Re: 24-03-2023<\/p>\n
HEAVILY INFLUENTIAL CLASSIC DEBUT ALBUM FROM OZRIC TENTACLES<\/p>\n
A raggle-taggle, unpretentious assortment of punk-infused, dreadlocked hippies, the Ozric Tentacles wove psychedelic audio-tapestries that captured the almost dangerous musical diversity of the free festival scene, blending acid rock with dub, reggae, ethnic world music & electronic, jazzy experimentation. This was the soundtrack to the herb-fragranced, alternative lifestyle that wound its way around country lanes looking for a place to set up & party, away from the psychoses of corporate life.<\/p>\n
Fittingly, the band was formed at the Stonehenge Festival in 1983. Ed & Roly Wynne, Nick Van Gelder (Tig) & Gavin Griffiths (at that point known as the Bolshem People) were joined for a jam by Joie \u2018Ozroonuiculator\u2019 Hinton – a synth wizard who had just returned from India loaded with ethnic sound recordings that he had collected.<\/p>\n
At some point, having attracted an audience, someone asked what the name of the new ensemble was & Ed responded \u2018Ozric Tentacles\u2019 mainly because he couldn\u2019t think of anything else. The name stuck & a mainstay of the UK festival scene for the next 30 years was born.<\/p>\n
Without any desire or need for a record label, it was the Ozric Tentacles’ cassette releases that funded & supported their journey through the \u201880\u2019s. These simple artefacts with photocopied inserts & rainbow spray-painted labels were sold in vast quantities at festivals, on the merchandise table at Club Dog & through a mail order outlet called Better Days Tape distribution.<\/p>\n
\u2018Erpsongs\u2019 was the band\u2019s debut album in 1985 & was only released through cassette originally. It contained studio recordings made in 1984 & 85 & didn\u2019t come with a printed track listing & whilst live favourites such as the high energy \u2018Velmwend\u2019 & more relaxed \u2018Dots Thots\u2019 were easily identifiable the contents remained a mystery for many years until the Vitamin Enhanced CDs clarified the running order.<\/p>\n
\u2018Erpsongs\u2019 remains a firm favourite amongst fans, establishing the band\u2019s distinctive \u201870\u2019s influenced swirling space rock jams while maintaining their very original own sound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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