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Spiritualized

From the rubble of former band Spaceman 3, Jason Pierce's sonic vision for a grand big band orchestra in the mold of Sun Ra and Duke Ellington came to life with the spaced-out, psychedelic dreamy pop of Spiritualized, a band he founded in 1990. Taking the experiments of the Velvet Underground, Phil Spector's ‘Wall of Sound’ and the psyched-out jams of Jefferson Airplane, Jason Pierce finally realized that vision on the classic third album Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997). The album became a magnus opus of gospel choirs, orchestras and the piano skills of New O...