Review from Aural Innovations October 2009 :
It opens with something that sounds like the soundtrack to a trippy 70's sci-fi movie, but it's not long before Christian Jäger and company launch into a groove and Solarization, the first cut on the new live album from Space Debris, takes flight.Live Ghosts is the follow-up to last year's phenomenal Elephant Moon studio album. Space Debris have wisely chosen to make this a less epic production compared to Elephant Moon, with relatively shorter tunes. While a few of the songs seemed a bit filler-ish on the previous release, there is not a single note wasted on Live Ghosts. The playing is tight, the songs are great (I especially love the groovy riff on Love Weibrator), and the album sets the stage for the next phase of the Space Debris story. Live Ghosts is the first recording released by the band to feature new keyboardist Winnie Rimbach-Sator, and he does a stellar job filling Tom Kunkel's mighty shoes, bringing his own distinctive style to the Space Debris sound with smoking organ and synth licks, as well as some beautiful and jazzy piano moments (especially on Latrino Mortadella and Omnitron).It's almost hard to believe that this is a live recording, the band is just so tight, whether they're playing something structured or just improvising and letting it all flow naturally. But the playing is not so taut and wound-up that the band can't let things get a little loose and raw around the edges, imbuing their music with some really electrifying energy. And while their sound still remains rooted in psychedelic rock, it's great to hear them moving forward as well, taking on a bit more of a classic 70's fusion influence in the Mahavishnu Orchestra vein. Blistering hard rock, spacey jazz and swirling psychedelia all rolled into one superb performance. Live Ghosts rocks, and it's a terrific addition to the Space Debris discography. Reviewed by Jeff Fitzgerald



here is a review of our "Live Ghosts"-CD by Phil Jackson from prog-magazine Acid Dragon 2008:
"The fantastic Space Debris is back with 64 minutes of structured sounds with large slices of improvisation on classic guitars, organ and electric pianos in an astonishing blend of retro space rock that will transport you back to the days of Focus and Hendrix and Santana and, well just anyone you’d care to think of from the classic era of progressive rock. For a more comprehensive list of inspirations and influences I refer you to the interview in AD#48. Tom Kunkel does not appear on this recording which is a shame given my appreciation of his previous contributions but Tom’s replacement Winnie Rimbach-Sator does a grand job on keyboards. Indeed Christian said in the AD interview that “We will and must play with different musicians such as the fantastic keyboard player Winnie Rimbach-Sator” so presumably this was the case with these live recordings of, as far as I can make out, all new material. The rest of the band is the same: Peter Brettel on bass, Tommy Gorny on guitar and Christian Jäger on drums. But don’t just take my word for how good this band is. Check them out for yourselves and you will find that Kraut Rock is alive and well!"



Tim Jones from www.aural-innovations.com/stonepremonitions sais: "TRULY EXCELLENT new album "Live Ghosts". FANTASTIC performances with LOADS of atmosphere, at times reminding me of Focus (a band I love!). I wish every success with this SUPERB piece of work!!!



www.progarchives.com wrote this reference: "SPACE DEBRIS hail from the Odenwald region in Germany. The members' main concern is to play improvised music reminiscent to 70s krautrock and psychedelic bands. The group started as a trio comprised of Tommy Gorny (guitar), Tom Kunkel (Hammond organ) and Christian Jäger (drums). Supported by many friends having guest appearances they already could produce six albums starting with the year 2002. Their first one was the self-released double LP 'Krautrocksessions 1994-2001' consisting of early impressions mainly deriving from 1998/99 recordings. The Hammond is the main reason for a wide range of styles given within their explorations, also including bluesy and jazzy themes as well as heavy prog. Another double LP named 'Kraut Lok' followed in 2005. SPACE DEBRIS deliver jam sessions on a high level - no wonder that they are welcome guests on diverse German festivals like Zappanale in the meanwhile. Recordings from the Burg Herzberg Festival appearance in 2006 were released on CD and DVD under the title 'Into The Sun'. The line-up remained to be stable during some years but after the triple LP release 'Elephant Moon' (2008) a major change occured. Bass player Peter Brettel joined the band and Winnie Rimbach-Sator (Karmic Society, Obskuria) substituted Tom Kunkel at the keyboards after some successful live performances. Several excerpts were taken for 'Live Ghosts' which finally saw the light of day in May 2009. If you're keen on ambitious jamming music you should check out SPACE DEBRIS by all means."



