At first glance, the Spaceheads look more like an understaffed jazz band than a band on the cutting edge of electronic music. But seeing isn’t hearing Andy Diagram (trumpet, through electronics) and Richard Harrison (drums), create a sound that is both electronic and electrifying. The loops and machine-generated timbres give the duo a unique sound.
Based in Manchester and London. They formed in the early 1989 and have released many albums as well as toured extensively around Europe and the USA.
Read the story of Spaceheads in the bio section of the website.
You can also listen to and buy (downloads or CDs) all of the spaceheads recordings in the recordings and shop section of this website
Andy Diagram plays and sings through his trumpet. He layers sounds with an echo machine, building up dramatic fanfares or pulsing quasi techno rhythms that are shifted and driven along by the free flowing beats of Richard Harrison’s drums…… more ….
Richard Harrison’s drums move dynamically from funky beats to free flowing flurries,creating layers of intricate patterns with meticulous abandon….. more….
We sometimes expand our duo, and have toured and released records as
