5 Stars
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Some people may have the opinion that the Space Rock genre is a little strange. But for those of us with our tin foil hats, it is essentially the normal.
On the outer edges of Electronic Space Rock are bands such as Hawkwind, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Can, etc., but all pale into insignificance stood up next to Harvey Bainbridge.
from an array of keyboards.
Synthesizers being his main
weapons of choice.
Harvey and his music are weird, but terribly nicely weird. For live shows, the music was always accompanied by a dramatic light and laser show.
Harvey Bainbridge himself would arrive looking like Doctor Emmet Brown from Back to the Future, hair wildly spiky with a magnificent black and silver cape and, most importantly, his tongue firmly in his cheek.
Harvey started in bands in the West Country of England before forming Ark, bringing him to the attention of one David Brock. At the time, Brock was in a band called the Sonic Assassins, who had to be called that as the name Hawkwind was being withheld under a court order.
The Legend,
The Wizard of the Keyboards.
Harvey Bainbridge.
Sonic Assassins soon became the Hawklords, who soon reverted to Hawkwind. This would have brought the earth’s timeline to 1978.
Harvey alternately played bass guitar or keyboards, depending upon the space. In 1991, Harvey floated away from the Mothership Hawkwind. For the next time period, collaborations were woven, plus solo work like this album under review.
In 2008, the Hawklords were brought back to life for further adventures, but reaching the age of Grand Wizard in 2020, Harvey Bainbridge again took a back seat in the time capsule, leaving the Hawklords to beat their own path.
This collection of musical journeys was first released in cassette tape form back in 1988 before being launched on CD in 1993.
Thank the galaxies it was; otherwise it could possibly have been lost to us.
‘Interstellar Chaos’ is a series of trips to outer space through the mind of Harvey Bainbridge. All the music is played by the man himself. Each one whisking you away to different parts of the stratosphere.
Some are journeys taken by man; some are purely suspended in time, giving you space to listen to your thoughts.
Never boring; you can feel a multitude of emotions through the music: wonder, amusement, eternity, speed, and catastrophe are all brought to life through sound.
Certainly music to be played on headphones.
Other good solo cosmic journeys by Harvey Bainbridge are Red Shift – 1995, Live 2000-2001, and Dreams, Omens and Strange Encounters – 2010.
Songs
1. Mistiness In Orions Head (3:11)
2. Caught In An Interstellar Net 1 (1:54)
3. Caught In An Interstellar Net 2 (1:58)
4. Cosmic Junk (8:47)
5. Clouds Of Venus (5:36)
6. Dense Dust (6:36)
7. The Sun In Hydrogen Light (0:51)
8. Gravitational Pull (10:12)
to be made before listening.
9. Voyager I (The Voyager) (11:05)
10. In The Wake Of Passing Clouds (4:33)
11. Heading: Cygnus X-1 (14:10)
12. Sunspot In H-Alpha Light (3:41)
13. Cosmic Bubble (2:25)
14. Lost Orbit (2:54)
Written by Mott the Dog clearly not in his right mind on the Darkside of Pattaya.
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