heres the review on TimeMazine Issue #4 from greece Timelord Michalis: Time Magazine (more info & how to order the magazine: mtimelord@gmail.com) "I must confess that with their previous CD album “Three” released in 2006, I was really blown away! “Elephant Moon” – a 2CD-set album has fulfilled my expectations! Space Debris are coming from Germany and they’re playing old-fashioned improvised space kraut jam-rock deeply influenced by progressive and psychedelia! “Elephant Moon” is a ‘satiating’ album with tracks that flow from 2 minutes to 22 and total time 153:23 min!!! A mix of 70s Pink Floyd, early Birth Control & Deep Purple, Amon Duul, Hendrix, Zappa, Guru Guru…, all together melted under their great ability to perform and create music with the unique style that they developed over the years. I Love this Band!" TLM



Review written by Jeff Fitzgerald from Aural Innovations #40 (September 2008) 2008:
"I had unfortunately not heard any other albums by Germany's Space Debris before I listened to this, their fourth and latest album. Now this is an error I know I am going to have to correct very soon by getting my hands and ears on their previous albums, because I have to tell you, I was summarily blown away by what I heard on Elephant Moon. So what did I hear, you may ask? Space Debris create a dazzling and complicated blend of 70's style classic rock jams, Krautrock, space rock, psychedelia and fusion jazz. It's mostly instrumental, with tracks often stretching into the 15 and 20-minute range, but never seeming that long, and the musicianship, I have to say, is outstanding on every level. Take just the opening cut, for example, of this epic double CD (a total of more than 150 minutes of music!): it's a track called Free Spirits, and it sets the tone beautifully. Clocking in at nearly 22-minutes, it starts with some mysterious liquid guitar noodling and synth percolations from guitarist Tommy Gorny and keyboardist Tom Kunkel. They float along like a cosmic river to some brisk cymbal work from drummer Christian Jäger. Then Peter Brettet's bass kicks in and we're off on a dazzling rock voyage of elegant and edgy psychedelic guitar work and spacey, tripped out organ playing. One thing I see mentioned about Space Debris time and time again is the wonderful, warm, vintage organ sound they have, and here is no exception, it sounds absolutely brilliant. The band rocks from hard and loud to far out and spacey all through the course of Free Spirits, culminating in a glorious, exotic and emotional fusion finale reminiscent of classic instrumental Santana and 70's era Al di Meola. After this piece I just had to sit back and breathe slowly, the simple word "wow" on my lips. And this was only the first cut! I still had 130-minutes of music to go! Did the band live up to the to unbelievable promise of that first piece? Mostly, yes I am happy to say, they did. Space Debris are best in the environment of their extended pieces, which give all the players a chance to stretch out and really do some exploring, and explore they do. The 15-minute Heliopolis starts with a somewhat ambient and jazzy opening (with some lovely melodic piano playing) before it amps up into a sizzling space rocker, with lots of heavy guitar and spacey synths. The band has a beautiful sense of drama as they build their pieces from simple beginnings through numerous twists and turns to spectacular conclusions without things ever once sounding disjointed. It all flows so naturally, it's a pleasure to hear such complicated music played with such obvious ease and enjoyment. Another outstanding track is Disc 2's Jazzvibe Explorers, whose title pretty much says what it's all about. Propelled along by an upbeat swing rhythm, this one features some of Tom Kunkel's best organ work on the album, jazzy, funky and fluid, it just sounds terrific. The second disc also has the magnificent 21-minute Black Viking, which starts out as one of the heaviest pieces on Elephant Moon, full of crunchy riffing and blistering wah-wah guitars, before it slides into one of the most moving and beautifully played, melodic, liquid psychedelic sections on the album. A somewhat rhythmically experimental section takes the piece towards its conclusion, an intense passage of sometimes driving, sometimes stomping space metal with synth and organ sequences swirling through it. The band's shorter pieces are successful as well, though they don't display quite the inventiveness or excitement of the longer cuts, in my opinion. Still there are some great tracks amongst them like the edgy and tension-filled Japanese Girl, the dark and menacing cowbell propelled Return of Voyager, and the bluesy Medicine Men, with its expressive and soulful organ. And the band gets really freaky and experimental for the 3-minute long Allen Äppler Party, which defies description and must be heard! Less successful is the somewhat standard rocker, Winter, which is the only track on the album that features vocals (in general, I gather, a rarity on a Space Debris album), the equally standard and somewhat bland sounding Unknown Song, and the Middle Eastern influenced space rocker Space Debris Truckin', which I really wanted to like more because it starts out great but it just kind of peters out halfway through. Ah, but the slight missteps on this fantastic album are few and far between and are more than made up for by unbelievable monster tracks like Free Spirits, Heliopolis, Jazzvibe Explorers and Black Viking, as well as the many brilliant shorter cuts too. Simply put, Elephant Moon is an epic win, almost certain to make it into my top five albums of the year. Highly recommended! "



