Hidria Spacefolk

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| name = Hidria Spacefolk

| image = Hidria Spacefolk - InProg2005 - Sami Wirkkala & Kimmo Dammert.jpg

| caption = Hidria Spacefolk in Moscow at InProg 2005

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| origin = Lohja, Finland

| genre = Progressive rock
Psychedelic rock
Space rock

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| years_active = 1999 – Present

| label = Wolfgang Records
Exogenic Records

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| website = http://www.hidriaspacefolk.st/

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Hidria Spacefolk is a Finnish progressive / psychedelic rock / space rock band. The group's sound is often compared to Kingston Wall and Ozric Tentacles.{{Cite web |url=http://www.gepr.net/he.html |title=New Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock - Hidria Spacefolk |access-date=2006-11-08 |archive-date=2007-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214223111/http://www.gepr.net/he.html |url-status=dead }}[http://gnosis2000.net/reviews/hidriaspacefolk.htm Gnosis2000.net - Hidria Spacefolk] The band describes their musical style as Astro-Beat. They use many different instruments such as the cello, violin, flute, didgeridoo, marimba, mandolin, sitar and vibraphone.[http://www.ragazzi-music.de/hidriaspacefolk_s.html Ragazzi - Symbiosis {{in lang|de}}]

Hidria Spacefolk's first album was the independently released EP HDRSF-1 in 2001. Their debut full-length, Symbiosis, was released a year later through Silence, a subsidiary label of Wolfgang Records. The band's second full-length album, Balansia, was released in 2004 and included Andy McCoy of Hanoi Rocks as a guest musician.[http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=6657 Prog Archives - Balansia] The same year, a compilation album titled Violently Hippy rmxs was also released. The album contains remixes of Hidria Spacefolk's songs done by Finnish electronic music makers.[http://www.progressiverockbr.com/intervhidriaspacefolk.htm Progressive Rock & Progressive Metal - Interview with Hidria Spacefolk]

Their performance at the North East Art Rock Festival in Pennsylvania, US (July 2004) was released as Live Eleven am, in 2005.[http://www.progwereld.org/cd-recensies/hidriaspacefolk.htm Progwereld - Live Eleven a.m.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010092208/http://www.progwereld.org/cd-recensies/hidriaspacefolk.htm |date=2007-10-10 }} {{in lang|nl}}]

In 2005 the band opened the second day of the international progressive rock festival that took place in Moscow, Russia.