Space Depris - Sighting

 Fruits de Mer Records (strange fish 28)

Space Depris is a German jam rock band that I never really got into. You know, one of those bands that sound good enough and might work live at some hippie festival in Germany but that you do not necessary need to buy on vinyl even though some of your friends do like them. They have released many albums since the 90's and as far as I know all their music is instrumental and jam based in the early 70s vein with guitar, bass drums and organ/keyboards. Long jams that sometimes get psychedelic and spacey but usually stay more in the progressive hard/blues rock style.

Well, Keith from Fruits de Mer seems to like them so much that he has decided to release a 3LP/2CD compilation set of some of their jams! It's marketed on the promo sheet as maximum krautrock, maybe that's one way to put it but not what comes to my mind first while listening to the band's music. There is also one unreleased jam ("Villamountain") and three that are here released on vinyl for the first time. What's cool is that there is also a 20-page booklet designed by Dale Simpson so you know it will look great! The special edition also has posters and even a tiny meteor fragment! I'm sorry, but while listening to the promo version I still do not get the urge to buy the band's music. Having said that, there are some great moments that I enjoy. If you are into long, groovy instrumental jams with varying recording quality and occasional Latin and blues influences this might be for you.

 spacedebrisprojekt.de

www.fruitsdemerrecords.com/spacedebris.html