Space to give concert in Yerevan on Oct.30

PanARMENIAN.Net - Legendary Space band will give a concert in Yerevan on October 30.



"We are happy to be here. We toured the republic of the Soviet Union once and we are hopeful that our concert in Yerevan will be a success as well," band founder Didier Marouani told a news conference on Thursday.



Renowned duduk player Jivan Gasparyan is also expected to performed during the concert. "I am happy to play with Mr. Gasparyan. Friendly Armenian-French relations are not mere words. Some 20 years ago Charles Aznavour invited me to participate in a music video for one of his songs," Marouani said.



In 2010, the band will release a new album "From Earth to Mars" dedicated to Russian spacemen.



"Variety of our music is a need for self-expression," Marouani said.



The concert is organized by Unibank CJSC.



Space are a French electronic music band from the city of Marseille active from 1977 through 1980 and returning with on-stage remake performances since 1992. They are considered as one of the most notable artists of the short lived space discomusic scene, and early pioneers of Eurodance electronica subgenre.



Space was founded in 1977 by Didier Marouani (also known as Ecama), Roland Romanelli, and Jannick Top. The first three albums - Magic Fly, Deliverance and Just Blue - were an immediate success (they sold over 12 million records all over the world). The album Magic Fly, which is widely considered to be their best work, was released in audio cd in 2001, 24 years after its original release. Although Didier Marouani left the band in 1979, the other two members Roland Romanelli and Jannick Top released in 1980 the album Deeper Zone under the name of Space. Then Space officially split up in 1981.



In early 1980s Marouani, with Janny Loseth of Titanic as lead vocalist, continued to perform and record under the titles of Didier Marouani & Space, and Paris-France-Transit due to release lawsuits. The name "spAce" was legally reacquired after some artistic copyright disputes around 1990, allowing musicians to re-release classic albums and give a European live cover tour in 1993. The latest Space album was released in 2002. In the same year, the S Club Juniors made a remix to their single "New Direction" featuring the backing track of "Magic Fly". The band's hit "Magic Fly" as well as many other songs from the self-named album were remixed in 2003 by the Belgian dance music project Minimalistix.