Bailterspace originally hail from Christchurch, but are currently now based in New York. They are one of the longest serving bands for New Zealand independent record company Flying Nun.
Bailterspace was originally formed by Alister Parker and Hamish Kilgour in Christchurch, 1987. Hamish, formerly drummer in The Clean and The Great Unwashed, and Alister, late of The Gordons, shared an interest in dense, groovy guitar noise and their original line-up also featured Glenda Bills on keyboards and Ross Humphries (former member of the Pin Group and also playing guitar in the Terminals at that time) on bass. This line up released the Flying Nun EP, Nelsh Bailter Space and the 7" single New Man.
Bailterspace first debuted in the Official New Zealand Top 40 Albums on 27 August 2012 with the album Strobosphere. There are two entries by Bailterspace in the charts.
Title |
Type |
Debut |
Weeks |
Best |
Strobosphere |
Top 40 Albums |
27 Aug 2012 |
1 |
34 |
Wammo |
Top 40 Albums |
22 Feb 2021 |
1 |
23 |