Acid Space

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Four disc collection of the best in pioneering psychedelic music from the '60s and '70s! 50 tracks, including contributions from Hawkwind, Pink Fairies, Gong, Yardbird s, Hendrix, Soft Machine, 13th Floor Elevators, Magma, The Nice, Humble Pie, John Mayall, Jan Akkerman, Tangerine Dream, Tim Rose, Spooky Tooth, Arthur Brown, Black Widow, Alexis Korner, Juicy Lucy, Chrome, Holger Czukay, Curved Air and more. Comes packaged in a full color slipcase box with each disc in a separate standard jewel case. 1999 release.

Tracks:

Space Cowboy
Stillness In Time
Half The Man
Light Years
Manifest Destiny
The Kids
Mr. Moon
Scam
Journey To Arnhemland
Morning Glory
Just Another Story
Light Years (Live)

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At the time of this album, Jamiroquai's second, Britain's soul-funk-acid jazz scene had been firmly established by numerous club DJs and bands like Soul II Soul, Brand New Heavies, Incognito, and Young Disciples. Jamiroquai formed their own voice with strong songwriting, tight ensemble playing, and--most of all--Jay Kay's fluid vocals, which are impressively reminiscent of Stevie Wonder's. As the band's main songwriter, Kay addresses social ills ("Just Another Story," "Manifest Destiny"), advocates enlightenment ("Stillness in Time," "Light Years"), and leads his multiculti band through love songs both bubble-gum funky ("Mr. Moon") and jazzy sweet ("Half the Man"). Unabashedly mixing disco into their funky soul, Jamiroquai even make cheesy synths sound good. --Suzanne McElfresh

Customer Reviews:

Excellent.......2006-05-23

THIS IS THE BEST ALBUM IN THE WORLDDDD!!! LOL
4real I love this album soo much - it's ma favourite in the world, and it's absolutely timeless - u can never get bored of this, u'll always take it out now and again and go omg i cant believ hw good tht is lol. The best song on it is definitly Space Cowboy (an i got mad wen they neva put it on the film 'the return of the space cowboys lol). However, the beginning of 'Scam' is truly magical. The worst licks off this album are 'The Kids' and maybe 'Journey To Arnhemland, which is an instrumental. At 1st I h8ed 'Half the man', but then I loved it cos i find it easy ta sing to lol. 'Manifest Destiny' is amazing too, and I can really relate to it. 'Just another Story' is FANTASTIC!!! I'm a real Jamiroquai fan and out of all their albums this is the best (EOPearth comes 2nd!)!!
If u havent already got it - i strongly reccomend u buy it - u wont regret it it's amazing - even beats ma fav redhotchilipeppers album (BSSM - 4 those fellow fans ;) )
THE RETURN OF THE SPACE COWBOY IS AMAZING!

Unique.......2006-03-04

After 1994, acid jazz started to lose mass popularity and soon sank down like a Titanic to the bottom of the sea. But if there was just one band that made an effort to develop the genre, it was Jamiroquai with their second album Return Of The Space Cowboy. They took the influences from vintage funk, jazz, soul and latin music that made most of their debut, Emergency On Planet Earth, and took them to another level of musical language. Open-minded and passionate musicians, they didn't limit themselves to any boundaries of the genre. Unlike Emergency, this album doesn't sound like anything you've heard before. My personal favourite, "Stilness In Time" is a breezy latin number, with a catchy chorus that you will probably sing all day long after listening to it in the morning. On "Half The Man" the band tried to experiment with unusial sounds, blending weird synthesizer, panoramic Rhodes piano, organ, acoustic guitar, latin percussion and Jay's blues-inflected vocals. Manifest Destiny is a beautiful slow-tempo number with the main melody played on a bass guitar. "The Kids" is a thrash-funk, which features some first-rate turntable workout, while "Morning Glory" is a meditative jazzy number with a long trumpet solo, which reminds of Miles Davis. The infamous didgeridoo turns up on just one track, the dark instrumental "Journey To Arnhemland." The first single and now classic "Space Cowboy" (a song about getting high with the help of marijuana) serves as a perfect conclusion of the album, leaving an unconquerable desire to listen to it one more time.
Long story short, this is a unique album made with a perfect taste and impressive technical performance. The album's only drawback is weak production, but still the music is the best they've ever done. If you think that Jamiroquai are just a disco-funk band, try this and you'll find out they are (or were) much more interesting and innovative.

