Hidria Spacefolk

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Hidria Spacefolk
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Hidria Spacefolk in Moscow at InProg 2005
Background information
Origin Lohja, Finland
Genres Progressive rock
Psychedelic rock
Space rock
Years active 1999 – Present
Labels Wolfgang Records
Exogenic Records
Website http://www.hidriaspacefolk.st/

Hidria Spacefolk is a Finnish progressive / psychedelic rock / space rock band. The group's sound is often compared to Kingston Wall and Ozric Tentacles. [1] [2] The band describes their musical style as Astro-Beat. They use many different instruments such as the cello, violin, flute, didgeridoo, marimba, mandolin, sitar and vibraphone. [3]

Contents

Hidria Spacefolk's first album was the independently released EP HDRSF-1 in 2001. Their debut full-length, Symbiosis, was released a year later through Silence, a subsidiary label of Wolfgang Records. The band's second full-length album, Balansia, was released in 2004 and included Andy McCoy of Hanoi Rocks as a guest musician. [4] The same year, a compilation album titled Violently Hippy rmxs was also released. The album contains remixes of Hidria Spacefolk's songs done by Finnish electronic music makers. [5]

Their performance at the North East Art Rock Festival in Pennsylvania, US (July 2004) was released as Live Eleven am, in 2005. [6]

In 2005 the band opened the second day of the international progressive rock festival that took place in Moscow, Russia.

Members

Hidria Family

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "New Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock - Hidria Spacefolk". Archived from the original on 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2006-11-08.
  2. ↑ Gnosis2000.net - Hidria Spacefolk
  3. ↑ Ragazzi - Symbiosis(in German)
  4. ↑ Prog Archives - Balansia
  5. ↑ Progressive Rock & Progressive Metal - Interview with Hidria Spacefolk
  6. ↑ Progwereld - Live Eleven a.m. Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)]