Back in the 1970s HAWKWIND set the template for powerhouse Spacerock and now Litmus have brought it up to date for the 21st century. Not a tribute band as such, but at times sailing dangerously close with material that would not have sounded out of place at a Lemmy-era Hawkwind gig - a heady cocktail of piledriver riffs that splatter your senses to the four winds, a cornucopia of cosmic noise to enhance the 'trip' into other worlds, and searing lead guitar runs the Captain can only dream of. A veritable sonic attack, that has appeared at Hawkfests and often gigged with SPACE RITUAL in a mind-bending audio-visual extravaganza.

Martin Bass and Simon Guitar formed the band in 1999, initially recording demos as a threesome with drummer Ben. Andy Thompson [he of Planet Mellotron website fame] soon joined as principal keysman at live gigs. By the time the band's debut CD 'You Are Here' was recorded and released on their own label, the band had expanded with Anton augmenting Andy on synths and 'audio generator', and Andy's brother Matt also on audio generator, the line-up completed by Marek who replaced Ben as drummer.

As I write, the band's second album has been completed and is scheduled to be released on 30th April. The album was recorded as a five piece [Martin, Andy, Anton, Marek and Fiddler on guitar], but Andy has now left the group. Martin maintains a fairly regular on-line diary, which is accessible from the band's website, as is a MySpace page that holds some excellent audio tracks for streaming.

Source: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2172