heres an article by Phil Jackson published in prog-magazine Acid Dragon 2008:
"SPACE DEBRIS picking up the torch of classic progressive rock - : First of all, I must make an apology. There is really no excuse for keeping Christian Jäger, drummer and head honcho with German space rockers Space Debris waiting. You see I am already a big fan and eagerly await every release as readers of Acid Dragon will know from previous reviews. So I have dedicated a morning of my vacation to Space Debris, no mean feat I can assure you! First of all, I had new recordings to listen to, 153 minutes and 23 seconds of them to be precise (Space Debris brand new double CD Elephant Moon). Secondly, I needed to re-acquaint myself with the DVD Christian sent me last year of the recording the band made at the Burg Herzberg Festival in 2006. Being a fan of ‘improvised’ music (in inverted commas because I think Space Debris is more structured than most), I suspected I might enjoy Space Debris first release of Krautrock Sessions from 1994-2001, finally released in 2004. I had already enjoyed the improvisational approach of groups like Escapade, Radio Massacre International and Trigon (who also played at the Burg Herzburg Festival in 2002, captured for posterity on CD) but these bands are very different from one another. In common with RMI whose last release was a tribute to Syd Barrett, Space Debris have a very strong early Pink Floyd influence in their music. On that very first recording, Space Debris also incorporated some overtly blues rock influences which have not been much in evidence since but are returned to, sometimes somewhat whimsically (Nice to hear they don’t take themselves too seriously) in some shorter numbers towards the end of the first ‘Elephant Moon’ CD. The blues does’nt end there though as ‘Unknown Song’ on CD 2 follows a 12 bar structure and also the concluding bonus track ‘Rockorola’ which has Tommy Gorny on vocals. Space Debris is not just a blues rock band though. In my reviews of their previous three CDs, I have made references to Brian Auger, Mountain, Rory Gallagher, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, Deep Purple, The Allman Brothers, Focus, Led Zeppelin and The Nice. One interesting thing to listen for are quotations from famous recordings such as The Who’s ‘Baba OReill’y on ‘Black Viking’ (CD 2) or The Nice’s ‘Rondo’ ( a format returned to regularly) on tracks such as ‘Space Debris Truckin’ with an obvious reference to Deep Purple as well! There is another relatively rare occurrence, the appearance of vocals in Space Debris music with Sven Köthe doing the honours on ‘Winter’ and Magic Petra Klamert supplying psychedelic vocals (as well as photos for the CD sleeve) on ‘Alien Äppler Party’. I say relatively rare because two of the band members do provide some sporadic vocals on the first three recordings but this time concentrate on playing. The bands line-up is Tom Kunkel on organ and synthesiser, Tommy Gorny on guitar and bass guitar and Christian Jäger on drums. On Elephant Moon they are also boosted instrumentally by a dedicated bass guitarist Peter Brettel. Overall, I have described them as influenced by a host of classic late 60s and early 70s bands distilled into a fresh and vibrant new form, a treat for the ears with great use of crescendo and diminuendo to make their point! I would say Keith Emerson, in his Nice days especially and Jon Lord are major influences on Tom Kunkel and you can hear this throughout their recordings and again on the first bonus track at the end of ‘Elephant Moon’ (‘Longo Ago’) in which Emerson’s quasi classical organ lines are triumphantly revisited and which also features a guest guitarist, Eric Bläss. Jäger is an excellent drummer who glues everything together and the addition of a dedicated bass player has made the rhythm section even more solid. I detect also that Gorny has developed as a guitarist. I made a reference to Davy O’List on earlier recordings but I hear a wider range of styles now. The Space Debris DVD is a must see especially because it contains pieces not available on CD recordings including the 22 minute opener ‘Into The Sun’ and the 17 minute long spontaneous composition ‘Whales’. In all, there are six pieces totalling over 80 minutes of music. A version of ‘Lorna’s Vibrator’ one of the bands early recordings and ‘Electric Friends’ from ‘Kraut Lok’ will be familiar to owners of the band’s CD output."



