Artist description Space Pocket is a Lawrence, Kansas-based groove-fusion band, in the spirit of late 60s/early 70s experimentation of melding of styles and sounds.

Music Style electro-fuzed-retro-groove

Musical Influences rhythms, melody, dynamics, sounds, music

Similar Artists Weather Report, Critters Buggin, 20th Congress

Artist History Formed in 1998, the band started as a keys-bass-drums trio, and quickly expanded with the addition of electrified sax. The band has since forged a solid fan base - primarily earned from regional touring and 'word of mouth'.

Group Members Dan Pem - tenor sax & electric effects; Chris Stringer - Rhodes piano, organ, effects; Chris Handley - electric basses; Luke Stone - drums & percussion

Instruments amplo-effected sax, Rhodes piano, Hammond organ, 5-string bass, drums

Albums Basement Sessions (1998), Time In Space (1999), Halloween 1999 (1999), Time In Space Vol.2 (2000)

Press Reviews "Like the late legend Sun Ra, Space Pocket takes music beyond Earth's boundaries, with what is calls 'analog instrumental funkified electric fusion.'" - 2000 Klammie Awards; "Space Pocket puts out tasty bits of spacey sounds ... Try Space Pocket, if you need a little space in your place." - Jay M. Bianchi, proprietor of Quixote's, Aurora CO; "As the musicians jam ... their creative freedom manifests itself in Stringer's improvisations on a Fender Rhodes keyboard." - Brendan O'Bryhm, the Lawrence Journal-World; "Space Pocket plans to keep cranking out its funky jams at live shows to audiences hungry for something that can rarely be recreated in the studio... but don't get confused, these guys aren't faithfully recreating the tired territory of The Grateful Dead and the like, it's more along the lines of Medeski, Martin & Wood..." - J.J. Hensley, the Kansas City Pitch

Location Lawrence, KS - USA

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