CURRENT: Melynda Jackson(always) - guitar, Daniel Barone - Bass, Danie Osborne, guitar, Bryan Sours -drums. films/projections/collage: Andrew Ellis.
PAST:
Michelle schreiber-drums, Chris VanHuffel- drumS,chuck watkins, drums LKN drums.Andy Koa- bass, Diego Gonzales-bass, Jason Stein-bass, stuart odom-bass, joe wickstrom-bass,
Michael Shiono- bass, Mason Jones-guitar, Chris Cones-guitar.Russel Archer-guitar.Rosy Cross-'the look', sounds.
Greg Teitz-video projections/collage.
Influences
pink floyd, sonic youth, various classic rock, various metal, various experimental music.various prog. I do not feel like listing bands here......our music is instrumental, sonic, and somewhat free. you are free to draw your own conclusions.
Sounds Like
people have said and i tend not to agree much(as usual):
mogwai, sonic youth, velvet undergroud, pink floyd, can and various other kraut rock, more.
more modern sound-a-likes--godspeed you black emperor, isis, an ambient neurosis, magnog, explosions in the sky, bardo pond, voivod, more.....
what it means:
The subarachnoid cavity (subarachnoid space) is the interval between the arachnoid mater and pia mater.
It is occupied by a spongy tissue consisting of trabeculæ (delicate connective tissue filaments that extend from the arachnoid mater and blend into the pia mater) and intercommunicating channels in which the subarachnoid fluid is contained.
This cavity is small on the surface of the hemispheres of the brain; on the summit of each gyrus the pia mater and the arachnoid are in close contact; but in the sulci between the gyri, triangular spaces are left, in which the subarachnoid trabecular tissue is found, for the pia mater dips into the sulci, whereas the arachnoid bridges across them from gyrus to gyrus.
At certain parts of the base of the brain, the arachnoid is separated from the pia mater by wide intervals, which communicate freely with each other and are named subarachnoid cisternæ; in these the subarachnoid tissue is less abundant.
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[O]n these loping workouts their music sustains a fierce energy level and builds into a relentless mass of rhythm and fury.
The Wire
Reviews of The Red Veil
Terrorizer says:
rated: 8 by Damien
It's nine albums in as many years for US purveyors of "psychotropic instrumental rock" SubarArachnoid Space, and 'The Red Veil' sees them taking yet another minor departure from their previous release, probing further in the worlds explored on 2003s 'Also Rising'. In general, these avenues are rather less lazily satisfying and less rounded than the likes of 2000's 'These Things Take Time', a more challenging and confrontational journey set against the latter's thoroughly trippy vibes. They still have the Hawkwind moments and the Huw Lloyd Langton leads, but it's more condensed over any given time period and probably more stressful if you're stoned. That 'The Verve when they do space rock' feel has largely been purged-hell, they've even got blastbeats in places. Another colourful entry in the log book of the modern psychedelic underground.
from Music R 3 in Chicago:
Mason Jones, the founding guitarist and electronicist of this long-standing west coast heavy-psych band, doesn't play on it's new album, The Red Veil (strange attractors audio house), but
the reconfigured group gets along remarkably well without him; with underrated guitarist Melynda Jackson stepping forward, the lengthy instrumentals show the increasing influence of darkwave and doom metal. There are new wisps of ethereality in the songs, and they hit new depths of crunge, but slow building spacey drones are still the crux of the matter. I've seen the band live before and enjoyed them immensely, though i'll warn you-they treat volume as an instrument unto itself.
