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Two Towns

Taken from the DEBUT ALBUM from the Brighton four-piece. Most of the tracks were recorded, old-school style, in just two days, with the band playing live in the recording studio. So each song is a performance – a moment in time. And space. Flawed but honest.

On this song, only the background crunch guitar was added in the studio by Allan Wiseman to the original, unedited performance.

Featuring: christopher rye on lead guitar, lead vocals, Mellotron and theremin | Allan Wiseman on bass, additional guitar, and vocals | Fabio Sclafani on drums and vocals | and Alfonso Cavassa on piano, organ, synth, and vocals. 

Produced by christopher rye and engineered by Ali Gavan at Brighton Road Recording Studios. Additional recording at christopher's studio The Disreputable Gentleman's Club on Brighton seafront.

You Are Next

It Must Have Been Tuesday (v2)

DIGI VINYL CD CASS

Taken from the DEBUT ALBUM from the Brighton four-piece. Most of the tracks were recorded, old-school style, in just two days, with the band playing live in the recording studio. So each song is a performance – a moment in time. And space. 

On this song, for example, only the clean guitar was overdubbed by christopher, in a single take, underneath his own crunch guitar, as he felt some of the chords were being lost in the fuzz. The rest of the track is an unedited live take. 

The album features: christopher rye on lead guitar, lead vocals, Mellotron and theremin | Allan Wiseman on bass, additional guitar, and vocals | Fabio Sclafani on drums and vocals | and Alfonso Cavassa on piano, organ, synth, and vocals. 

Produced by christopher rye and engineered by Ali Gavan at Brighton Road Recording Studios. Additional recording at christopher's studio The Disreputable Gentleman's Club on Brighton seafront.

The Outside of Love

The Outside Of Love

Taken from the DEBUT ALBUM from the Brighton four-piece. Most of the tracks were recorded, old-school style, in just two days, with the band playing live in the recording studio. So each song is a performance – a moment in time. And space. Flawed but honest.

On this track, for example, only the brief solo guitar in the instrumental verse was added separately, as it was felt an extra element was needed. The rest of the track is the original, unedited band performance.

Featuring: christopher rye on lead guitar, lead vocals, Mellotron and theremin | Allan Wiseman on bass, additional guitar, and vocals | Fabio Sclafani on drums and vocals | and Alfonso Cavassa on piano, organ, synth, and vocals. 

Produced by christopher rye and engineered by Ali Gavan at Brighton Road Recording Studios. Additional recording at christopher's studio The Disreputable Gentleman's Club on Brighton seafront.

I'm Locked Down

Taken from the DEBUT ALBUM from the Brighton four-piece. Most of the tracks were recorded, old-school style, in just two days, with the band playing live in the recording studio. So each song is a performance – a moment in time. And space. Flawed but honest.

Out of the entire album, only the first part of this two-song track, 'Horoscopes', was recorded separately. christopher remade that part of the track at home in his own studio, playing guitar, synth, and fretless bass, with Alfonso Cavassa adding live upright piano in the big studio. The rest of the track, space-rock jam 'Void', is a single take (take one, in fact) of the band playing together in the studio. Only the distant siren-like lap-steel was added, by christopher, in a single take later.

Featuring: christopher rye on lead guitar, lead vocals, Mellotron and theremin | Allan Wiseman on bass, additional guitar, and vocals | Fabio Sclafani on drums and vocals | and Alfonso Cavassa on piano, organ, synth, and vocals. 

Produced by christopher rye and engineered by Ali Gavan at Brighton Road Recording Studios. Additional recording at christopher's studio The Disreputable Gentleman's Club on Brighton seafront.

Horoscopes / Void

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Horoscopes / Void [2 songs in 1]

Taken from the DEBUT ALBUM from the Brighton four-piece. Most of the tracks were recorded, old-school style, in just two days, with the band playing live in the recording studio. So each song is a performance – a moment in time. And space. Flawed but honest.

On this song, for example, only the distant acoustic guitar was added by christopher, in the refrain, to the original live take. The first couple of notes of the solo were also patched as christopher mis-hit the string in an otherwise good performance. Everything else is the original take.

Featuring: christopher rye on lead guitar, lead vocals, Mellotron and theremin | Allan Wiseman on bass, additional guitar, and vocals | Fabio Sclafani on drums and vocals | and Alfonso Cavassa on piano, organ, synth, and vocals. 

Produced by christopher rye and engineered by Ali Gavan at Brighton Road Recording Studios. Additional recording at christopher's studio The Disreputable Gentleman's Club on Brighton seafront.

Til the Money's Gone

Til The Money's Gone

Taken from the DEBUT ALBUM from the Brighton four-piece. Most of the tracks were recorded, old-school style, in just two days, with the band playing live in the recording studio. So each song is a performance – a moment in time. And space. Flawed but honest.

On this song, for example, only an occasional electric 12-string glissando was added to the original live performance, to add a bit more texture to the track.

Featuring: christopher rye on lead guitar, lead vocals, Mellotron and theremin | Allan Wiseman on bass, additional guitar, and vocals | Fabio Sclafani on drums and vocals | and Alfonso Cavassa on piano, organ, synth, and vocals. 

Produced by christopher rye and engineered by Ali Gavan at Brighton Road Recording Studios. Additional recording at christopher's studio The Disreputable Gentleman's Club on Brighton seafront.

Eliza Bone

Taken from the DEBUT ALBUM from the Brighton four-piece. Most of the tracks were recorded, old-school style, in just two days, with the band playing live in the recording studio. So each song is a performance – a moment in time. And space. Flawed but honest.

On this song, for example, only the distant pad sound at the beginning and brief theremin riff were added by christopher in the studio to the original unedited performance. 

Featuring: christopher rye on lead guitar, lead vocals, Mellotron and theremin | Allan Wiseman on bass, additional guitar, and vocals | Fabio Sclafani on drums and vocals | and Alfonso Cavassa on piano, organ, synth, and vocals. 

Produced by christopher rye and engineered by Ali Gavan at Brighton Road Recording Studios. Additional recording at christopher's studio The Disreputable Gentleman's Club on Brighton seafront.

Kintsugi

On 5 November '23, Kairen Kemp spent an hour with Space Angel's christopher rye and Allan Wiseman, talking about the 'You Are Next' album. Plus stories from christopher's life – including a haunted tape recorder, his poetic memoir of a Space Age childhood 'An Insignificant Boy' (written as Chris Middleton), his love of Kate Bush, plus how he built his own radio station at the age of eight. (Angels Alfonso & Fabio weren't able to be there, so Kairen forgot to ask about them!) Shared by permission of Kairen Kemp. (Insta: @ radioreverb @ discover_btn @ kairenkemp)

Kairen Kemp Show SPACE ANGEL special – interview, amazing stories, music, laughs, and more

christopher rye: Lead guitars, lead vocals, keys | Allan Wiseman: Bass, vocals, additional guitar | Fabio Sclafani: Drums, vocals | Alfonso Cavassa: Keys, vocals. DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW. Gigging in January.

Kairen Kemp Show SPACE ANGEL special – interview, amazing stories, music, laughs, and more

Space Angel

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