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SPECTRUM
Indie / Experimental / Psychedelic

NEW EP - WAR SUCKS



Rugby
United Kingdom

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Member Since8/7/2007
Band Websitewww.sonic-boom.info
Band MembersSONIC BOOM,NOLAN WATKINSON, IAIN WORRALL, ROGER BROGAN & RANDALL NIEMAN

InfluencesKraftwerk , 13th floor elevators , The Velvet Underground , Joe Meek , Suicide , Jim Dickinson , Magnetophone , Lee Hazelwood , Xavier Cugat, Jimi Hendrix Experience , the Who , The Graham Bond Organisation , The Stooges , MC 5 , John lee hooker , The Wailers , Dean Wareham , Daniel Johnston , Stereolab , The Kinks , Phil Spector , The Stones ,Electric Prunes , Delia Derbyshire , The Staples singers , Stax , Sam Cooke ,Gun Club ,Sex Pistols , the Sonics and AMM and artist...Roy Lichtenstein , Takashi Murakami , Claes Oldenburg ,Peter Blake , Bridget Riley ,Anthony Ausgang , Andy Warhol ,Robert Williams , Savage Pencil ,Nicholas Shoffer , Jim Drain/Ara Peterson ,Cornelius Cardew ,Piet Mondrian, Daniel johnston and RK Sloane
Sounds Like



Spectrum Meets Captain Memphis



Spectrum Forever Alien



Spectrum - Refractions ( 1989 - 1997)



Spectrum & Silver Apples EP



Spectrum & Imajinary Friends EP



Spectrum - Feels Like I'm Slipping Away EP



Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire



Spacemen 3 Forged Prescriptions ( Perfect Prescription Mixes & Out takes)



Spacemen 3 - Taking Drugs To Make Music To Take Drugs To



Spacemen 3 - Dreamweapon



Spacemen 3 - Recurring

Record LabelMIND EXPANSION, SPACEAGE RECORDINGS
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Nov 10 2009 8:00P
Corsica Studios London
Nov 13 2009 8:00P
Tanned Tin Festival Barcelona
Nov 14 2009 8:00P
Tanned Tin Festival Madrid
Dec 4 2009 8:00P
ALL TOMORROWS PARTIES Minehead, Southwest

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   About SPECTRUM
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NEW ALBUM COMING SOON ON MIND EXPANSION

Spectrum is the most high-profile and straightforward of the projects undertaken by Pete "Sonic Boom" Kember after the demise of the trance-rock avatars Spacemen 3. As his work as a member of the Experimental Audio Research coterie allowed Kember the opportunity to explore ambient textures and tonal constructs, Spectrum satisfied the singer/guitarist's more conventional pop leanings, while never losing sight of the hypnotic otherworldliness which became his music's trademark and legacy. The name Spectrum initially appeared as the title of the first Sonic Boom solo album, released in 1990 before the break-up of Spacemen 3; a collection of ethereal, nearly formless songs, Spectrum openly acknowledged Kember's debt to Suicide with its cover of the duo's "Rock 'n' Roll Is Killing My Life." Meanwhile, the Kember half of the Spacemen 3 swan song Recurring, with its tighter, more structured songs (like the gentle wash of "Just to See You Smile"), offered an even stronger indication of things to come.

After the break-up of Spacemen 3, Sonic formed Spectrum with guitarist Richard Formby and bassist Mike Stout, along with contributions from Pat Fish (a.k.a. the Jazz Butcher). After a series of singles, the band issued its debut Soul Kiss (Glide Divine), a sprawling collection of tranquil, luminous retro-pop, in 1992. At the end of the year, Formby was replaced by former Darkside guitarist Kevin Cowan, and in 1993, the group released Indian Summer, an EP of covers. After Kember spent much of the next year working on Experimental Audio Noise Research projects, Spectrum -- now rounded out by guitarist Scott Riley, programmer Alf Hardy, and ex-Spacemen 3 bassist Pete Bassman -- released the 1994 LP Highs, Lows and Heavenly Blows, another narcotic collection which explored unique scales and compositional structures. Another layoff followed as Sonic Boom resumed work on his other projects, but in 1996 Spectrum teamed with the Seattle band Jessamine for a joint release titled A Pox on You; at the end of the year, they also issued an EP, Songs for Owlsey. The full-length Forever Alien appeared in 1997. A second collaboration with Jessamine as well as work with the Silver Apples followed.

"Sonic Boom" was the alias of Pete Kember, best known as the singer-guitarist in the legendary hypno-drone unit Spacemen 3. A native of Rugby, England, while attending art college Kember teamed with Jason Pierce to form Spacemen 3, recording a demo tape in 1986; after signing to Glass Records, the group recorded their debut LP Sound of Confusion, for which Kember adopted the name Peter Gunn. By the time of their follow-up EP Walkin' with Jesus, he had rechristened himself Sonic Boom, keeping the pseudonym for the duration of his career. In 1990 he issued his lone solo LP, Spectrum; after the 1991 swan song Recurring, Sonic recycled the Spectrum title as the name of his new band, which debuted with the LP Soul Kiss (Glide Divine). Sonic Boom was also the driving force behind the Experimental Audio Research project, a loose configuration of musicians which included My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields.