from Foxy digitalis:
Subarachnoid Space The Red Veil (Strange Attractors)
San Francisco's Subarachnoid Space have delivered the improve/noise goods for a decade now, growing tighter and more powerful with each revolution round the sun. Though founder Mason Jones no longer plays live with the group, he still serves as producer and inspiration for the rest of the members, who carry on the high standard of their late 90s albums admirably. Few improv ensembles skirt so many different genres so effortlessly while laying claim to no one style or approach. Subarachnoid Space rocks and rumbles harder than a Tennessee hayride, but their jams are always dished out with heaping helpings of sun-burnt distortion. Its hardly a mask though; these people just like to get their freak on. Beneath it is a fully functioning, extremely capable quartet that can drop down from a flailing gallop to a meditative drone and back again at the drop of a (high) hat. This can result in the pummeling double bass-kicker and guitar maelstroms of Honorable Mention and Ourobouros, with propulsive rhythms and piercing feedback bursts that could easily be compared to any number of modern day post/noise rockers, but why ruin it with inane name-dropping? Ah, what the hell; the ominous title track conjures the translucent ghosts of early Ash Ra and Amon Dl II locked in mortal combat with mid period Sonic Youth. Trainable has a guitar break straight off a Guru Guru album, but its the final two tracks, aligning more closely with previous Subarachnoidian Space expeditions, that prove most hypnotic. P.S.S.A. opens with mournful bowed strings before building to a mid-tempo heavy groove with acid guitar squalls swooping overhead before we find the appropriately christened Duster, a free-falling fireball of kinetic noise. They're still probably best experienced in the live setting, but the fiercely rendered dynamics of The Red Veil are about as intense as they come. King Crimson fans should thoroughly approve. 7/10 - LJ
from Baby Sue LMNOP
SubArachnoid Space - The Red Veil (CD, Strange Attractors, Space rock/psychedelic/instrumental)
God...what a GREAT album. If you've never been exposed to the music of San Francisco's SubArachnoid Space, now is most DEFINITELY the time to jump on the bandwagon. The band has been making exceptional mind-expanding psychedelic/instrumental music for some time now...and they just keep getting better over time. The Red Veil just may be the band's best body of work yet. The album features six lengthy, meaty, and totally trippy compositions that are sure the bend the minds and souls of those who hear them. Most bands simply plod away in the background making pleasant music that will be forgotten in a few months. The folks in SubArachnoid Space play aggressive rock music that pounds with unrelenting energy and takes the listener on a wild journey that seems to go on forever (!). And journey you will...as the band's crazy rhythms and incredibly intense electric guitars lift you up into the sky and beyond. The band's music is highly reminiscent of artists like Hawkwind and early Steve Hillage. Playing The Red Veil will take you to heights you may never have experienced before...and never will again. This album spins like drugs for the mind...and every single cut is KILLER. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. (Rating: 6)
from dave segal (the stranger/seattle)
Over the last decade, San Francisco's SubArachnoid Space have evolved from prototypical Terrastock-friendly space-rockers to Bongapalooza stoner-metal practitioners. What a not-so-long, not-so-strange trip it's been. Beginning with 2003's Also Rising, the instrumental quartet took on some girth and reined in the improvisational sprawl, earning them an invitation to Ohio's stoner-metal fest, Emissions from the Monolith. Supporting their new album on Strange Attractors Audio House, The Red Veil, SubArachnoid Space have slightly succumbed to gravity and morphed into a more conventionally rocking, linear vessel of heaviosity. But the transition's been graceful, as these cacophonous cosmonauts learn to adjust to Earth's atmosphere. DAVE SEGAL
From Terrascope:
It's disorienting to realise that this fine space/drone rock outfit has been around for nearly a decade, and that "The Red Veil" is their ninth full-length release. But so it is, albeit now after a seismic shift in personnel has seen Mason Jones and Stoo Odom depart, to be replaced by Chris Cones and Diego Gonzales on guitar and bass respectively. Despite this realignment, the Space don't even break step, building here on the tectonic magnificence that was the 2003 "Also Rising" CD and kicking their thing out of one hazardous sector of the galaxy into the middle of another one, this time much closer to the abyss. Six tracks navigate through abandoned defense grids, unmarked drifts of ruined metal, dysfunctional sentinels, arriving at a core of dark-matter that looks very much like the psychic imprint of a whole train of ambiguous psychedelic experiences.
