These artists are mostly found from the Proto-Prog section. Among the earliest psych related bands are BEATLES, CREAM, JIMI HENDRIX, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE and also PINK FLOYD with their first album.
These bands can be found from the Prog Folk category, earliest of them being u Proto-Prog /u similar time. From the early psych folk acts THE BYRDS were a highly successful group, but later they moved towards country music from their psychedelic style.
This band was also a big influence for YES, which first album holds some psychedelic qualities. The multi vocal harmonies stayed in their sound even as they ventured towards the symphonic prog style, a genre which is quite far from psychedelic rock. The early line-up of FAIRPORT CONVENTION with SANDY DENNY released few albums, which combined traditional folk music with psychedelic elements, and their long song "A Sailor's Life" with real interactive improvisational playing had a big influence on psychedelic folk groups like THE TREES.
Some psychedelic oriented folk bands also played music outside from the Anglo-Saxon frame of reference, like Italian AKTUALA, blended Middle-Eastern folk music to their records, and British JADE WARRIOR was seeking influences form Japanese and African music. In Germany EMTIDI blended electronic sounds in their sound, and at late 70's CAROL OF HARVEST drew together the essential characteristics of the genre which had matured during the decade in the vast number of psychedelic bands. Other bands which could be mentioned here are SEDMINA from former Yugoslavia and APHRODITE'S CHILD from Greece.
both of these bringing elements of their own nations traditional musical heritage to be joined with the elements of psychedelia. Groups like THE THIRD EAR BAND and QUINTESSENCE experimented with elements from eastern and Indian music, which kind of bands are found more from the genre Indo-Prog/Raga Rock. Instead of European roots these artists take their elements from raga, classical India music.
During mid-60's RAVI SHANKAR brought raga to success in the Western Christian industrial countries, and it's qualities were adopted to psychedelic culture, as both raga and psychedelia focus on the state of emotional trance. Example record from this genre could be SEVENTH SONS album "Raga" from year 1964.
Space rock was developed in the late 60's and early 70's by bands like HAWKWIND, PINK FLOYD and TANGERINE DREAM. These bands created a sound dominated by long synthesizer driven instrumental sequences, echo treaded electric guitars, having much space for improvisations and using science fiction themes for songs, lyrics and album arts. Hawkwind is the genre's key innovator.
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