listens to Jon Lord’s organ solo in “Hush” for inspiration. Good show guys - cheers!

[@interstellaroverdriven6450]

Excellent call on Tim Blake and Kitaro. The Kitaro album 'Mandala' has been one of my favourites since 1994 and has a very Floydian/space rock vibe to it.

[@corkydukeII5898]

Force Majeure ('Cloudburst Flight') is not only TD's greatest track, it's one of THE greatest in the history of Music

[@dangerdolls]

I'm late getting around to listening to this show, but I'll throw a quick list of a half dozen out there in no particular order: Brian Bennett - Voyage Eloy - Planets Ozric Tentacles - Strangeitude The Spacelords - Water Planet Uranus Space Club - Another Planet, Another Love Yuka & Chronoship - Dino Rocket Oxygen

[@lenini056]

As a Space Rock Musician here's my list, 1. Hawkwind-Space Ritual 2. Gong-You 3. Spirirtualized-Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space 4. Pink Floyd-A Saucerful of Secrets 5. Gong-Angel's Egg

[@btcmoonguy]

I came for the comics and stayed for the space rock. In Search of Space is one of my favs. I know nothing about new music. LOL. That dog is so precious!

[@btcmoonguy]

I mean Space Ritual!!

[@dangaucher2245]

Beggars Opera -Waters of Change with all that Mellotron!

[@StarlessBandNJ]

Of the stuff I didnt already know ,I ended up checking out Solar Music, Ozrics, and the early Porc Tree (which my gf has already recommended). Excellent material and my favorite is Solar Music.

[@ImprobableTodd]

Really obscure but really fit the #Spacerock notion both in sound and out of this world lyrics. Often instrumental with the jam band vibe.

[@purpletemple1]

I'd add "Jane" in there too, very Pink Floyd-influenced 70's space/ kraut rock. Cheers.

[@lasercd7851]

Forgot about Fire, Water, Earth & Air as well as Between Heaven and Hell. Good pick.

[@corleth84]

Space rock show, Bangles t-shirt... when the show ended, I listened to Bangles cover of Big Star's 'September gurls'.

[@MrNeiltonoman]

Just got around to watching this...interesting discussions. My choices would be: 1. Gong : You 2. Hawkwind : Space Ritual 3. It's Not Night It's Space: Our Birth Is But A Sleep & A Forgetting. 4. Samsara Blues Experiment: One With The Universe 5. Kahn: Space Shanty.

[@mariusjacobsenlixomania]

i just have to comment of some of the things you bring up, post-rock can a very diverse/diffuse and yes frustrating as a genre, but to name 2 rather good examples would be (early especially) Tortoise, an amazing band, to later era Swans (as in 96 and from 2001 after they continued) though they can get quite out there, and again ONE of thee greatest bands i know and love, seeing them live for the first time, made me speechless mostly due to the INTENSITY of it all that after an experience like that, there's nothing left to say, and i mean that as in the most positive way possible

[@chiragchittar4179]

Excellent stuff! Have to check some of these! I would also include some space tinged metal and jazz fusion in my picks Vektor-terminal redux Tomb mold-planetary clairvoyance Voivod-the outer limits Mogwai-the hawk is howling Tony williams lifetime-believe it Honorable mentions Jean luc ponty-cosmic messenger Monomyth-orbis quadrantis Eternal tapestry-beyond the 4th door Pink floyd-wish you were here Failure-fantastic planet

[@dustyjoe71]

The Outer Limits is an oft overlooked masterpiece. Jack Luminous is epic.

[@chiragchittar4179]

@@dustyjoe71 completely agree! Jack luminous is a masterpiece indeed! This album is my second favourite by them after angel rat

[@av193]

Terminal Redux might be the best metal album of the last 20 years (not sure if it can be categorized as space rock, but it is about space, damn straight).

[@irrlicht5836]

A Show for all the 70s Ambient/Electronic Stuff would be really cool

[@ericporter344]

👍 agreed

[@OblivionGate]

My top 5 5. Any Hawkwind album. 4. Any Hawkwind album. 3. Any Hawkwind album. 2. Any Hawkwind album. 1. Any Hawkwind album. Bonus Album: Gong, Floating Anarchy Live 1977, especially side two!

[@richardlouistownson769]

Totally agree. Top choice.

[@lightanddreamsphotography7140]

Nice to see The Ozrics in there, also check out Ed Wynne's solo album "Shimmer into Nature" which is even better, and one of my all time favourites...

[@x-roytube2218]