Pretty good CD........2006-02-25

This CD wasn't bad, not Jamiroquai's best, but very enjoyable nonetheless. Fave songs are "Scam", "Light Years" & "Space Cowboy". These songs are infused with a great funk & R&B sound, which most fans love & come to expect from the very talented Jamiroquai.

BASS!.......2005-11-22

There are so many reviews here that I don't feel one can add much more to the opinion of musicality on this project. However, I will say this - every bassist needs this album. It should be one of 10 absolutely necessary albums that every electric bass player should own. Bassist Stuart Zender joined this band as a young teenager, but it's no doubt that he was immediately praised by already famous bassists in the industry through every magazine! The groove, feel, and maturity on this album is really amazing (especially for such a young player) so explore it. Learn from it.

Jamiroquai Won Me Over With This Album!!.......2005-11-18

This album is so good!
It's a shame it was virtually slept upon here in the states!
But back in 1994, while over in the U.K., I went to see
the Brand New Heavies featuring N'dea Davenport
(another fave of mine from that era!)and a freind
told me that if I loved them, I was sure to love this almost new group at the time..Jamiroquai.

Well, we went to catch them in concert as well and WOW!
I was hooked by their sound, style and Jay-Kay's vocalizations.
Now I don't agree or understand about the comparisons that
some make between Jay and Stevie Wonder, because they
sound nothing alike, but I guess because the Jamiroquai
sound was so retro with the heavy fender rhodes, clavinet,
arp, moog & oberheim synths, etc. (circa 1970's)
that some had to make the comparison
to categorize what they were hearing!---
This album is the first Jamiroquai album that
I bought and it's great from start to finish!
"Space Cowboy", "Stillness In Time", "Half The Man",
"Manifest Destiny" "Journey To Arnhemland" & "Morning Glory"
all still stand the test of time!
Stuart Zender is an absolutely incredible bassist!
It's like the late Bernard Edwards of CHIC, Verdine White of E,W&F
and Larry Graham of Sly & The Family Stone / Graham Central Station
morphed and merged into the body of a young white kid!
Then, I went back and bought their debut
"Emergency On Planet Earth", which I also love, and then
of course, there is "Traveling Without Moving" which gave
them their crossover hit "Virtual Insanity" and finally got
them love here in the states outside the small but
loyal ultra-hip fan base they have here!
If you buy either 3 of the aforementioned albums,
you can't go wrong!

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Lightning Dust
Lightning Dust
Manufacturer: Jagjaguwar
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The Reminder
Fort Nightly
Easy Tiger
God Save the Clientele

ASIN: B000PA9PUQ
Release Date: 2007-06-19

Tracks:

Listened On
When You Go
Wind Me Up
Take Me Back
Jump In
Heaven
Castles And Caves
Highway
Breathe
Days Go By

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A veritable cornucopia . . .
A sick antidote

Now I Understand
Club d'Elf , John Medeski , Reeves Gabrels , and Gerry Leonard (Spooky Ghost)
Manufacturer: Accurate Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Dub | Reggae | International | Styles | Music

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Out Louder
III
Live - Tonic, NYC 5/26/04
Scotty Hard's Radical Reconstructive Surgery
Zen of Logic

ASIN: B000H5U6C0
Release Date: 2006-09-12

Tracks:

Introduction
Bass Beatbox
Hungry Ghosts
Quilty
Vishnu Dub
A Toy For A Boy
Luminous Things
What Would Cthulhu Do?
Now I Understand
And Shadow Saw The Gods
Wet Bones (Extended)
Vision Of Kali
Just Kiddin

