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Hawkwind – In Search Of Space Besetzung: Nik Turner – alto sax, flute, audio generator, vocals Dave Brock – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic 6 and 12 string, audio generator Dave Anderson – bass, electric and acoustic 6 string guitars Del Dettmar – synthesizer Terry Ollis – drums, percussion Dik Mik – audio generator Label: EMI.
What a weird piece of music: Already the first track You Shouldn't Do That, that clocks in at about fifteen minutes, greets you with repetitive, chanting vocals, proto-stoner rhythm guitar and driving drums, like a spaceship racing on hyper-speed through the universe - and on top of all that is a saxophone! Welcome to Hawkwind! Welcome to In Search of Space!And really, this is an astonishingly whimsical record. Not the most accessible, as you might have guessed by now, even with their hit-single Silver Machine included as bonus track. But all in all, certainly a captivating, even hypnotic melange of the LSD- and space-age aesthetics of their time.
If you like trippy music far away from the usual conventions, In Search of Space is definitely for you. Its maybe not quite on the level some of their later records, like Hall of the Mountain Grill, but still a strong piece of music with a lot of character and atmosphere.
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In Search of Space strengthened Hawkwind's science fiction-type brand of progressive rock, gaining bass player Dave Anderson and galactic poet extraordinaire Rob Calvert, while losing John Harrison at the same time. The album opens with the mind-numbing galactic haze of 'You Shouldn't Do That,' a spooky little 15-minute excursion that warps, throbs, and swirls with Dik Mik's 'audio generator' and the steady drum pace of Terry Ollis. Then comes the ominous whispering of the title, set to the pulsating waves of Dave Brock's guitar and Turner's alto sax, with Dettmar's synth work laying the foundation. Wonderfully setting the tone, 'You Shouldn't Do That's improvisational looseness and rhythmic fusion smoothly open up the album into the realm of Hawkwind.
The peculiarity never ceases, as 'You Know You're Only Dreaming' and 'We Took the Wrong Steps Years Ago' delves even deeper into obscurity, sometimes emanating with the familiar jangle of the guitar which then has its acquaintance overshadowed by the waft of the keyboard. Just as 'Master of the Universe' chugs and rolls with a foreboding rhythm, 'Adjust Me' retaliates with its moaning verse and tonal fluctuations fading into oblivion. The groundbreaking sound which Hawkwind achieved on In Search of Space helped to open up a whole new avenue of progressive rock. This album would lead to their most successful release in Space Ritual, coming two years after In Search of Space, with their interplanetary groove already set for takeoff.
01.'You Shouldn't Do That' (Turner/Brock) 15:42
02.'You Know You're Only Dreaming' (Brock) 6:38
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03.'Master of the Universe' (Turner/Brock) 6:17
04.'We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago' (Brock) 4:50
05.'Adjust Me' (Hawkwind) 5:45
06.'Children of the Sun' (Turner/Anderson) 3:21
Bonus tracks
07.'Seven By Seven' (Original Single) (Brock) 5:24
08.'Silver Machine' (Original Single Version) (Live at the Roundhouse) (Calvert/Brock) 4:40
09.'Born to Go' (Single Version Edit) (Live At the Roundhouse) (Calvert/Brock) 5:04
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