Very competent reviews you´ll find at Astralheadspace.blogspot.com:
"Fly into the sky, you keep getting higher,Be sure to watch out for Space Debris. Swabia's finest, Space Debris, play a traditional organ-guitar-drum krautrock somewhere between Kosmische and Can. So much so, that their first two albums are named Krautrock-Sessions 1994-2001 (2004) and Kraut Lok (2005). Both are terrific. And then, last year's Elephant Moon was released as a 3xLP deluxe gatefold package (or 2xCD with bonus tracks!), which might be considered overkill. But by now, I think you've discovered that I can handle long instrumental jamming - and the organ adds a great element to the mix. Sometimes the songs are epic explorations, sometimes shorter jams - but as long as there's no vocals or 12-bar blooze, they're always super-spacey and "way out there". The organ definitely allows things to take a more explicitly jazzy turn. I promise not to overuse "jazz" for any instrumental, multiple solo-ing, jamming music. This is primarily space-rock, no doubt about it. But I think it's warranted here - even if it's qualified as the early-'70s Miles-style, or more obviously the Ash Ra freak-out type, of rock-jazz. Elephant Moon (2008) is the last with their original keyboardist, and I think a permanent bassist also joined for Live Ghosts (2009). The new guy sounds just fine, especially for a first record, replacing a critical member, live. The band's official site has interesting info, pictures, etc. For instance, I just learned that they did a few shows in Switzerland earlier this month. Cool! And it can point you to some (currently 8) free downloads - you 'pay' 0.00 Euros. So, check 'em out if you like any of the tagged genres. And there's a performance video, so you can witness the Teutonic glory... Beware the Into The Sun dvd (2007, live at Burg-Herzberg Festival 2006), unless you have an international-capable player. It's not US format (NTSC).



the SPOTLIGHT/Clear Spot # 145/2008 wrote: "130 minutes of top notch space/psych rock from Germany. This experience feels like a wonderful, never ending trip. The vinyl comes in a great gatefold sleeve."



heres a review from sweden "It´s all worked out in Boomland/Sweden/Patric Carlson" ,hope its positive :-)...I think so!

Det senaste, helt galna, trippel-LP med trippeluppvik-släppet "Elephant Moon" från jamrockkollektivet Space Debris är ett måste för de tre långa spåren "Free Spirits" (21:38), "Heliopolis" (14:46) och "Black Viking" (21:05). Bandets koncept är instrumentala spontankompositioner, men jag har en känsla av att det är något mer arrangerat än på de tidigare plattorna "Krautrocksessions 1994-2001", "Kraut Lok" och "Third", för att inte tala om liveplattan från Burg Herzberg 2006 där vi upptäckte bandet. På "Elephant Moon" används för första gången basist genom hela plattan och produktionen är med något undantag (där trummorna mixats för högt för min smak) bättre, om än mindre 70-talsdoftande än tidigare. Jazzrock, spacerock, krautrock, progressiv rock, blues och psykedelia i en suggestivt bubblande kittel. I "Free Spirits" låter det lite jazzig Santana om åtminstone slutfasen, Tommy Gornys gitarrspel är ibland inte helt olikt Carlos Santanas tidiga, mera skitiga grejor. Mycket suggestivt och flummigt. I "Heliopolis" hamnar de för första gången ganska nära spacerockband som t.ex. Ozric Tentacles. Grymt sväng. Den häftigaste låten är dock "Black Viking" som verkligen låter mycket krautrock och där vissa partier även har lite nordisk melankoli över sig. I slutet går vikingen bärsärk och det låter hårdare och elakare än något annat. Att de inte sätter allt i jammet får det bara att bli ännu bättre och ondare. Några av de kortare låtarna är också fina, men det är framför allt de sidlånga kompositionerna som är Space Debris styrka.



