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Album: Spacefolds 9
Released: Nov 17, 2008
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  • Genre: Electronica / Progressive / Psychedelic

    Location COLUMBUS, Ohio, US

    Profile Views: 57556

    Last Login: 12/11/2010

    Member Since 1/26/2006

    Website www.quarkspace.com

    Record Label Eternity's Jest Records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    First a psychedelic collective in the 1980s, Quarkspace grew up to become one of America's best space rock outfits from the 1990s. The group's albums have all been released on drummer Paul Williams' Eternity's Jest label and can be split into two categories: the "real" albums and the Spacefolds series. The latter chronicles the group's evolution by quickly releasing improvisations played at rehearsals. Quarkspace stemmed from a number of spin-off projects, the main ones being National Steam, the Ashtabula County Spacerock Big Band, and Church of Hed. .... Quarkspace was formed in 1984 in Columbus, OH, and was first called Quark! College classmates Jay Swanson (keyboards), Darren Gough (guitar), and Kevin Wherry (bass) began to jam together and cover tunes by Frank Zappa, Camel, and Neil Young. Soon singer/songwriter Chet Santia and drummer Paul Williams joined and the group began playing frat parties and bars in and around Columbus. The general interest of the members quickly centered on psychedelic/space rock. But in early 1986, Santia and Williams left to concentrate on school, and, after carrying on with new musicians, Quark! disbanded a year later. .... Swanson and Williams both made some home music and the latter started a small label, Eternity's Jest Records. Williams' befriending of West Coast guitarist Dave Wexler in 1991 gave an impetus to re-form the group, now under the name Quarkspace (a software company called Quark had arisen in the meantime). Santia, Swanson, Williams, and Gough formed the nucleus, and at first Wexler and another guitarist, Richard Fox, appeared as guests. The Spacefolds series began in 1996 as cassette EPs and a first full-length studio album, Quarkspace, was released the same year. The recording quality was tentative, but the group's talent shined. Gigs became more regular and included an invitation to play at the Strange Daze Festival. This concert at the biggest space rock event in North America established Quarkspace as a major act of the genre. Live Orion, recorded at Orion Studios in Baltimore, MD, solidified their reputation and garnered rave reviews. The group extended its turf up to New England, but never performed outside the U.S. .... In the meantime Dave Wexler had become a regular member of the group, but his interest was fading and he soon disappeared. The Spacefolds series shifted to full-length CD format by 1999 (the four early cassettes were reissued on CD-R in 2001), the same year the group released the two-CD studio set The Hidden Moon. While Williams was becoming more and more familiar with studio techniques and the music business in general, other members saw the group as a sideline. Gough had already taken a few leaves of absence and by 2001 he bailed out, while his occasional replacement Stan Lyon became a permanent member, before leaving in 2005 to concentrate on his career as a grocery stocker extraordinaire. .... By the end of 2001, Quarkspace had retired from live performance, although the group remained active as a studio unit. Drop, its strongest studio effort, was released in the public domain in November of that year. - Francois Couture, All Music Guide .... ..Buy Quarkspace CDs here!.. (Get a free copy of our 4.5 star-rated CD DROP with every order!!) .... .. .. .. .. ..
  • Members

    Paul Williams, Chet Santia, Jay Swanson, Darren Gough
  • Influences

    Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, Neil Young, Gong, The Orb, Peter Hammill
  • Sounds Like

    Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, Porcupine Tree, The Orb

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  • Quarkspace

    Here's the promo video for Open Road Illinois from Church of Hed's new album - Rivers of Asphalt. Get your trips on Route 66!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Um4He9Vyc

    2 years ago
  • Church of Hed

    The new Church of Hed album, Rivers of Asphalt, is coming. A musical travelogue down today's Route 66 told through a heady mix of prog, electronica, and space.

    One can find MP3s of 3 of the tracks on our new Facebook page:

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Church-of-Hed/161252557247184

    2 years ago
  • Church of Hed

    Folks! Quarkspace just released a FREE download documenting a live
    show from the Summer of 2000 in Worcester MA. Check it out here -> http://quarkspace.com/Worcester.aspx Feel free to spread the tunes! Peace!

    3 years ago
  • Hampshirewood

    Fan tastic!!

