Space (French band)

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Alias = Didier Marouani & Space
Origin = Marseilles, France
Genre = Space disco
Years_active = 1977–1980,
1992–present
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Associated_acts = Paris-France-Transit
URL = http://www.space.tm.fr
Current_members = Didier Marouani
Yann Benoist
Past_members = Janny Loseth
Roland Romanelli
Jannick Top
Joe Hammer

Space are a French electronic music band from Marseilles active from 1977 through 1980 and returning with on-stage remake performances since 1992. They are currently considered as one of the most notable artists of the short lived Space Disco music scene (a variation of Hi-NRG Disco and part of 70s Eurodisco) and early pioneers of Eurodance electronica subgenre.

Space was founded in 1977 by Didier Marouani (also known as Ecama), Roland Romanelli, and Jannick Top. The first three albums — "Magic Fly", "Deliverance" and "Just Blue" — were an immediate and staggering success (they sold over 12 million records all over the world). The album "Magic Fly", which is widely considered to be their best work, was released in audio cd in 2001, 24 years after its original release. Although Didier Marouani left the band in 1979, the other two members Roland Romanelli and Jannick Top released in 1980 the album "Deeper Zone" under the name of Space. Then Space officially collapsed in 1981.

In early 80s Marouani, with Janny Loseth of Titanic as lead [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01O0oFoLedA vocalist] , continued to perform and record under the titles of Didier Marouani & Space, and Paris-France-Transit due to release lawsuits. The name "spAce" was legally reacquired after some artistic copyright disputes around 1990, allowing musicians to re-release classic albums and give an European live cover tour in 1993. The latest Space album was released in 2002. In the same year, the S Club Juniors made a remix to their single "New Direction" featuring the backing track of "Magic Fly". The band's hit "Magic Fly" as well as many other songs from the self-named album were remixed in 2003 by the Belgian dance music project Minimalistix. American hip-hop band De La Soul used remodulated singing motive from the song "Deliverance" to write their own song entitled "Rock Co.Kane Flow", in early 2004. In 2007, the same sample is used throughout Talib Kweli's album "Eardrum", especially in the song "Hostile Gospel".

Discography

*"Magic Fly" (1977)
*"Deliverance" (1977)
*"Just Blue" (1978)
*"Deeper Zone" (1980)
*"The Very Best of Space" (1985)
*"Concerts en URSS" (1996)
*"Symphonic Space Dream" (2002)

ingles

* "Magic Fly" (September 1977 / Pye International) UK #2, NL #20 [cite web |url=http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=6717 |title=De Nederlandse Top 40, week 20, 1977 |accessdate=2008-07-30]

References

*"Guinness Book of British Hit Singles" 7th Edition

External links

* [http://www.space.tm.fr Official Space site]
* [http://www.space.tm.fr/disco-en.php Space discography]