''Space Streakings'' was a

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band from

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formed in 1993 by four

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. That year the band issued its debut album, '' Hatsukoi'', through NUX Organization. The Space Streakings then signed with

Skin Graft Records Skin Graft Records (officially capitalized SKiN GRAFT Records) is an independent record label specializing in no wave and noise rock, originally based in Chicago, Illinois. The label is largely responsible for spawning "now wave" genre, an updat ...

, whose attention had been piqued by the band's contribution to the ''Dead Tech 3: New Japanese Music'' compilation. In 1994, musician and music engineer

Steve Albini Steven Frank Albini (; July 22, 1962 – May 7, 2024) was an American musician and audio engineer. He founded and fronted the influential post-hardcore and noise rock bands Big Black (1981–1987), Rapeman (1987–1989) and Shellac (band), ...

flew to Japan in order to record the band's second album '' 7-Toku''. Shortly after the album's release, Screaming Stomach, who had grown tired of the band's cacophonous sound, left the band. After a brief tour of the

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, which resulted in a collaboration with Mount Shasta of Chicago, Space Streakings disbanded.

Discography

Studio albums *'' Hatsukoi'' (1993, NUX Organization) *'' 7-Toku'' (1994,

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) *with Mount Shasta: '' Space Streakings Sighted Over Mount Shasta'' (1996, Skin Graft)

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* * Japanese noise rock groups Japanese experimental rock groups Musical groups established in 1986 Musical groups disestablished in 1996 1986 establishments in Japan {{japan-band-stub