review about our DVD+CD "Into The Sun" by by Jerry Kranitz, USA (Jan 2008, Aural Innovations) 2008:
"The fourth album from Space Debris documents their appearance at the Burg Herzberg 2006 Festival and has been released in two editions - CD and DVD. These guys wear their 70s influences on their shirtsleeves and for a full blown heavy jamming prog-psych-krautrock experience you can do no better than Space Debris. Honestly, if I played this for you and told you it was a reissue of an album from 1972 you would have no reason to doubt me. The band is a Trio of guitar (bass-guitar also), drums and organ, and like their previous albums the guys get a jam going and just take off, with most of the tracks being in the 14-18 minute range, giving them plenty of room to stretch out and explore. "Into the Sun" and "Whales" are both lengthy excursions that really showcase the Space Debris brand of exploratory heavy jamming progressive influenced psych rock. This is a world where the guitar and Hammond organ reigns supreme, dueling and trading leads throughout. "Lornas Vibrator" features more heavy jamming psych rock but with a great melodic soulful groove. "Electric Friends" is one of my favorite tracks of the set. It starts off spacey and dreamy, with elements of early Pink Floyd and bits of Hawkwind. Then around the 5 minute mark it launches into a jam that bears strong similarities to Pink Floyd's "One of these Days", but is also trademark Space Debris heavy psych rock jamming. "Mountain" is another highlight, consisting of killer spaced out blues rock with Tommy Gorny going Hendrix on guitar and firing off some of the most manic leads of the set. And "Jam Bang" is a shorter track that winds down the set, and is a cool combination of psychedelic funk and Deep Purple heaviness. An excellent finale. The track listings on the CD and DVD are the same, except for a few seconds to a couple minutes difference in the timings. I think they did a great job with the DVD. Rather than just pointing the camera at the band the whole time, there's lots of focus on the crowd, giving the viewer a feel for the festival vibe. Excellent!"

review about our DVD "Into The Sun" From Scott Heller USA (Jan 2008) written for Aural Innovations: "Space Debris plays mostly improvised music and the DVD begins with shots cruising thru the festival site and coming back and forth to the stage where the band is playing but never really showing the band until 17 mins into the DVD. You get to see a good overview of the type of cool people who come to this festival and hear some great kraut rock jamming as well. Electric Friends is a long jam with Tomas switches from guitar to bass and a real freeform krautrock jam is made. Mountain is a heavy rocking number with some great Hendrix inspired guitar, pounding drums and heavy Hammond. Whales’ starts with a long Hammond solo and I really thought he was going to play the intro to Lazy by Deep Purple but he never did. This track is really a back and forth jam with Hammond and guitar trading off before Tomas does a great melodic solo at the end. Jam Bang is another quite intense hard rocking jam. This is really well filmed and a great sound and really brings the feel of those great German early 70’s bands just jamming away with no regard for trends..music from the heart. Cool stuff."

About the LP "Three" the french Acid DRagon-Prog-Magazin Nr. 44/2007 wrote: "Three continues the fine tradition established by an excellent retro-rock improvisational trio on their "Krautrocksessions" and "Kraut Lok" CDs/DLPs. "Dark Star" is an early Pink Floyd influenced piece and a strong opener, "Saurus" begins with a familiar Chord progression but becomes more experimental and ethereal as the 7 minutes progresses. "Trip Vitesse" is a bit of a surprise with Tom Kunkel´s Hammond providing a Jimmy McGriff/Smith or to get slightly more up to date Brian Auger tinged jazz rock piece. "Mountain High" is well named and gives more than a hint of the musical style- `Nantucket Sleighride` anyone? Heavy blues based rock then with similarities to `voodoo chile`and a neat `question and answer` session between organ and Tommy Gorny´s guitar that briefly recalled the late great Rory Gallagher. A host of classic late sixties/early seventies influences percolate through the music distilled into something fresh, vibrant and entirely relevant to todays listener. The band is at his most expansive on the 19:42 (CD) of "La Mano De Dios" with the experimental vista of an Amon Düül II, the subtlety of Focus and the atmospheric of "A Saucerful of Secrets" combined with some heavy riffing that you might expect from Deep Purple or Allman Brothers. Kudos once again for the energetic drumming of producer Christian Jäger, whose empathetic playing underpins some breathtaking variations. Totally recommended, "Three" as an unqualified success!"

