RFI: "Space country"

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I'm looking for something with a similar sound/vibe to Dorau & Kohncke's "Abermorgen" from the Durch Die Nacht 12", Eno and Lanois' Apollo soundtrack album, Darkel/Jean-Benoit Dunckel's "At the End of the Sky" (though it's more George Harrison, it does have a similar stoned, spacy twang to it) and some of David Lynch's instrumentals as Blue Bob...any recommendations at all are welcome.

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 02:45 (nineteen years ago)

A Small Good Thing - Slim Westerns I & II (and the Cool, Cool Water EP)

― Ghost Bear Junior High Attendance Party (Ghost Bear Junior High Attenda), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 02:58 (nineteen years ago)

Haven't heard your examples, sorry; but when i see the words "space country", I immediately think of the Byrds' "Mr. Spaceman" and The Notorious Byrd Brothers.

― Monty Von Byonga (Monty Von Byonga), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 04:42 (nineteen years ago)

I, too, have not heard your examples, but I'd have to suggest the Sadies as among the finest progenitors of "space country" at present.

― Herb Hitts (herb_hitts), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 15:53 (nineteen years ago)

Mojave 3
KLF - parts of Chill Out

― hank (hank s), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 15:56 (nineteen years ago)

Mojave 3 is really less "space country" than "earth boring"

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 16:00 (nineteen years ago)

would it be totally inappropriate for me to suggest my own band's "space country" album...?

(probably)

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 16:04 (nineteen years ago)

The best of breed apart from those titles mentioned above are Steve Roach and Roger King - Dust to Dust, Rainer - Nocturnes and Ry Cooder's soundtrack work, especially Paris, Texas.

There are a number of instrumental bands that mine similar territory, but the "space" is occasionally obscured by the rock instrumentation:

The Album Leaf
Explosions in the Sky
Lanterna (most spacey)
Mercury Program
Scenic (most western)
Six Parts Seven
Tarentel (most liked)
Tristeza

There was a second Slim Westerns? I must hasten to the hep file sharing server ASAP.

― 35 Hertz (35 Hertz), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 16:07 (nineteen years ago)

sorta lost on what sound is being looked for here. is it instrumental bands using Ennio Morricone as a reference?

― jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

there's also this thread which probably has nothing to do w/the question: I found $41 on the ground today, so let's talk about Psychedelic Country!

― jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball, or the live one Spyboy. Buddy Miller's guitar on "Deeper Well" gets pretty spacey.

― Edward III (edward iii), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 16:51 (nineteen years ago)

There's a local band I wrote about a couple months back called Lomita. I called them "dour, spacefaring southern gentlemen who clearly take whiskey with their whiskey." You can pick up their record on CD Baby:

http://cdbaby.com/cd/lomita

Highly recommended if you're on a "space country" kick.

― Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

I guess when I say "local" I should specify that "here" is Austin.

― Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

Jerry Garcia's first solo album Garcia

― BrianB (BrianB), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 17:10 (nineteen years ago)

Daniel Lanois - Belladonna

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 18:22 (nineteen years ago)

A strong secong to the Ry Cooder OMPS works.

Also, it seems that Bill Frissell simply must have something that'll wedge into this category - although, not nearly as atmospheric as your reference points.

Finally, see "The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death"

― christoff (christoff), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 18:42 (nineteen years ago)

Maquialdora's spaced-out roots rock might fit into this. They have a desert, post-rock vibe, too. And they jam with member's of Acid Mothers.

― QuantumNoise (Justin Farrar), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

Michelle, "Lament Of The Astro Cowboy"

― hank (hank s), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 19:02 (nineteen years ago)

six years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqrary1YKd8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q6z1NT_mEU

― arby's, Friday, 22 February 2013 15:08 (thirteen years ago)

abermorgen is so great. Best Air track never made or an Alan Parsons dub of CSNY "helpless".

― brimstead, Sunday, 3 March 2013 03:00 (thirteen years ago)

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