[atlantaprog] Spaceseed

Z-Axis will be opening for a Spacerock extravaganza ay Eyedrum on Sept. 24th. Here's the official blurb:

Premiere U.S. Space rockers SPACESEED (http://www.spaceseed.org) will join forces this fall with long time Hawklord Harvey Bainbridge (http://harvey.strange-trips.com/). This years "Clouds Over Titan 2005 Tour" will feature the initial pairing of classic Hawkwind Keyboardist and accomplished solo artist Harvey Bainbridge with the East Coast based SPACESEED.

"I am excited about working within the band setting again " stated Bainbridge from his home in Lancashire. "SPACESEED are the most exciting space rock act I have seen in years and I am thrilled to be a part of it. The work they did on Future Cities was simply marvelous." Bainbridge is referring to the CD and tour Future Cities Of The Past PT 1. This disc featured Nik Turner, one of Harvey's former band mates. This is also the disc which first thrust SPACESEED into the international spotlight and nosed its way into a listeners top 100 prog albums of the year pole. " We are going to be trying some different things with Harvey" states SPACESEED leader John Pack. "This tour will have a leaner more electronic feel. But that's not to say there wont be some dam busting rock included as well."
SPACESEED and Bainbridge will be joined on tour by the Solar Fire Light Show based in Cleveland Ohio. Operated by Jim Lascko this is not your regular "jam band" light show. Assisted by long time Solar Fire Man Scot Kuti this is a sensory overload one will not soon forget. It just completed a tour of the States with British Prog legends Ozric Tentacle and is warmed up to burn retinas. " Be sure to wear your sun glasses " Jokes Bainbridge " It is gonna be a blinder "

Opening the show will be Atlanta's Z-Axis (http://gnosisarts.org/z). Z-Axis calls their style of music post-progressive rock, and they have been perfecting and refining it since their formation in 1997. Their traditional prog roots have been filtered through contemporary sensibilities, and augmented with influences ranging from world music to psychedelia to electronica to create a sound that pays homage to the original prog spirit, but isn't mired in the past. Founded by synthesist/composer Allen Welty-Green to perform music he had composed for the multi-media performance art piece, "Reality Check", Z-Axis also features Welty-Green's high-school friend Phillip Hart on a wide range of percussion instruments. Bassist/vocalist Jeff Tyson and guitarist/vocalist Mark Baker round out the line-up with their startlingly original approaches to their respective instruments.

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