This release is relentlessly and pulsatingly energetic from start to end, with all the Ozrics’ trademark hippy aesthetics, spiralling guitars, waves of keyboards, and driving bass and drum grooves over undulating, ambient landscapes. spent a couple of days in Hebden, lovely place. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Ozric Tentacles - Space for the Earth Space for the Earth is the latest Ozric Tentacles album is out now! . I wish they would tour Europe but I don't think there's as much of an audience as for the Ozrics. My first choice would be Aramanu. Throughout many line-up changes over the years, guitarist Ed Wynne has remained the only original member of the band. One of the most influential bands to emerge from the UK’s festival scene, Ozric Tentacles formed during the solstice at Stonehenge Free Festival 1983 going on to become psychedelic staples at Glastonbury and other festivals. I only remember one track that I can confidently name: Coily. Over the years Ozrics have toured extensively both at home and abroad, performing regularly throughout Europe, Asia, North America, and South America. It's timeless. Other Instruments: Keyboards and Percussion Ozrics first appearance will be June 19th, at the "Family Roots Festival" in Glouster OH, during the performance artists Alex & Allyson Grey will be painting live! Favourite Artist: Yaacov Agam, Paul Boswell, Blim Van Gelder uses the original snare he played on the first six cassette albums and early live Ozric performances. We look forward to offering the full catalogue of Ozric Tentacles and Nodens Ictus studio releases, as well as new, old, out of print, and previously unreleased live and studio material from both bands. The band had only moments to grab their most important possessions, before they were escorted out by Police and National Guard. This tour is probably going to have a different setlist compared to the last one, with fewer TotS tracks. Hobbies: Art, Astronomy, Mind Expansion. The band's early influences from peers such as Hawkwind, Gong and Pink Floyd are evident in this transformative release. by the way did you read the thread 'ozric set-up': Masterofnone53 here are some of the folks I have met..... all those who have posted in excess of a 1000 posts apart from Yiannis but we have been messaging each other for what must be approaching 10 years and I would say we are friends because of our love of O.T.... so who are these people? With a sudden influx of psychedelia in the UK & US charts with the likes of Tame Impala, Temples and Glass Animals to name a few all making waves with their own brand of distortion, Ozric Tentacles are one of the original acts to bend convention. Silas's Gear: Novation Nova II - Fantom X6 - Access VirusB - Korg Prophecy Live Ethereal Cereal, record from those early festival jams, showed the band to be hot psychedelic property indeed. There was also a truly new and unique form of reggae and dub emerging in their recordings intrinsic to Ozrics’ sound. Both release are also curretly available *here*. When are you going to make my year and have a UK tour? This LP edition is pressed on green coloured heavyweight (180g) vinyl. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. All the past and present members are great musicians and I am in awe of their achievements, especially the independent route to success that they have chosen. Ozric Role: Guitar and Keyboards. I did Ozric tour jackets which I gifted to many on here and also hats which Kitty models so well on her face book page. Pungent Effulgent is available on heavyweight audiophile vinyl. The original dates had been planned to coincide with the release of an ambitious new reissue project of the groups back catalogue, remastered by Ed Wynne and a brand new Ozric Tentacles album, Space For The Earth. Throughout the early 1990's, constant touring of the UK helped the Ozric Tentacles to build a tremendous national fan base on a grass roots level. Brandi's Gear: Fender Jazz Bass Special - 5-String Fretless: Warwick Thumb Bass - Warwick Fortress I - Trace Elliott Amplifiers - Hipshot Hipshots - EMG Pickups .and Music, Ozric Role: Bass 1988 saw the band's most cohesive and endearing of the early cassette releases, “Sliding Gliding Worlds”, a favourite for many friends and fans. hope to see you and hear your stories, you have travelled far and seen so much, thanks for sharing.  Ed’s influences are rooted in ethnic scales and the native music of many continents, rather than from any particular artist and this is continually illustrated in the twists and turns of each piece and the varying sounds used in their construction. The creative vision of multi-instrumentalist Ed Wynne, the Ozrics’ uniquely trippy soundscapes connect fans of progressive rock, psychedelia and dance music culture. Those who knew the circumstances described the performance as “a real life tribute to the phrase: The Show Must Go On”. Find information on all of Ozric Tentacles’s upcoming concerts, tour dates and ticket information for 2020-2021. The Hunger Site - Click to Give Free Food! Very happy to announce, the updated dates for the Ozric Tentacles Electronic UK tour for Spring 2021! The single was released just as dance music was exploding in the UK, and the ravers embraced its hypnotic pulse. Following Tom’s departure, Ed found himself forced to fill the sonic gap by focusing more on his own synthesis and keyboard skills. They only ever released one single, 'Sploosh' which is perhaps their most commercial hit yet this song is never used as their big finale due to the fact fans have their own personal favourites and the band know which of their heavily instrumental songs are likely to get the crowds swaying the psych tones. New albums from Ozric Tentacles side projects. Favourite Ozric Tracks: Wob Glass, Curious Corn, Spacebase Erpsongs was the band's debut album in 1985 and was released on cassette only originally. Pungent Effulgent, the Ozric's first 'official' album in 1989, after self-releasing material on cassettes, is the first produced to label standards and retains their explorative style based on improvisations whilst performing live. Although the new site is still being re-stocked, many titles are now avaible. I have indeed purchased my entry to gig at Hebden Bridge and hope to meet as many new to me Ozric fans. ‘There Is Nothing’ featured increasingly more ethnic elements. That evening, as the band took the stage, the fire destroyed their home and studio as they played, taking with it all of the bands past archives and masters. Want to see Ozric Tentacles in concert? Sir, you are genuinely one of my music heroes but nobody has ever understood what you've said on stage at this venue. It also features special guest appearances from former members: Synth player. I truly love Ozric Tentacles and try to convert everyone who asks me about who I listen to in music. Some tracks seemed a mixture of alien, spacey sounds in a floating ambiance, while other tracks showed the Ozrics' harder rock tendencies with a solid rhythm section underpinning soaring guitar and synthesizer passages. Available in Mp3 or high quality 24-bit flac. Ozrics kick off their summer shows in June States-side, where for the first time US fans will meet the band’s new drummer, Balázs Szende. “We’ve thrown some pretty tough tracks at him”, says Ed, seeming entertained by the thought of the challenge he had set, “So far we’ve been amazed. To start the high quality artfile prints, first up are Strangeitude now on Yellow vinyl, and Jurassic on Pink vinyl. . Back by popular demand, digitally transferred and remastered, it will be available for the first time in over ten years. It contained studio recordings made in 1984 and 1985, didn't come with a print tracklisting, and whilst live favourites such as the high energy Velmwend and more relaxed Dots Thots were easily identifiable, the contents remained a mystery for many years until the Vitamin Enhanced CDs clarified the running order. Snapper Records is set to release the new enhanced edition of "Erpland" May 1st, 2010. For the fans of the obscure and anyone interested in where the influences of the psych rock revolution 60's affected later musicians, Ozric Tentacles are one not to be missed. One of the most influential bands to emerge from the UK’s festival scene, the Ozrics layer ambient and ethereal landscapes with freeform dub trips, incredible rave grooves and psychedelic progressive rock. The more trad-prog amongst us will most enjoy Ed Wynne’s guitar on the rocking title track “Paper Monkeys, but this band flit effortlessly between outright freeform dub trip, psychedelic, guitar-lick rock, and improvisational rave groove. Ozric Tentacles are an instrumental rock band from Somerset, England, whose music can loosely be described as psychedelic or space rock. Tickets available here! View all concerts.