Album Description

"Club d'Elf combines the roaring avant-funk of electric-era Miles with the legato drift of the Grateful Dead ... heady music that doesn't neglect the tail." - Time Out New York

This legendary underground dub/jazz/Moroccan/trance/electronica group led by bassist Mike Rivard (Morphine, The Story) has held an eight-year residency at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge. The group has garnered critical praise, drawn sold-out crowds, and topped local polls in jazz, DJ, electronica, and jam band categories. Features John Medeski & Billy Martin (Medeski, Martin & Wood), DJ Logic, Reeves Gabrels (David Bowie), Mat Maneri, Duke Levine (Shawn Colvin), Alain Mallet (Paul Simon), Mister Rourke (Soulive), and more.

Customer Reviews:

A veritable cornucopia . . . .......2007-02-21

. . . for the ADHD, video game, generally aesthetically overloaded generation.

This musical gallimaufry, to me, sits there like a congealed, two-day-old bad stew that never achieved lift-off. Admittedly, it's almost certainly not aimed at baby-boomers such as myself.

But that doesn't mean it's palatable.

For anyone.

The problem for me--and I don't think it's just a generational thing--is that there's no res here. Yes, there's lots of (semi-appealing) Activity, but not much of consequence: North-African, Dub/Club, World-jazzish, electronica ephemera strew themselves about abundantly, without ever (at least for me) achieving anything of consequence. Where's the Authentic Voice emerging out of this cacophony? Show me one memorable melodic statement, one bit of musical poignancy. Even the way-out jazz avant-garde rather regularly achieves these.

If you dig the latest string of hip musical jags parading themselves before your aural palette in a not uninteresting fashion, this might be the disc for you. But don't blame me if the high fades precipitously: I really doubt you'll be listening to this rapidly decaying half-life music six or even two months from now. If you don't care, that's OK. But someday, you're gonna have to move on to Real Music.

Call me when you're ready: I'm sure I'll have some suggestions for you.

A sick antidote.......2006-11-30

A sick, sick antidote for a musical world where albums get lost in the iPod shuffle. This album is worth listening to end-to-end, going on the whole 70 minute journey, and don't forget your dancing shoes.

Take the brilliant strings and horns of many, many genres - electronica, funk, jazz, drum n bass, dub, Indian classical - and tie them all together with a big ecstatic Moroccan bow, and you might begin to unwrap what Club d'Elf presents in its live albums. "Now I Understand" takes that live energy and polishes it down to a smooth, refined, and deeply dirty sound.

One thing that stands out about "Now I Understand" is its psychological depth. Unlike albums that hit only one emotional note, with Club d'Elf one minute you're grasping the pain of the universe and the next song you're happy as a cat in the sun, and dancing in the kitchen with the blinds up. Mike Rivard's skillful and detailed transformations will take you by the hand across some deep landscapes, be ready! There's not one musician on the album that isn't at his peak, and it's like being in some funky playground where all the kids are musical Einsteins. Medeski's organs will make you laugh. Brahim Fribgane's oud strings will make you swoon in the old-fashioned North African way. And the whole album will pull you into the world of trance, where you can hear something old, something new, something genuine, something sexy.

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super chill-out pop music
Fantastic
wow!
orbital array of sounds
Love it, love it

Space Cowboy
Jamiroquai
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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High Times: Singles 1992-2006
Travelling Without Moving

ASIN: B000002CYD
Release Date: 1995-04-25

Tracks:

Radio Edit
Classic Radio Remix
Album Version
Classic Club Remix
Instrumental
Babinstrumental

Customer Reviews:

super chill-out pop music.......2004-03-02

i got this single by chance when i had nothing better to buy, but you know what? it turned out to be one of the best singles i've ever bought (first come all the madonna singles). anyway although the album version is kinda strange and hard to get acustomed to, the 4 other remixes are absolutely awsome. especially the babinstrumental and the classic club remix. this cd single is worth your money but don't let them rob you. i also recomend the single for SUPERSONIC a lot!

