Space Music emerged in the late 60 's, by the meeting of psychedelic rock and contemporary and repetitive music .TANGERINE DREAM and KLAUS SCHULZE are the front leaders of the genre.This German artists draw grandiose and deluded spatial landscapes by their synthesizers .
It has an influence on the progressive rock during the 70 's, but also on ambient music that will seek to paint a more intimate and inner landscape ( ENO FRIPP ) .
A California school represented by the label HEART OF SPACE will flourished in the 80s
( STEVE ROACH , ROBERT RICH, Jonn Serries , MICHAEL STEARNS .) It will be very close to the new age trend.
This music will popularized by VANGELIS and especially the album Oxygen JEAN- MICHEL JARRE on the mid 70 's.
Since the democratization of the New Wave synthesizers and more electro -techno music it has fallen into disuse , if not into oblivion.
From the 90's some musicians gathered under the name BERLIN SCHOOL, will seek to replicate note for note the music TANGERINE DREAM in its heyday .
Since 2005 the airy music recognizes a gain notoriety by a movement of retro - futurism by the electro music trend( ETIENNE JAUMET , TURZI ) , and since 2010 by the appearance of brilliant artists decided to renew the genre (SPACE MEGALITHE , HOLLAN HOLMES , STELLARDRONE )