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Re: 27-05-2022
THE 1994 ALBUM REMASTERED BY ED WYNNE & RELEASED ON CLASSIC BLACK VINYL
One of the most influential bands to emerge from the UK’s festival scene, the Ozrics layer ambient & ethereal landscapes with freeform dub trips, incredible rave grooves & psychedelic progressive rock. It’s an open exploration of music & the soul.
The band’s last release to feature Merv Pepler & Joie Hinton, who left to form Eat Static, ‘Arborescence’ was the Ozrics’ fifth studio effort in as many years. Soundscape textures remained their focus & their strength, with the now trademark Steve Hillage-esque guitar, gurgling & whirling synths & tight rhythm section all wrapped around rave, techno, African & Middle Eastern influences.
The tracks alternate between the power driven (‘Myriapod’, ‘Shima Koto’, ‘Astro Cortex’), classic Ozric Tentacles space rock (‘Dance of the Loomi’, ‘There’s a Planet Here’, the title track) & those with an ethnic flavour (‘Al-Saloog’). The powerful music here, embellished by plenty of synth-dweedling & strong rhythm patterns, takes the listener of open mind & free spirit to somewhere special. Classic Ozrics then.
Tracklist:
- 1. Astro Cortex
- 2. Yog-Bar-Og
- 3. Arborescence
- 4. Al-Salooq
- 5. Dance of the Loomi
- 6. Myriapod
- 7. There’s a Planet Here
- 8. Shima Koto
