Space

Space is a French disco and electronic group active from 1977 to the present. The project is founded by Didier Marouani, who is also known by the nickname Ecama. The group’s sound sits within disco, electronic music and space disco, and it is identified with the French synthesiser-led style of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

History

The group emerges in the 1970s and becomes associated with the hit single Magic Fly, taken from its first album. That record, along with Deliverance and Just Blue, forms the core of the classic Space catalogue and is described as highly influential within its subgenre. Marouani leaves the group around 1980 after creative differences, but the remaining line-up continues and releases the Deeper Zone album in 1981. After the band later disbands, Marouani continues as a solo artist and eventually regains the right to use the Space name in court around 1990, after which he reissues the classic albums and undertakes a concert tour. The latest Space album appears in 2002.

Line-up

Across its history, Space includes Joe Hammer, Didier Marouani, Roland Romanelli, Jannick Top, Cissy Stone, Patrice Tison, Madeline Bell, Yann Benoist, Janny Loseth and Roy Robinson.

Style and legacy

Space is an electronic and synthpop group in the original French context, with its best-known work coming from the early albums centred on Magic Fly. Those albums are notable for shaping the group’s reputation within its genre and for establishing its place in French disco and electronic music.