HW:Astoria - Spacehead

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

OK - my label, my shout.
First, 'Of Stars And Time' is really for 'collectors only' - it has not at
all stood the test of time very well (even Dibs admits that) which,
considering it's only about four years old, is not saying alot for it.
Secondly, ''In Space We Trust' that I put out is supposed to be a a time
travelogue across the three phases of the band that the compositions cover,
from the tracks originally off the 'Anasazi' tape' through the tracks from
the Hawkwind tour support slot with Graham of Gong and Martin of Krel, to
the studio outtake from the then current band, so, while good (well, I love
it - obviously), it's not 'representative' of the current band.
It is hoped that the next release will be an 'In Space We Trust Vol 2' that
takes the idea from a different angle and focuses on the current band, but
is NOT the new studio follow-up to the first album (the EBS released 'Of
Stars And Time').
A sample of the sound and style of that album can be heard on the EP of
demos from the album that make up the CD-R release 'Escape Velocity Preview
EP', but I won't be releasing the new album until the quality of the tracks
is at a standard that I see fit.
As to the Astoria, I wasn't there, so I can't comment. I have had calls from
a number of people who really enjoyed the set, and from a number of people
who thought the band were a bit 'one-dimensional' - whatever the case, I
hope you will all judge the band's next album on its own musical merits,
whenever that happens.
Right now, I have the pleasure of ploughing through five CD-R's and four
DAT's of new and old music from Krel and that will hopefully be the next
project to come.
Andy Garibaldi.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Raymond" <chrisr at TIAC.NET>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 4:18 AM
Subject: Re: HW:Astoria - Spacehead


> I was not at the Astoria gig, but I was disappointed to read in an
> earlier post that Spacehead was not very good at this gig. I have only
> heard on Spacehead CD - In Space We Trust  - Live 1995 - 1998. I really
> love this CD and was hoping that would have been great at Astoria. If
> this CD is representative of their sound, I can't wait to hear more. I
> have also heard the track on the EBS Comp, but don't remember it. I know
> that they did a CD  - Of Stars and Time, but have not heard it yet. Is
> there more?
> Chris