Spaghetti Eastern Electro Dub & Spaceheater at Night Swim
Two great bands…
Spaghetti Eastern Electro Dub is a genre-leaping project founded by Hudson Valley-based guitarist/keyboardist Sal Cataldi. Like his solo project, Spaghetti Eastern Music, it blends various styles to craft a unique fusion of Jamaican dub, Indian raga, electronica, psychedelia, and jazz.
Cataldi’s creative partners in this project are bassist/composer Tom “Spontaneous” Semioli, drummer Dirk Drazen, and Dawoud “The Sufi Renegade” Kringle, wielding a hybrid instrument called the Dautar. The band’s debut release, Live at Green Kill Sessions, was released in March 2025 on Bad Egg Records. The album is available via CD, Bandcamp, Spotify, and other streaming platforms.
Reviews of the new album include: “Melodic, groovy, passionately experimental tunes, an album that will have you completely entranced.” NYSMusic.com …“Spaghetti Eastern Electro Dub is a sonic soup for the soul.” Radio Free Brooklyn …”Another knockout from Spaghetti Eastern.” WFMU …“Hypnotic and chill, a very original work.” Art Vibes …“A great work, very cool psychedelic rock.” Astropilot Music… “Melodically wonderful, with a nice psychedelic atmosphere.” Cosmicleaf …“A super sweet ambient and experimental work.” Ingrown Radio .. “Music with a smoked-out, hypnotic vibe.” Shivelight … “A great sound.” Jah Wobble, Public Image Ltd. “A jam that blends elements of dub, Indian raga, and psychedelic improvisation into a textured and evolving instrumental piece.” Electronica UK “The psychedelic shape-shifting bass twists and supreme lead guitar turns of ‘Kilimanjaro’ opens my mind and has me seeing a trippy cat burglar indie film that has yet to be made.” American Pancake …“The hypnotic bass grooves and jazzy, atmospheric guitar work create an impressive instrumental soundscape.” Sound of Sam … “With grooves that switch mid-song between swing and straight rhythms, this is a fantastic album to sink your teeth into — whether you’re zoning out on heady instrumentals or looking for inspiration as a fellow musician.” Daily Gazette/Nippertown.com
spaceheater is a quartet comprised of four veteran Hudson Valley musicians, guitarists Rick Warren and Sal Cataldi, bassist Dave Strahl and drummer April Drums. Together, they put their effects-driven guitars, thumping bass and polyrhythmic drum assault to work on everything from the heaviest rock to jazz and blues to ambient and industrial sounds, in both originals and obscure covers. The latter span from early Pink Floyd to electric-era Miles Davis and Terje Rypdal to psych/garage classics like Eight Miles High and Rumble. The band regularly performs at popular Hudson Valley venues including the Colony, Pearl Moon and The Station Bar in Woodstock, The Tinker Street Tavern at the Bearsville Theater, West Kill Supply and Green Kill Sessions in Kingston, Snug Harbor in New Paltz and many more.
spaceheater is an appropriate name for the group as it was birthed during rehearsals in the winter months of 2021/22 at Kingston’s Green Kill art gallery. While jamming there, the group was warmed by space heaters, ones whose fumes may have played a role in imbuing their work with its unique hallucinatory bend. Their sound combines the loose meandering jams of “St. Stephen”-flavored Grateful Dead with the edgy prog/industrial/space rock improvs of latter-day King Crimson and Krautrock. Hudson Valley One recently called the band: “A powerhouse of genre-defying sounds, blending heavy rock, jazz, blues ambient and industrial influences.”
