Space Station Studio

About

Space Station Studio, orbiting the fringe of the experimental music cosmos from 1983 to 1998, embraced the cassette as its primary vessel. Its catalog, predominantly featuring Alien Planetscapes, is a chronicle of live interventions and temporal rifts — a sculptural soundscape stretching across 22 releases. These tapes are not mere recordings; they are living documents of performances that traversed both time and space. The 'Orion Spacerock Festival 10/18/97' captures the essence of Space Station's commitment to festival documentation, embodying the raw, unpolished energy of live experimental performances. 'Live CBGB New York (Video Soundtrack) 12-20-92' serves as an audial map of the iconic venue's sonic terrain, a temporal snapshot of its underground pulse. The 'Sampler #5 (7-9/95)' and 'Sampler #6 (9/95-11/95)' tapes defy singular narrative threads, instead weaving a fractal of diverse artists into a cohesive auditory collage. Alien Planetscapes, the primary inhabitant of this studio's orbit, channels the liminal and exploratory ethos of the label. With releases like 'Stand By' and 'Stop Light Pollution Album', the project transcends conventional musical forms, embracing a process-driven approach to sound. Space Station Studio's legacy lies in its unwavering dedication to live performance documentation and the cassette format, each release a pivotal exploration into the interdisciplinary nature of sound.