Spacefolds 10, by Quarkspace

Spacefolds 10

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1.	Tourist Music 11:31	buy track
2.	Quartzmining 04:54	buy track
3.	Durable Space 1 06:07	buy track
4.	Cowboy From The Storm 08:25	buy track
5.	The Dark Freak 04:23	buy track
6.	Durable Space 2 09:34	buy track
7.	Revolves Around Seven 13:27	buy track

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This release in the Spacefolds Series is the loopiest since Spacefolds 6. Fresh sounds and freaky space highlight this collection of top rank modern electronic spacerock excursions, pampering the listener in sonic bliss. So there!

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released June 2, 2010

Darren Gough: Guitar
Chet Santia: Bass, Guitar, Loops
Jay Swanson: Keyboards, Synth, Loops
Paul Williams: Drumming, Synth, Keyboards, Loops

All Music Improvised by Quarkspace.
Produced by Lance Starbridge.
Cover photo courtesy of NASA.

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The Spacefolds albums feature all improvised Quarkspace music and here we have the tenth in the series. Those who saw Quarkspace live when they were active may not have seen original guitarist Darren Gough much, and recent albums have included various guests, but on Spacefolds 10 the entire album is the quartet of original members Darren on guitar, Chet Santia on bass, guitar, and loops, Jay Swanson on keyboards, synth, and loops, and Paul Williams on drums, synth, keyboards, and loops.

The album begins with Tourist Music, which puts Jay Swanson's trademark piano front and center. But there's also some spaced out keyboards that combine and contrast nicely with the piano. Actually it struck me listening to this song that if all the spacey elements were stripped away I could envision the band performing this in the lounge of some hip little restaurant. The promo sheet says that Spacefolds 10 is Quarkspace's most loop based material in years, and that is evident on Quartzmining, which is quirky and funky, with an underlying ethereal drift. I love the mellotron sounds on parts of Durable Space 1, which sounds cool combined with the looped patterns. Lots of tasteful guitar soloing too, surrounded by all manner of oddball sounds. Cowboy From The Storm is an outstanding jamming track, similar to Tourist Music, but both piano and guitar are at the forefront and it has a spaced out free-jazz quality to it. The aptly titled The Dark Freak is a short, moody tune. Durable Space 2 is an atmospheric piece with a feeling of tension throughout because it continually feels like its building up to something, draw backs, and then jams along for a while again. Darren's guitar gets downright Bluesy a couple times too. Lots of variety here. At 13+ minutes Revolves Around Seven is the longest track of the set. It starts off as a quirky jam but after a couple minutes settles into a rhythmic groove. Oddball rhythms, funky and rocking. Excellent jam. And Don de Dieu is a fitting closing track, with its angelic atmosphere and spaced out light jamming. -- Jerry Kranitz, Aural Innovations

Quarkspace is now officially a member of the small circle of “venerable” space rock bands. This latest installment in Spacefolds, its series of studio improvisation records, delivers a very trippy listen, but, to my ears at least, it lacks meat around the bone. I would have liked to feel surprised, intrigued or threatened, if only once, in the course of this record, instead of being constantly lulled and pampered. That said, although a bit too gentle, this album is still a fine effort. But it’s not the best entry in the series. - Francois Couture, Monsieur Delire

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Church of Hed/Quarkspace Columbus, Ohio

Church of Hed is the solo electronic space prog project of Quarkspace drummer/synthesist, Paul Williams. RIYL: Floyd, the Orb, Stereolab -- Quarkspace is an American band together since the mid 80s. Known for combining spacerock and electronics with folk and progressive songwriting, their influences straddle the American and English psychedelic scenes of the late 60s with more modern influences. ... more

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