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Review:
Outerspace, innerspace and urbanspace - all these areas have been explored by space-rock, a nebulous term covering musique concrete, 'blanga', post-punk, and other sub-genres where the distortion is turned up and the electronics are set to stun. In this chunky, colourful A4-format dossier, Captain Matthews and the Shindig! crew chart the multi-armed nebula that spirals out from the Big Bang that fused avant-garde art music, the space race, sci-fi and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. The guiding stars along the journey are Delia Derbyshire and Hawkwind, both the subject of informative articles in their own right, and constantly popping up with reference to contemporaries and later visionaries. From pioneers like Pink Floyd, Amon Duul ll and Gong, through off-shoots and followers Tim Blake, Ozric Tentacles and Omnia Opera, to current contenders Sendelica and Vibravoid, the gang's all here.Well, nearly all here: Here & Now and Grobschnitt are notable by their absence, but we're always going to disagree on some of the details. All in all, though, this is one of the best overviews of the genre to date, and I d love to see Matthews, who clearly has both knowledge and enthusiasm, go on to produce a weighty book on the subject. --Oz Hardwick, R2 Magazine
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