About the LP/CD "Three" Jerry Kranitz/USA wrote: "Third album from this German outfit that fully, completely, totally embraces early 70's heavy psychedelic, progressive krautrock. The music is all instrumental with tracks ranging from 6 - 20 minutes. These guys really know how to lay down a groove, with a stylistic platter covering heavy prog-psych, to acid rock, and funk and groove laden jamming psychedelia with prog and jazz influences. Fans of the first two albums will find a much tighter and cohesive band on Three."

Here is the newest review (second DLP "Kraut Lok")from Phil Jackson (of Acid Dragon web- and print-magazin for prog-music): "I was very much looking forward to this CD having been much impressed with ‘Krautrock Sessions 1994-2001’ reviewed in AD #40. Well, I was not disappointed! From the opening bars of ‘Xenufo’ through to the conclusion of the epic title track this is one engaging slice of retro improvisational rock. Tom Kunkel is in Emerson Nice era mode from the off with guitarist Tommy Gorny also sounding a bit like Davy O’List! Underpinned by some dynamic drumming from Christian Jager and lots of crashing cymbals it’s a satisfying piece of rock nostalgia. ‘Bolivia’ fades in with more organ chords, echo guitar and rhythmic backbone, more Santana or Focus than Nice this time, more expansive guitar proving it’s amazing what you can do with two chords and some nimble keyboard runs! Tom’s Hammond has a Brian Auger edge to it, teasing every bit of emotion from his instrument. Some gentle guitar arpeggios end the track before ‘Capitalists Nightmare’, a bit of a ‘riffer’ with lots of sustain and bend on the guitar notes, the organ taking up the action more Jon Lord than Emerson or Auger. On ‘Trans Odenwald’ the band indulges in some Led Zeppelin stylised rock ‘n’ roll that comes together eventually! Moving on a few tracks to the live ‘Purple Dream’ it’s nice to hear lots of reverb on the organ and some scintillating runs in a kind of ‘Rondo’ variation. ‘Second Sight’ is al lengthy excursion, a grungy early Floyd sound giving way to another ‘Rondo’ type creation then some bluesy Hendrixy guitar licks. The 21 minute title track is a breathtaking stunner of deep invention and a hint of jazz. If you long for the free rock spirit of the late 60s and early 70s look no further than Space Debris. I can smell the incense, man! Enjoy!
(Phil Jackson)

Here are the liner notes from Jerry/USA for our second LP "Krautlok":
As a "child of the 70's", memories of the mind blowing excitement of musical discovery are indelibly burned into my brain. I was a fanatic for Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Psychedelia, Space Rock and what came to be known as Krautrock. The best bands were the most difficult to label because they incorporated a multitude of influences and therefore defied easy categorization. Like many of my contemporaries I still thirst for those sounds and styles, and thankfully there are some exemplary bands who continue to carry the torch. Near the top of any enthusiast's list of current bands should be Space Debris, a German ensemble committed to creating new music firmly in the magical 70's mold, but performed with a fresh and fervently energetic approach. The gorgeous 2-LP gatefold set you hold in your hands is a textbook example of the power and possibilities of heavy rocking cosmic Krautrock when played by talented and devoted practitioners of the art. From the soulful and passionately melodic jams of "Bolivia", to the hard and heavy spaced out Hammond and guitar explorations of "Capitalists Nightmare", to the epic "Kraut Lok", which sweeps the listener through an instrumental journey of soulful Space Jazz, Acid Rock, heavy jamming Progressive Rock, cool grooves and pure mind massage. So relax, put on the headphones, and climb aboard the Space Debris mothership.
Space... Peace...
Jerry Kranitz (Aural Innovations)

Here is a part of the review written by Frank Gingeleit, published at the british webpage Modern Dance (click at modern dance and then at "Our man in Germany" at the left and sroll down, so you can read the full review):