    3 years ago
  • SECRET SAUCER

    New Secret Saucer CD Is now for sale at CDBaby
    http://cdbaby.com/cd/secretsaucer3
    Photobucket

    3 years ago
  • DANTE

    Hey there,

    thanks a lot for adding us as friends, we really appreciate it!


    Have a great week and take care!


    All the best

    Markus (Dante-Keys)

    4 years ago
  • TEE

    Thank you for the add !!

    Cheers from Tokyo,
    TEE

    4 years ago
  • Jupiter6

    We caught your wave.
    Love and light from the rocking star surfers Jupiter6

    4 years ago
  • Mitch Olivier

    Thanks for the add
    All the best
    Cheers
    Mitch

    4 years ago
  • Church of Hed

    New Quarkspace Facebook page!

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Quarkspace/74393063587

    Fan up, folks. We've got some old photos and such. They have to verify who I
    am so the songs I uploaded won't play for a day or two. That gives me time to
    mix down some more exclusives - like an acoustic improv from Quarkspace's set at
    my wedding reception in 2006 and some other brand new treats.

    4 years ago
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Bio:

First a psychedelic collective in the 1980s, Quarkspace grew up to become one of America's best space rock outfits from the 1990s. The group's albums have all been released on drummer Paul Williams' Eternity's Jest label and can be split into two categories: the "real" albums and the Spacefolds series. The latter chronicles the group's evolution by quickly releasing improvisations played at rehearsals. Quarkspace stemmed from a number of spin-off projects, the main ones being National Steam, the Ashtabula County Spacerock Big Band, and Church of Hed.

Quarkspace was formed in 1984 in Columbus, OH, and was first called Quark! College classmates Jay Swanson (keyboards), Darren Gough (guitar), and Kevin Wherry (bass) began to jam together and cover tunes by Frank Zappa, Camel, and Neil Young. Soon singer/songwriter Chet Santia and drummer Paul Williams joined and the group began playing frat parties and bars in and around Columbus. The general interest of the members quickly centered on psychedelic/space rock. But in early 1986, Santia and Williams left to concentrate on school, and, after carrying on with new musicians, Quark! disbanded a year later.

Swanson and Williams both made some home music and the latter started a small label, Eternity's Jest Records. Williams' befriending of West Coast guitarist Dave Wexler in 1991 gave an impetus to re-form the group, now under the name Quarkspace (a software company called Quark had arisen in the meantime). Santia, Swanson, Williams, and Gough formed the nucleus, and at first Wexler and another guitarist, Richard Fox, appeared as guests. The Spacefolds series began in 1996 as cassette EPs and a first full-length studio album, Quarkspace, was released the same year. The recording quality was tentative, but the group's talent shined. Gigs became more regular and included an invitation to play at the Strange Daze Festival. This concert at the biggest space rock event in North America established Quarkspace as a major act of the genre. Live Orion, recorded at Orion Studios in Baltimore, MD, solidified their reputation and garnered rave reviews. The group extended its turf up to New England, but never performed outside the U.S.

In the meantime Dave Wexler had become a regular member of the group, but his interest was fading and he soon disappeared. The Spacefolds series shifted to full-length CD format by 1999 (the four early cassettes were reissued on CD-R in 2001), the same year the group released the two-CD studio set The Hidden Moon. While Williams was becoming more and more familiar with studio techniques and the music business in general, other members saw the group as a sideline. Gough had already taken a few leaves of absence and by 2001 he bailed out, while his occasional replacement Stan Lyon became a permanent member, before leaving in 2005 to concentrate on his career as a grocery stocker extraordinaire.

By the end of 2001, Quarkspace had retired from live performance, although the group remained active as a studio unit. Drop, its strongest studio effort, was released in the public domain in November of that year. - Francois Couture, All Music Guide

Buy Quarkspace CDs here! (Get a free copy of our 4.5 star-rated CD DROP with every order!!)

Member Since:

January 26, 2006

Members:

Paul Williams, Chet Santia, Jay Swanson, Darren Gough

Influences:

Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, Neil Young, Gong, The Orb, Peter Hammill

Sounds Like:

Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, Porcupine Tree, The Orb

Record Label:

Eternity's Jest Records

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