Hidria Spacefolk is a Finnish progressive / psychedelic rock / space rock band. The group's sound is often compared to Kingston Wall and Ozric Tentacles.Gnosis2000.net - Hidria Spacefolk 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.Ragazzi - Symbiosis
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.Prog Archives - Balansia 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.Progressive Rock & Progressive Metal - Interview with Hidria Spacefolk
Their performance at the North East Art Rock Festival in Pennsylvania, US (July 2004) was released as Live Eleven am, in 2005.Progwereld - Live Eleven a.m. ]
In 2005 the band opened the second day of the international progressive rock festival that took place in Moscow, Russia.
Members
Mikko Happo – guitars Sami Wirkkala – guitars Veikko Aallonhuippu (formerly Sutinen) – keyboards & synths (2008- ) Olli Kari – Xylosynth, mallets & percussions (2010- and on albums Symbiosis, Balansia) Kimmo Dammert – bass Teemu Kilponen – drums
Hidria Family
Janne Lounatvuori – keyboards (1999-2008)
Discography
HDRSF-1 (2001, EP) Symbiosis (2002) Balansia (2004) Violently Hippy rmxs (2004, compilation) Live Eleven am (2005, live recording) Symetria (2007) Live at Heart (2007, live recording) Cycloop (2012, single) Astronautica (2012) Göbekli Tepe (2024, single) Rama Rama (2024, single)
References
External links
snapshot at web.archive.org Hidria Spacefolk at Last.fm Hidria Spacefolk at bandcamp.com