The final flight of Captain Thomas F. Mantell Jr. is considered as the first human death attributed to a UFO

The Italian trio (led by Tommaso Mantelli, homonym of Capt Thomas Mantell, the first pilot dying chasing an UFO…)
still mixes punk attitude with electronic machines, resulting deliciously pop anyway.

Since 2007 the space crew stood out as a new style revelation in the Italian scene for his super show live attitude
(space suites and masks, 3D projection system) and his explosive mix of sounds and melodies.

After the LONG WAY PURSUIT (LP 2007-Kiver) following the UFO, after a long year lost in space,
REST IN SPACE (LP 2010- Hypotron/Irma Rec) now they are going to smash back to the Planet Earth.
The new album, GROUND LIFT, is OUT NOW for Hypotron/Irma Records! A new muddy kind of hybrid sound.
A trip through time and styles. Kubrik would be proud of them!…

The space crew has been touring since 2007, sharing the stage withbig artists as Chemical Brothers,
Klaxons, Mouse On Mars, WhiteRose Movement, Icarus, Tito&Tarantula, Louie Austen, Freakatronic
and appearing at the main music festivals in Italy (Heineken JammingFestival, Sonisphere) and club nights.

The press says they are between electro and new-rave,between past and future (DEVO, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, New Order, Zoot Woman, NIN, Orgy)

Band:

Tommaso Mantelli alias Captain Mantell: voice, bass, guitar, synth
Nicola Lucchese alias Doctor Ciste: drum machine, synth, vocals
Omero Vanin alias Sergente Roma: drum, synth drum, piano, vocals

Discography:

Ground Lift – LP – 2011 Hypotron/Irma Records
Before We Perish – Single – 2011 Hypotron/Irma Records
AnnoZero Compilation vol III – 2011 AnnoZero
No Poser – Compilation – 2011 Foolica Records/XL di Repubblica
Il Natale non e’ reale – Compilation – 2010 Garrincha Dischi/Rockit
Uri Geller – Single – 2010 Hypotron/Irma Records
Rest In Space – LP, 2010 Hypotron/Irma Records
Into The Cockpit EP, 2008 Circolo Forestieri
Long Way Pursuit – LP – 2007 Kiver / Record Kicks

Videography:

Yesterday, Like The Beatles Say - 2011 Minimal Cinema
Before We Perish – 2011 Eeviac
Uri Geller – 2010 Emanuele Lombardini
My Radar – 2010 Produzioni Madebu’
The Word Forever – 2010 Sponk Studios
Sorry, I Love My B-Side – 2008 Sponk Studios