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Space March is the project of Australian singer/songwriter/producer/artist – Craig Simmons. The music of Space March can be described as melodic, layered, dreamy synthpop. ==Music career== The debut self-titled Space March album was released in Australia in 2003 and picked up by synthpop label, Ninthwave Records as a US import release in 2004. ''Space March'' appeared in the Chicago Reader's 2004 year-end newspaper feature – ''The Best Music of 2004'' with Music Critic, Ann Sterzinger, ranking the release number one in her top ten albums for that year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】The Best Music of 2004 )〕 Sterzinger's top vote was similarly cast in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll for 2004. The debut Space March album was quite organic sounding for a synthpop album, combining Beatlesque Britpop and psychedelic electronics, with the Chicago Reader describing the album as mixing "The Magnetic Fields, Erasure, and a dollop of Momus".〔 Ninthwave Records digitally released the follow-up Space March album ''Without This You Can Never Change'' in 2006. The following year, the labels Ninthwave Records and Death By Karaoke released a remixed and repackaged version of the album both digitally and on CD.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Without This You Can Never Change )〕 ''Without This You Can Never Change'' was more electro orientated than the debut but still retained a melodic, pop sensibility. The third Space March album, ''Monumental'', was released in September 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Monumental )〕 For this album, Simmons collaborated with multi-platinum record producer/mixer Mark Saunders whose production credits include: Erasure ''Wild!'';〔(【引用サイトリンク】Erasure Producers )〕 The Cure ''Wish'';〔(【引用サイトリンク】Credits: The Cure - Wish )〕 Tricky ''Maxinquaye'';〔(【引用サイトリンク】Credits: Tricky - Maxinquaye )〕 A-ha ''Foot Of The Mountain''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Credits: A-ha - Foot of the Mountain )〕 ''Monumental'' exhibited strong references to early 80s synthpop production which was noted in some reviews favourably. Hark Records released the fourth Space March album, ''Mountain King'', in February 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Mountain King )〕 The title track incorporates the melodic theme from “In The Hall Of The Mountain King” by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, written for the play, Peer Gynt in 1874-76. In May 2014, Space March released an album of covers – ''It Must Be Obvious'' through Hark Records.〔(【引用サイトリンク】It Must Be Obvious )〕 The album features covers of songs by Pet Shop Boys, Muse, The Beatles, New Order, Duran Duran, The Cure, The White Stripes, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, The Velvet Underground, David Bowie, Depeche Mode and John Barry. Prior to Space March, Simmons was the founding member of the synthpop duo, ElectroSquad which released two albums: ''Espionage'' (2000) and ''Operation: k'' (2001) on Hark Records.〔(【引用サイトリンク】ElectroSquad )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Space March」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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