Fantastic.......2003-07-07

This cd-single is just fantastic. All musics were flawlessly produced and a masterpiece was generated. Anyone who loves pop music should have a copy of it.

wow!.......2002-11-05

Quite possibly the best Jamiroquai song, as well as the best single they've released! The album version and radio edit (video version) are incredible, and the remix is one of few jamiroquai remixes that's worth listening to. I highly recommend this purchase!

orbital array of sounds.......2002-07-04

--This is a must for anyone that loves music w/ a pulse. It is both cerebral and visceral. Recommended for candy-flippin.

Love it, love it.......2002-02-25

Heard a remix of this song while I was in Greece and I fell in love with it. Once I got Back here I had to find that mix. I love the Classic Radio Mix of this song. I'm really not feeling the original cut though.

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wow.
10 STARS AND THEN SOME...
spacehoppa

Acid Lounge in Space
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Acid Lounge
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Hed Kandi: The Acid Lounge Goes West
Welcome to the Acid Lounge, Vol. 1
Hed Kandi: Serve Chilled
Twisted Disco
Beach Angel

ASIN: B00006RY27
Release Date: 2003-02-17

Tracks:

Something In Space - 45 Dip
Fly Me To The Moon - Groove Armada
Mooger Fooger - Bermuda Triangle
Buddha Cowboy - John Howard
Grandpa Was An Alien - King Brillo
Parallax - 2000 Project
Tribal - Patrick Dawes
She's Groovy - Akasha
Showroom Dummies - Senor Coconut Y Su Conjunto
What Gives With You - Abraham
Sea Of Change - Broadway Project
Buble Love - Chungking
Cut & Paste - Cybophonia
Va Va Voom - 45 Dip
In Spring - Les Hommes
Gorgeous - George - 45 Dip
Neon Tetra - Kinobe
Angel - Zohar
Love Is Incredible - Bastian
A One-day Trip In An Elevator - Hand Polished
Lunar Strut - Eric Kupper Presents Roy Camebert
Party - Sporto Kantes
S' On The Side - Johnny Conquest
I Really Want You - Arkestra One
Docking - 45 Dip
Fly Away - Karma Obscura
See Yourself - Bombdogs
Trepanning - The Gentle People
Flying High - Space Hoppa

Album Description

A follow-up to the previous successful Acid Lounge mix CD featuring tracks compiled by 45 Dip from Groove Armada, Boards of Canada, Jazzanova, The Orb, 45 Dip, The Gentle People feat. Rajesh David, Bebel Gilberto and more. Gatefold digipak. Hed Kandi. 2002.

Album Details

A Brilliant Second Collection of Midtempo Tracks (Following Up the "Acid Lounge" Collection) that Take the Listener Out of His/Her Own Reality and Transport them to Another World. Experience a Virtual Trip Thru the Heavens with 45 Dip, Senor Coconut (Covering Kraftwerk), Bermuda Triangle, King Brillo, Groove Armada and Many More.

Customer Reviews:

wow........2005-02-09

Owning most of the 'Winter Chill' series and all of the 'Serve Chilled' series, I have come to expect impressive, extremely listenable quality music compilations from the absolutely amazing Hed Kandi label (shameless plug: www.hedkandi.com), but I was completely blown away by this offering, my first experience with `The Acid Lounge' series (which Hed Kandi refers to as its "drunken uncle"). MAN, this stuff is smooth! Amazing. Buy it. Now. I can't wait to get my hands on the rest of the albums in the series.