'Honorable Mention' instantly places the listener at the centre of robust space-rock vortex its guitars as implacable and unforgiving as unguarded mining equipment. It feels like a continuance of earlier work, a punctuation mark before a new phase, rather than an opener but it certainly clears the mind for what is to come. 'Ourobouros' alternates between choppy riff figures and guitar glissandi that shriek in upward spirals like exorcised demons. The track trades back and forth between tight dynamic structures and glorious harmonic excursions in a way that is engaging rather than an exercise in dark metal stoicism. The exhilarating title track espouses everything that is uncompromisingly great about bands like SubArachnoid Space, Bardo Pond, Salamander and Kinski. It travels from hazy, fog-bound moors through a crack in the sky to some imagined floating city propelled by a huge rotating mass of thunderous percussion and electric six-string mayhem. 'Trainable' leaves the docking bay like a lost My Bloody Valentine instrumental, before kicking it up into speed metal territory. 'P.S.S.A' is caught frozen on the event horizon of a gravity well of its own making, and is testimony to the undying legacy of Tony Iommi's original effects chain. 'Duster' summarises all that has gone before with its wild oscillations between stasis and dynamism and its final race towards ascension.
The members of SubArachnoid Space deserve plaudits for making an album that is both brutally uncompromising and winningly accessible. More power to their electronics racks. (Tony Dale)
from the Montreal Mirror:
This is the ninth outing for this San Francisco instrumental psychedelic outfit, and if you missed their previous eight, this would be a perfect starting point. At the core is rock with the occasional nod to doom, but it's songs like "Ourobouros" and the 11-minute title track that really show the band to be experts at creating soundscapes while digging into some great Meddle-era Pink Floyd sounds. If you dig the rock aspects of Acid Mothers Temple and Bardo Pond, and the psychedelic side of Voivod, you are going to love this. 8.5/10 (Johnson Cummins)
Subarachnoid Space: The Red Veil (Strange Attractors) from jambase:
Instrumental rock is a tricky business. Usually it leans too heavily towards either mathematical dispassion (I'm looking at you, Tortoise) or an abusive psych storm (I'm looking at you, island nation of Japan). Subarachnoid ably dodges these pitfalls to land heavy blows. They do this without aping other's moves, moving slow in near darkness, building a heady, immersive environment. There's much to be said for seduction in things sonic, and this ingratiates itself rather than bludgeoning us into submission. The quartet is comprised of Chris Van Huffel (drums), Melynda Jackson (guitar), Chris Cones (guitar, pulse generator), and thrillingly musical bassist Diego Gonzalez the charged third rail that much of this runs upon. "Recorded live and naturally as possible to one inch tape... with minimal overdubs or massaging," their 10th (!!!) album is also their strongest yet. Sometimes suggesting what Galaxie 500 might have sounded like if they listened to more Deep Purple or Tony Iommi's meta-riffing on Sabbath's Vol. 4, Subarachnoid Space compels where many instrumental rockers repel.
ok, so screw the "press" here is what a fan told me about how he feels about our music. LOL. rad....:
my name is brett and i dont know if you want to regard these silly suggestions, but the following is a list of things that i think about when i listen to you guys. i know. im a real tool:
ancient greeks,vikings, freud, apes, continental drift, jesus christ, whale plowing into the side of a boat, spaceships, native american tribe, business executive sweating in an elevator, atoms, lasers, pontius pilot, ben franklin, witch burnings, motion picture, meetings in prague, alaskan pipeline, transoceanic civilization, anarctica, waters of the sea rising, snake swallowing mouse (a mouse swallowing a snake), swords, nuclear explosions, radars, submarines (note: i know that the name subArachnoid Space has nothing to do with submarines, but submarines are fucking cool), a fireman, bridges, buildings, various colors overwhelming in site, math, guns, camels... and so on.
thank you. keep rockin.
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