"Especially when you're a real lover of music or a musician yourself, you usually try to keep some kind of a "professional distance" when reviewing music. In the case of Space Debris' "Krautrock-Sessions 1994-2001" I was simply unable to do so. I had heard one of their tunes on a compilation CD before, and this was a tune I was listening twice before playing on that CD. When I heard the complete work under my headphones for the first time I had a feeling of happiness that I didn't have for more than thirty years when listening to music. The more I listen to this music the more I think that it is some kind of a "missing link" between the original "genuine" Krautrock of the late Sixties and early Seventies and the repertoire of the international music of that time that the Sixties and Seventies German Rock bands wanted to become a part of. (...) Quite recently some German bands started to adopt the nimbus of "Kraut" again, and the results were, in some cases even charming, examples of musical inability. In this situation Space Debris appeared with their self released double-LP on extra-heavy vinyl, a superb natural sound quality achieved with the help of two, three and four track recordings, build up of traces of Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Santana, the Allman Brothers and many more, and still completely distinct and individual. They don't sound like any German Seventies band but nevertheless present undoubtedly Krautrock. It feels as if Krautrock has finally come to itself, and this is what I called an enigmatic wonder (...)"




Review by Phil Jackson for : Acid Dragon:
"From the opening bars of ‘Long Distance Voyager’ it is very evident that this music is rooted in early seventies improvisational space rock- wah wah guitar, cowbell, organ, memorable riffing over a solid rhythm section (impressive drumming by producer Christian Jager) and to top it all some frenzied guitar soloing amidst swirling Hammond. Focus at full throttle came to mind. Tom Kunkel’s organ plays a prominent part in ‘Green Skies’ and that allied to the guitar blasts and Christian’s hand percussion reminded me of Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express at their most expansive (‘Closer To It’ era). ‘We Were at the Moon Before you Were at the Moon’ starts off like between manic early Pink Floyd and Keith Emerson’s Nice, a phenomenal 10 minute workout that never fails to hold the attention through many intriguing and invigorating twists and turns. This is followed by the shortest number on the album ‘Lorna’s Vibrator’ (the ‘long’ version two tracks later isn’t actually much longer but has some fine Focus styled vocalisation) ‘Nuff & Nunner’ is another dynamic rhythmic piece with more excellent musicianship. ‘Phobos Was Here’ is perhaps the most intriguing track- almost atonal and counterpointal in its free form fusion jazz- the guitar soloing is stunning. I thought of Brand X here. ‘Big Baby’s Birthday’ is a pleasant surprise, a blues with Tom Kunkel on vocals, some electric piano, brooding organ chords and a rich and evocative atmosphere. Bass guitarist Thomas Schutz gets a chance to get up and down the fretboard here. The guitar playing as usual is expressive and emotionally charged. I think you can guess I’m enjoying this! And there’s more to come- a breakneck speed blues ‘Gaspra 951’ flows like a supercharged John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers.. The reflective ‘Daydream’ is further evidence that Space Debris owe as much to early progressive blues as to Krautrock. Another astronomical reference ‘Miranda’ finishes the set off with vocals reminiscent of late 60s UK blues rock outfits with solos taken on cue- it sums up so much of that era in less than 3 minutes! Top quality music- an authentic time travelling trip, this is one CD I’ll be returning to real soon!"


The american Mailorder "fusetron " describes our DLP like this: "Double LP worth of truly
amazing KRAUTADELICS jam sessions recorded with various musicians between 1994 and 2001,
in best of the early 70s AMON DUUL, CAN and other Krautrock heros tradition. Each side
carries 3 tracks, so manylong tracks and psychedelic journeys present here! Long guitar
journeys accompanied by effect and hammonds."


Aural Innovations /USA:

"Other than the Amon Düül and Can analogies other reviewers have compared them to Santana, Allman Brothers and early Deep Purple, though to my ears it's a gorgeously psychedelic and proggy take on those bands. If you like early 70's jamming prog-psych in general you'll love this. Man, that organ sounds beautiful!!!"


an ebay-seller from USA wrote this nice words to describe us (found 26th April 2004):"SPACE DEBRIS "Krautrock Sessions 1994-2001" 2002 Gatefold Double LP....SPACE DEBRIS emanate from Germany and this album chronicles a number of their jams from the above stated years. Utilizing a basic guitar/bass/drums format augmented by percussion/congas/hammond organ/loops and other noises, SPACE DEBRIS lay down 12 monstrous and long space/psych Krautrock journeys spiced with a dash of Prog. All are well played trippy excursions into dimensions first explored by Amon Duul II, Santana and Zappa. The gatefold artwork on this LP is XLNT. It includes photos of the band in session + live, as well as a wraparound cover that takes you from a luminous Black Forest woodshed into the deeps of space!..."