Artist description The electronic music of SPACECRAFT is at once enticing and challenging.With each SPACECRAFT concert one is easily drawn into the deep infinity of the universe, while simultaneously being reminded of the very tribal nature of our own kind. You will float peacefully on the marvelous, ambient tapestries of sound woven by SPACECRAFT; and, you will be swept away for a futuristic, musical confrontation with the heavens.

Music Style Space Music / Ambient / Electronic

Musical Influences Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Popul Vuh, Terje Rypdal, Morton Subotnick, Vangelis, Arvo Pårt, K. Leimer, Pink Floyd, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, The Beatles

Similar Artists Tangerine Dream, Popul-Vuh, Klaus Schulze, Michael Hoenig, Pink Floyd, Bo Hansson, FSOL, Vangelis, Banco de Gaia, Ashra Temple

Artist History Dreams, machines and music can take us to the far reaches of our imagination. SPACECRAFT, the group, launched it's musical debut in 1997 with a critically acclaimed self-titled CD on the small and independent, European/American, Lektronic Soundscapes record label. Billboard gave their next release, "Hummel", a Critics Choice review in 1998. "Earthtime Tapestry" was named "1999 Electronic Album of the Year" by New Age Magazine. The next project landed Tony Gerber, Giles Reaves, John Rose and Diane Timmons into Betalab studio to create a colorful and vivid soundtrack for "Kaleida Dreams", the computer graphic video by award-winning animator, Dave Turner. The video is now offered for sale. See below. A DVD with multiple genre soundtracks is also in the works for the future. SPACECRAFT's "Kaleida Dreams" CD, released on SpaceForMusic.com Records, is now available here at mp3.com. If you are just getting musically turned on to SPACECRAFT, then the most recent release, "20th Century Mix - Best of", is a great introduction to SPACECRAFT's magical sound. SPACECRAFT is known for intoxicating live performances in planetarium's and unique architectural spaces. They will soon be landing near you. Listen now and watch for them in the not to distant future. Don't miss it!

Group Members Tony Gerber (Guitars and Synthesizers), John Rose (Synthesizers and the Beam), Diane Timmons (Synthesizers and Vocals) and Giles Reaves (Synthesizers)

Instruments Synthesizers, Guitars, Vocals, The Beam

Albums Spacecraft: Spacecraft / Spacecraft: Hummel / Spacecraft: Earthtime Tapestry / Spacecraft: Kaleida Dreams / Spacecraft: 20th Century Mix (Best Of)

Press Reviews Spacecraft sets the controls for deep space with music recorded live in the Hummel Planetarium in Kentucky. This trio of synthesizers and guitar recalls early - '70s Tangerine Dream, when that group was still using live performances as free-form explorations rather than pre-programmed computations. Befitting the planetarium environment, this is music more of design than melody, and it has a pulse more than a rhythm. From the amorphous textures of "Explorations In Space" to the tugging sequencer patterns of the title track, sounds and forms shift and morph through each other, gradually revealing broad chordal structures, gentle pulses, and the interlocking patterns that have long been the hallmark of space music. Spacecraft does it better than many contemporary practitioneers, and Tony Gerber's sinuous guitar leads add another dimension to this sound.John Diliberto (Billboard Magazine) ..................................................Spacecraft : Earthtime Tapestry (Lektronic Soundscapes) ............ Playing almost exclusively at planetariums, Spacecraft uses the live experience as a method of developing their music. Drawing on the mood of the audience, the vibe of the performance space and their own state of being as artists in collaboration, Spacecraft feels their way through live sets of improvised electronic sound. With the right combination, moments of brilliance are experienced as the music is revealed to both audience and artist. Earthtime Tapestry is the third CD by Spacecraft and continues their evolution as live performers. Joined on this CD by fellow synthestist Giles Reaves, Spacecraft refine their approach to spacemusic, raising a notch the level of The Berlin School where this mode of expression was founded.........Chuck van Zyl (Star's End Radio)

Location Nashville, TN - USA

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