Spacepilot

Hycean Worlds

Elias Meister - Guitar, effects
Leo Genovese - Rhodes, synth, Hammond organ
Joe Hertenstein - Drums

Recorded in 2019 in Germany

Cover image by Claudine Eriksson
Album design by Mark Smith

TRACKS

1- Messier 87 4:41
2- Sagittarius A 5:15
3- Diffraction Limit 5:40
4- Mozart goes to Uranus (KV 231) 5:03
5- UY Scuti 4:16
6- Voyager One 7:04
7- Titania 3:29
8- Hubble Deep Field 3:54

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ABOUT THE ALBUM

In 2021, a group of British researchers proposed a new class of exoplanets, covered in water and thick with hydrogen atmospheres, naming them Hycean Worlds, and affirming their potential for life. Inspired by their possibility, New York-based trio Spacepilot devoted their new album to imagining these worlds. Fusing together broad influences, their psychedelic rock sound draws from Avant-Garde Noise, Funk, Gospel, Jazz, Blues, and Techno, reaching for a more experimental sound than previous albums. Recorded live at the iconic Red Horn District in Germany they had access to a literal stable full of vintage instruments. On this 8-track improvised project, Elias Meister (Guitar, Effects), Leo Genovese (Rhodes, Synth, Hammond Organ), and Joe Hertenstein (Drums) envisioned otherworldly ballads, avant-garde moments, soulful rock, and a loose quoting of a Mozart’s canon. Hycean Worlds will be available digitally on May 31, 2022.