10 STARS AND THEN SOME..........2003-05-08

"ACID LOUNE IN SPACE" IS BY FAR THE BEST COMPILATION CD EVER!!!! THIS BABY IS PACKED WITH SO MANY KILLER TRACKS THAT YOU FORGET WHAT'S WHAT!! LET'S SEE, THERE'S 45 DIP'S "VA VA VOOM" AND "GORGEUOS GEORGE" THAT ARE BOTH ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND MYSTERIOUS...THEN THERE'S THE SULTRY 1960'S INFLUENCED "BUBBLE LOVE" AND "I REALLY WANT U"... AND THE SUPER-FUNKY-GET-UP-AND-SHAKE-THAT-THANG SONG "FLYIN' HIGH" BY SPACE HOPPA--I SWEAR I WAS UP ON THE COFFEE TABLE DANCING TO THIS SONG! BASTIAN'S "LOVE IS INCREDIBLE!" IS AS GROOVY AS IT IS SENTIMENTAL; CHECK OUT THE SYNTH/GUITAR SOLO TOWARDS THE END--WICKED!! "SHOWROOM DUMMIES" IS HUMOROUS AND CONTAGIOUS...A GUARANTEED SING-ALONG SONG! THEN THERE'S "WHAT GIVES?" THAT'S NICELY REMIXED BY PHENOM MIXER, HERBERT (I THINK THIS GUY IS ACTUALLY FROM OUTERSPACE). WHOOO!! I'LL BE HERE WRITING ALL DAY IF I COMMENTED ON EVERY SONG ON THIS SET...TAKE MY WORD FOR IT--ALL THE SONGS ARE BRILLIANT AND WERE WELL SELECTED FOR "ACID LOUNGE IN SPACE"...EVEN THE CD COVER AND THE SEGUES ARE WITTY, CREATIVE AND ENTERTAINING--LOVE THE CONCEPT!! PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE GO OUT AND GET THIS CD...OR YOU MAY HAVE TO ORDER IT LIKE I DID BECAUSE LOCAL RECORD STORES DON'T KNOW HOW TO CARRY GOOD MUSIC--ONLY A PLETHORA OF "TOP FORTY" GARBAGE...BUT I DIGRESS...REVIEW YOU LATER!

spacehoppa.......2003-03-21

Spacehoppa's track sounds fantastic - like Marden Hill on acid!

Space Box: 1970 & Beyond (Space, Krautrock & Acid Trips)

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Space Box:1970&Beyond(Space,Krautrock&Acid Trips)V/A
space is deep
Not too good...get the originals
If you like spaced out acid jams, this one's a no brainer!
A little cheesy, i'm sure you'd agree.

Space Box: 1970 & Beyond (Space, Krautrock & Acid Trips)
Various Artists
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ASIN: B000001JVB
Release Date: 1996-08-20

Tracks:

Valium 10 (12' Version) - Hawkwind
Slo Blo - Pressurehed
Wolf City - Amon Duul II
Mominous - Ron Geesin
Boots Of Ascension - F/I
Apropos Cluster - Cluster
Brainticket - Architectural Metaphor
Gongwash Indelible - Gong
Burning Sky - Porcupine Tree
Third From The Sun - Chrome
10 Seconds Of Forever - Nik Turner
International Sponge - Alien Planetscapes

Tracks:

UFO - Guru Guru
In Aquarian Dream - Melting Euphoria
Deranged (Zero Gravity Mix) - Kraftwelt
Past Zero Time - Dark Matter
Sehr Kosmisch - Harmonia
This Alien Nation (Space Mix) - Darxtar
Time Center - Michael Moorcock's Deep Fix
Vision Of Infinity (7' Version) - Farflung
Number 6 - Brainstorm
Contrapuntal Interstellar Radars - Conrad Schnitzler
Time Of ... - Hawklords

Tracks:

Devoted Bone Dance - Faust
Leaving The Body - Helios Creed
Ich Mache Einen Spiegel - Popol Vuh
12-24-2011 - Anubian Lights
Tribal Elders - Nick Riff
The Changing - Harvey Bainbridge
Interferon - Zero Gravity
Tangerine Sky - Dilate
21:51 (Edit Version) - Kluster
Scorpius (Deep Space Version) - Steve Peregrine Took
Vortex In My Cortex - The Brain
Cysyrgy - Spiral Realms
Gamma Days - Surface 10

Customer Reviews:

Space Box:1970&Beyond(Space,Krautrock&Acid Trips)V/A.......2004-07-25

When I first got this fantastic 3-CD collection,I believe that I,personally contacted the label,Cleopatra to tell them just HOW MUCH I like,no make that nearly worship 'Space Box...'.When I first recieved this release,I hadn't even heard of most of the 36 different artists.In the CD booklet,they let you know the address of most of the artists so that interested parties can contact the bands themselves to find out more.I've done it and THANKS to 'Space Box...' I'm actually in touch now with a few of the bands.Some of my favorites through out the three discs are Architectural Metaphor whose track "Brainticket" I simply cannot get enough of.Also really like Kluster's "22:09",Conrad Schnitzler's "Contrapuntal Interstellar" and Dark Matter's "Past Zero Time".So MANY cool tunes here,also liked the couple of Chrome cuts like the trend-setting "3rd From The Sun" and Helios Creed's eerie "Leaving The Body".Melting Euphoria has a non-lp never released tune on here,"In Aquarian Dream" which pretty much defines modern day space rock in itself.There are several Hawkwind and related tracks present,like the 12" version of "Valium 10",Nik Turner's recital of "Ten Seconds Of Forever",Michael Moorcock's "Time Center" and Harvey Bainbridge with "The Changing".Should mention that this was the place where I first discovered the bands Guru Guru,Faust,Harmonia and Porcupine Tree.Never has such an exclusive collection,like this has ever put me in touch with so many cool bands.Just about EVERY one of the 36 cuts did it for me.Consider the 'Space Box...' in a sense sort of the krautrock sacred scrolls.

space is deep.......2003-10-13

So deep that it's almost impossible to come up with a box that spans three decades and covers a topic as broad and diffuse as "space" music. Nevertheless, this is a very fine overview of major contributors to the music genre that involves gurgling synthesizers, repetitive rhythmic patterns, and weird sounds in general. If your acquaintance with this type of music goes no further than Pink Floyd's Meddle or Kraftwerk's Autobahn, this is a fine place for further exploration. I have an extensive collection of music, and still much of this is new to me, such as the Gong sound collage that isn't on any of my many Gong albums.

Not too good...get the originals.......2003-08-07

I was pretty disappointed with a lot of the tunes on this box set: many sound like sound checks or rehearsal space jams that go on a lot longer than they should. There are a few good tracks sprinked throughout. Alien Panetscapes is a standout - but I played bass with this group for a few months (not on this lineup) so I am biased ;-).

For some mind expanding sounds:

space rock:
Gong
Hawkwind
Ozric Tentacles (sp?)
Alien Panetscapes

Electronica from the 60's and beyond (academic sound):
Ilhan Mimaroglu - Wings of the Delerious Demon
Morton Subotnick
Pauline Oliveros
Milton Babbitt - Philomel

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If you like spaced out acid jams, this one's a no brainer!.......1999-07-23

When I discovered "Space Box" at amazon.com I had two completely opposite reviews staring me in the face. One said it was garbage and the other said it was great. I decided to take a chance, since it was priced so economically. Boy, am I glad I did! If you like such artists as Helios Creed, Cluster, Chrome, Hawkwind and Faust, snag this one right now. Listen to these CD's a couple of times and you're liable to find yourself dialing up a few of your old friends in search of a handful of tabs! Get out your synchro-energizer and let the likes of Guru Guru and Amon Duul II take you on a little departure from our world. Actually, better make that a little departure from our galaxy! So, you ask, do I like "Space Box"? Get real. I don't like it. I love it! If you don't scarf up this set now, don't come crying to me later about how you have to shell out $50 to get it from some used CD store. I'll only say "I told you so".

A little cheesy, i'm sure you'd agree........1999-06-10

While some material on this cd is quite good (Hawkwind, Cluster, Harmonia, the older stuff) the tracks by most of the newer bands are just plain silly, uninventive shlock that makes for filler. Try a Faust or Can album, or some Fripp/Eno stuff before wasting time on this one. The worst part is that the box is so cheesy, not to mention the typos (the worst being the exclusion of song 6 on cd 2 in the track listing -- come on, cleopatra, don't you hire someone to check these things?)