Space (French band)

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Space
Founder Didier Marouani, 2019
Founder Didier Marouani, 2019
General information
Genre (s) Disco , electro-pop
founding 1977
resolution 1980
Website http://www.space.tm.fr/
Founding members
Madeline Bell
Didier Marouani (until 1979)
synthesizer
 Roland Romanelli
Joe Hammer
Last occupation
singing
 Cissy Stone (since 1980)
synthesizer
 Roland Romanelli
Drums, percussion
 Joe Hammer
Jannick Top (since 1980)
Patrice Tison (since 1980)

Space was a four-piece band formed by Didier Marouani in France in 1977 .

Band history

Some of the band's pieces of music made it into the charts , including the most famous Magic Fly , which even became a No. 1 hit in many countries. Since Marouani was not only the founder of the band, but also wrote all the tracks on the first three albums himself (initially under the pseudonym Ecama ), he is often the only one associated with Space, although he left the band in 1979 and later new ones Realized projects under his name or under the name Didier Marouani & Space . The band released a total of four albums, and a best-of sampler was also released. Didier Marouani recorded five more albums without permanent band members, but these are still included in the Space discography.

The 1980 album Deeper Zone was produced without Marouani because, after disagreements with his producer who had canceled a planned concert at the Eiffel Tower in Paris at short notice, he left the group to continue working under his own name. This was necessary because the rights to the name Space remained with the producer and Marouani was no longer allowed to use the band name he had created. Deeper Zone was a flop, however, so that Roland Romanelli , another founding member and after Marouani's departure the new head of the group, gave up the name Space and then continued his musical career under his name. Romanelli achieved a veritable success with the instrumental piece Connecting Flight , which was the title melody of the ZDF hit parade from 1985 to 1986 .

Since the great success did not materialize after the hit Magic Fly , Didier Marouani concentrated after 1979 on the area of ​​the former Soviet Union , where he had many live performances, especially in Russia and Ukraine , and is still much more popular in these countries than in his home country and Western Europe . Marouani has since regained the naming rights for Space and in 2011 produced a new album From Earth To Mars .

style

The musical genre of Space can be assigned to an early form of electro-pop and certainly also to the disco music popular at the time . Due to the futuristic sounds and cover artwork, the group is also associated with the sub-genre Space Disco . Most of the band's albums were recorded with synthesizers , but all also contain at least one vocal piece.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Magic Fly
  DE 7th 09/15/1977 (14 weeks)
  AT 18th 11/15/1977 (4 weeks)
  UK 11 
silver
silver
09/17/1977 (9 weeks)
Singles
Magic Fly
  DE 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
gold
gold
07/04/1977 (31 weeks)
  AT 3 08/15/1977 (28 weeks)
  CH 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 08/13/1977 (13 weeks)
  UK 2 
silver
silver
08/13/1977 (14 weeks)
My Love Is Music
  US 60 04/28/1979 (7 weeks)

Albums

  • 1977: Magic Fly
  • 1977: Deliverance
  • 1978: Just Blue
  • 1980: Deeper Zone
  • 1982: Paris France Transit
  • 1983: Paris France Transit Live (2 LPs)
  • 1987: Space Opera
  • 1995: Space Magic Concerts
  • 2001: From Earth to Mars
  • 2002: Symphonic Space Dream
  • 2002: Concert en URSS

Compilations

  • 1981: Le meilleur de - The Best Of
  • 1983: Magic Fly
  • 1985: The Very Best of Space
  • 1990: Le meilleur du synthétiseur (Volume 1)
  • 1990: Le meilleur du synthétiseur (Volume 2)
  • 1995: Best Of
  • 1998: Best Of
  • 2009: The Space Remixes
  • 2009: The Best Of
  • 1990: Magic synthetizers

Singles

  • 1977: Magic Fly
  • 1977: Carry On, Turn Me On / Tango in Space
  • 1977: Running in the City / Air Force
  • 1978: Deliverance
  • 1978: Just Blue
  • 1979: My Love Is Music
  • 1979: Save Your Love for Me
  • 1979: On the Air
  • 1980: Tender Force
  • 1985: Magic Fly (Remix)

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  1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mdr.de
  2. ↑ Space discography and genre information at Discogs
  3. ↑ More about Space at discomusic.com ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.discomusic.com
  4. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles Albums UK
  5. ↑ Awards: DE UK

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