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...