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A band from another time, Ozric Tentacles served as the bridge from ’70s cosmic rock to the organic dance and festival culture which came back into fashion during the ’90s. Formed in 1983 with a debt to jazz fusion as well as space rock, the band originally included guitarist Ed Wynne, drummer Nick Van Gelder, keyboard player Joie Hinton, bassist Roly Wynne and second guitarist Gavin Griffiths (though Griffiths left in 1984). The Ozrics played in clubs around London, meanwhile releasing six cassette-only albums beginning with 1984’s Erpsongs. (All six were later collected on the Vitamin Enhanced box set, despite a threatened lawsuit from the Kellogg’s cereal company for questionable artwork.) In 1987, Merv Pepler replaced Van Gelder, and synthesizer player Steve Everett was also added.

Ozric Tentacles’ first major release, the 1990 album Erpland, foreshadowed the crusty movement, a British parallel to America’s hippy movement of the ’60s. Crusties borrowed the hippies’ organic dress plus the cosmic thinking of new agers, and spent most of their time traveling around England to various festivals and outdoor gatherings. The movement fit in perfectly with bands like Ozric Tentacles and the Levellers, and the Ozrics’ 1991 album Strangeitude became their biggest seller yet, occasioning a U.S. contract with Capitol. After the British-only Afterswish and Live Underslunky, 1993’s Jurassic Shift hit number 11 on the British charts — quite a feat for a self-produced album released on the Ozrics’ own Dovetail label.

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weedus wrote:
Thursday evening

I just became the other....sweet;)

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richweb wrote:
Monday morning

Psychedelic Dub / Chillout from RichWeb

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ManiacDancer wrote:
Monday morning

I agree with gildermershina. Just heard about these guys and picked up that album. Somehow it feels like tracks are shorter than they really are. Good stuff

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disastercasper wrote:
Sunday evening

A band unlike any other =)

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gulmor wrote:
Sunday morning

Simply the best.

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kolpikov wrote:
last week

Ozrics is my favorite brainters, It's not a music. I't a something from outer space that crashes avery brains and makes it xcv[pkegekjging. Niiiiiii!i1!i1!çe.....

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gildermershina wrote:
last week

I have to say Erpland. Most of the other records I find hard to get through in one sitting, but when I put Erpland on, time just evaporates.

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disastercasper wrote:
last week

Been listening their back catalogue for a couple of days now... Still got a lot of albums to go and still enjoying it a lot :-)

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DjBogz wrote:
last week

One of the best bands in the world...Pungent Effulgent enough said ;0) - globbits!

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ozein wrote:
last week

Awesome, just awesome. First listened The YumYum Tree and loved it, then I listened through the Swirly Termination and that was it. So relaxing and cool music.

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uzimozga wrote:
16 days ago

Озрики охуенны, не менее.

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Elivener wrote:
18 days ago

Adore them! "Spirals.." listened first and like above all

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SOLOMUSIKA wrote:
21 days ago

Always Great ....*♫♪ ♫♪ ♥♥♥

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David_J1973 wrote:
last month

These guys rule.

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DelectableOreos wrote:
last month

Jurassic Shift or Erpland imo.

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Angel_F1re wrote:
last month

What album would you recommend above all others?

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Kingsnake77 wrote:
last month

Live they still rock hard. In the studio it's just Ed experimenting with drumloops and synthlicks

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jellylips wrote:
last month

Funny, I wonder what my reaction would be if 'The Yum Yum Tree' was the first Ozric record I heard. I consider this album their absolute lowpoint, with the downward spiral starting at 'Spirals in Hyperspace'. Where are the wonderful melodies that were evident in all their other releases? It seems to go absolutely nowhere. The absence of flute doesn't make it better, either. Definately try their older stuff too if you like their most recent output; don't miss out.

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Angel_F1re wrote:
last month

I only have The Yumyum Tree, but it's made me want to get them all. So damn good.

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seuck wrote:
last month

My dream: see them in Barcelona!

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