I found it interesting that a record I happened to hear over half a century ago, even after all the advances in technology and thousands of records by prog/psychedelic bands in the meantime, "Meddle", primarily because of "Echoes" has never been "eclipsed", not even close...coincidentally it was called "Eclipse" back when they did it live before recording it. I heard parts of it on and off my friend's radio in darkness, while his father was trying to restore the power in his room after he tried plugging a car stereo into an AC outlet...I was intrigued, and after never knowing what that surreal stuff was, I bought "Meddle" and heard "One of These Days", a song I'd been looking for after hearing it on a small local station that I thought was by someone else...then there they were, both on the same record. Totally took my breath away, I'll never forget the elation I experience at that time, never having done drugs...pure euphoria induced by a random slab of vinyl recommended by a friend...Pink Floyd has never done anything as good, nor anyone else in that genre in all that time, and it seems to be the consensus among most of these prog rock fanatics here that have heard everything by everybody. Guess I was lucky to experience some of the greatest music ever in my early teens. I heard "Master of the Universe" come pouring out of my little clock radio one day and bought "Space Ritual" the next day. Heard "Supper's Ready" on a friend's copy of "Foxtrot" and saw Genesis perform their first concert in North America in my hometown, Waltham, Mass., w/in walking distance to my house...then the greatest of all, "The Lamb" live in Boston a couple of years later. Been all downhill from there, apparently, there was nothing better than that night. I heard all that stuff by Gong, Crimson, Yes, Todd/Utopia, Tull, Van der Graaf, etc, etc. all in my early teens, which STILL sounds great today, but the only thing NEW which has rekindled my interest in prog since then is Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree...I'm elated, once again by something new and unique, and psyched about it...he's the real deal, a true genius who doesn't do drugs for inspiration, and he's extremely prolific, but there are influences from the past, which he admits, although I think he's "eclipsed" all that...not that anyone gives a shit, but I've read that in comments by a lot of people from my generation, lately. There's still hope, I guess? If you haven't heard 'em yet you should...it's only been a month or two and I'm still not sick of them yet...I wish I knew about Wilson 20 years, ago, but he seems to be getting better. I know, too much rambling...I'll delete it soon, but these guys dredging up the past made me put it into perspective....sorry to bore you.

[@kimberlywalker3970]

It's always nice to see a member of HVS on this show. You did a great job Ryan. If I didn't know you were a metal head, I'd think you were a regular. It would also be interesting to see Nick Franco make an appearance. Chris was a blast w/his Rush list. Oh Ken, you should give Luis that Croatian album. It would be fun to see what he really thought. Or a Yes album? That would really blow his mind😂😂 I haven't thought about what Luis should give you. Maybe a Rush album? Or your favorite Pink Floyd? 😂😂

[@lasercd7851]

Eventually we’ll do an album assignment segment. I have so much to choose from that would blow his mind. Can’t give away my secret arsenal.

[@kimberlywalker3970]

@@lasercd7851 Oh, I can hardly wait😂😂

[@blondebeast4003]

Love space rock. Best one released yet is Slift- Ummon . Such a powerful lp.

[@nikolademitri731]

My favorite from any new band the last few years, for sure. Not of all time (Spiritualized 3rd album is my GOAT space rock), but it’s definitely a masterpiece. Glad to see a couple people shout that out! ✌️

[@deps6160]

Ummon is masterpiece!

[@dannyschneider553]

Hawkwind hall of the mountain grill superb

[@psychedelicsanctuary.]

My five favorite Space Rock albums are: 1. Ozric Tentacles - Arborescence (1994) 2. Sky Cries Mary - This Timeless Turning (1994) 3. Moon Duo - Stars Are The Light (2019) 4. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) 5. Automatic Man - Visitors (1976...the blue album cover, not the pink one.) *Honorable Mention:* The Gathering - How To Measure A Planet? (1998)

[@Miler97487]

- Gong: You (1974) - Hawkwind: Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975) - Ozric Tentacles: Erpland (1990) - Ed Wynne: Shimmer into Nature (2019) It was released as an Ed solo album but sounded exactly like another Ozric release and just as great. - Jalayan: Sonic Drive (2019) Little-known instrumental Italian space rock band not unlike Ozric Tentacles. - Porcupine Tree: The Sky Moves Sideways (1995) Their later, more popular albums moved away from space rock for a heavier sound, but this one obviously dates from their space rock phase and is my favorite from this era. - Eloy: Ocean (1977) - Steve Hillage: Fish Rising (1975) - Tidal Flood: Scientific (2002) Greek band not unlike Ozric Tentacles, too bad this EP and a three song demo EP called 7Tide was all they did. - Radio Massacre International: Rain Falls in Grey (2007) Usually they play electronic music in the Berlin School style, in the Tangerine Dream and Schulze vein. Not this one, this one uses much more guitar and drums, in a more Pink Floyd, Ash Ra Tempel and Gong style. This was in honor of Syd Barrett who (then) recently passed away. Cover artwork by Daevid Allen. - Ash Ra Tempel: Ash Ra Tempel (1971) Totally essential space rock by one of the German greats! - Mantric Muse: Mantric Muse (2012) Danish group with connections to Øresund Space Collective but this one is much closer to Ozrics. - Sensations' Fix: Fragments of Light (1974) Amazing largely instrumental Italian band with lots of nice spacy guitars and synths. - La Compagnia Digitale: La Compagnia Digitale (1992) Recorded in 1979, released in 1992. Italian prog act with Ciro Perrino, of Celeste, but sounding very little like them, and strangely a lot more like Ozric Tentacles, before they ever existed! - Ra Can Row: Ra Can Row (1982) Very obscure band out of Cincinatti, Ohio. This band cites Pink Floyd and Heldon as influences, to me sounding like King Crimson meets Ozric Tentacles.

[@kevinmcgauhey9813]

Great to hear references to Hidria Spacefolk and Quantum Fantay! HS put out at least 4 excellent albums including Simbiosis. As for QF, all I've ever heard is Ugisiunsi, which is excellent, so it's nice to hear that there's more good stuff ahead. I think of both bands in a similar vein to Ozric Tentacles.

[@roberthardin2133]

2 records that immediately came to mind were Arthur Brown's post-Crazy World, Kingdom Come-the album is Journey. maybe it's not_ALL_space rock, but "Time Captives" is such a great track. speaking of Arthur Brown, he mainly contributes spoken word to Klaus Schulze's Richard Wahnfried album, Time Actor. RIP Klaus! I can add an album by a band that wasn't mentioned on the show; the band is Heldon, and the album is Agneta Nilsson aka Heldon IV. a recent discovery but such an amazing record