Intuitive Music

Rock genre born during the 70’s influenced by the psychedelic sound of the late 60’s of bands like Pink Floyd and early krautrock electronic music.

The earliest piece of space rock is allegedly a song from the 40’s written by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger for a BBC radio show called “You’re Only Young Once”. The song, called “Space Girl”, was a parody of the science fiction culture from the 40’s.

Space rock music is characterized by the use of spacial and floating backgrounds, mantra loops, electronic sequences, and futuristic effects over rock structures. This style was primarily defined by the bands Hawkwind and Gong during the early 70’s. This sound was developed parallely to the kosmiche rock scene in Germany, protagonized by the Cosmic Jokers.

During the 90’s, space rock had a big influence on electronic styles such as trance, ambient and underground techno. Some electronic artists influenced by this genre are Eat Static, Julian Cope, System 7, Mixmaster Morris, Porcupine Tree, Juno Reactor, Spiritualized, Astralasia, Total Eclipse, and Youth.