| Hidria Spacefolk | |
| Background: | group_or_band |
| Origin: | Lohja, Finland |
| Genre: | Progressive rock Psychedelic rock Space rock |
| Years Active: | 1999 – Present |
| Label: | Wolfgang Records Exogenic Records |
| Website: | http://www.hidriaspacefolk.st/ |
Hidria Spacefolk is a Finnish progressive / psychedelic rock / space rock band. The group's sound is often compared to Kingston Wall and Ozric Tentacles.[1] [2] 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.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5]
Their performance at the North East Art Rock Festival in Pennsylvania, US (July 2004) was released as Live Eleven am, in 2005.[6]
In 2005 the band opened the second day of the international progressive rock festival that took place in Moscow, Russia.