Spectrum - How You Satisfy Me
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NEW SPECTRUM ALBUM INFORMATION
Here is some info about the next Spectrum album, it has the working title "On the Wings of Mercury" and is going to be released on Mind Expansion U.S.A. and Space Age Recordings U.K. sometime late this year hopefully, record is a mix between "Highs Lows and Heavinly Blows" and Spacemen 3's "Perfect Prescription". Sonic Boom,Randall Nieman, Roger Brogan, Nolan Watkinson, Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips are involved with the making of this album.


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Sleepyard

Sleepyard



Jul 29 2009 10:11 PM

Hey, hey loved your new EP! War sucks is ace! Great to hear your version of Walking and falling and over and over is beautiful! Looking forward to more Spectrum!
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Jul 29 2009 10:10 PM

DOCKVILLE 2009


14.-16. August 2009


Über 70 nationale und internationale Bands auf 4 Bühnen, an 3 Tagen – ca. 20 großformatige Kunstinstallationen von über 30 Künstlern von nah und fern, Poetry-Slams mit nationalen Teilnehmern, Campingplatz im Grünen, eine wild bewachsene Fläche direkt im Hamburger Hafen an der Elbe...eine Band namens MGMT, die nur bei uns spielen, sonst nirgends... So liest sich das Dockville Festival 2009 auf der wunderschönen Elbinsel Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg vom 14.-16. August 2009! Seit einem Jahr sitzen wir an den Planungen, die nun in den kommenden Wochen für Euch auf dem Gelände realisiert werden – ab nächster Woche beginnen die Aufbauarbeiten für unseren Musik- und Kunstspielplatz (Vernissage am 2. August) auf dem Gelände, über die wir Euch wieder mit Bildern auf dem Laufenden halten werden. Wer zudem immer auf dem neusten Stand sein möchte, trägt sich in unseren Newsletter ein!



Und wer jetzt noch keine Karte hat, sollte sich etwas beeilen: 3-Tage-VVK-Tickets für schlappe 59 Euro zzgl. Gebühren! Weitere Infos zu den Tickets: http://www.dockville.de/index.php?p=tickets

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jarl

jarl



Jun 9 2009 6:56 PM

hey pete thanks for the addition and a fantastic set in barcelona ,a real gem !!!
Clare Hyde

Clare Hyde



Jun 12 2009 7:16 AM

Greetings Spectrum!
Many thanks!
Nice music especially
"Then I Just Drifted Away"!
Clare xx
Khambrel

Khambrel Green



Jun 14 2009 1:49 PM

i'm enjoying the new ep immensely. thank you for your hard work....
Unknown Celebrities

Unknown Celebrities



Jun 18 2009 11:03 AM

Hey man! Love the songs on your new EP! Especially Over & Over!
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Jun 2 2009 7:54 AM

Great sound! Cheers from Greece.
sister morphine(new mix demo)

sister morphine(new mix demo)



Jun 7 2009 10:05 AM

hi sonic!!!!!!
thanks for the add!!!
cheers!

greetings from tokyo xoxoxo
hypnaswan

hypnaswan



Jun 5 2009 7:24 AM

I like "Razzle dazzle mind" and your sonic vision of Laurie's "Walking and Falling"...
Thanks,
s.
dora flood

dora flood



May 20 2009 6:15 AM

it was great to hang out and play with you guys. you sounded great both nights.
all the best in spain and portugal!
Thee Magnificent Paper Tongue

Thee Magnificent Paper Tongue



May 22 2009 5:18 PM

Love the new EP.
MINDS EYE

Space Bound



May 17 2009 6:21 PM

Excellent show in San Diego!














A

A



May 18 2009 5:39 PM

Greetings Spectrum. Thanks for the add. Have a good day.
luisana

luisana



May 9 2009 6:43 PM

last night was groovy
tape deck mountain

tape deck mountain



May 15 2009 11:34 PM

nice job at the casbah!
SFmichele

SFmichele



May 16 2009 1:36 AM

it was fun doing visuals for your show at great american music hall... if you ever feel like sending me to europe i am ready to go!
chatham rise

chatham rise



May 8 2009 7:45 AM

hey sonic...unfortunate you passed mpls without dropping in...another time, perhaps. please let us know what you think of our new song, Gone. best, collin
KJÆRLIGHET 65

KJÆRLIGHET 65



May 8 2009 6:16 PM

GREAT MUSIC
bliss.city.east

bliss.city.east



May 8 2009 11:29 AM

hey come back to chicago.. im already bored :)

-perry
alix

alix



May 6 2009 3:33 PM

Will you come back to New York again?
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ケイレブSerial experiments caleb-core



May 8 2009 4:38 AM

It was amazing to see you guys play in Nevada City, thanks for coming to our little town:D If you guys ever want to come back and have a party let me know any time;)
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sugarrush railroad inc.



May 12 2009 9:01 AM

had a great time at tonights show.. thanks for signing my perfect perscription record.. a copy of that went around the world with me in 1994.
Sleepyard

Sleepyard



May 4 2009 3:15 PM

War sucks is a smashing song! Luv it!
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sugarrush railroad inc.



May 5 2009 12:02 AM

HELL YES !!!!
see you in san diego! for reals this time!
SINNER DC

SINNER DC



May 3 2009 12:58 PM

hello pete , can't wait for the new ep ! all the best , manu



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