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“England's Oysterband rose from their early days as a traditional ceilidh dance band in Kent to become a highly influential force in the '80s and '90s U.K. roots music scene by melding fiery, soulful punk and alt-rock with folk and traditional music. A staunch D.I.Y. character embodied their early self-released recordings, the Oysters have released many excellent albums over the years, and this early one is, without a doubt, one of their best. This album marks the start of some of the most creative...

"First legitimate CD reissue of one of the best US private press hard rock/progressive rock albums of the 1970s, from the master tapes. “Ruff Mix” mainly grooves in Hard Rock territory—the second track 'Peanut Butter Yoni' sounds a bit like Judas Priest with a proto-Metal feeling; but the album also has elements of Progressive Rock, Horn Rock and Pomp Rock.
Like most bands of the era, the idea was to throw out a few different styles to see if something would stick, the theory being that a major...

Turkish folk music produced by Bill Laswell and Nicky Skopelitis

Cloud Nineology is the latest CD release from the Raleigh, NC instrumental prog-fusion band Ozone Quartet and is a collection of the band's early work. The songs were previously only available on cassette. The cassettes have been sold out for some time...

A 2002 live set. As anyone who has seen them knows, they really shine in a live setting, jamming the stuff even further into the stratosphere than on their studio albums. They are a fantastic, instrumental band , heavily influenced by You-era Gong, combined with their own definitive stamp. Some of the best spacey rock music of the last 15 years has been created by the Ozrics. If you miss Gong, Pulsar, Hawkwind, etc., you will flip over them.

"If you're an Ozric Tentacles fan then you know their psychedelic rock sound. I consider them to be similar to Hawkwind, Gong and their electronica counterparts Eat Static. Gong's Steve Hillage sometimes plays his fluid style of guitar on an Ozrics or Eat Static album.
This early 90's live recording shows off their musical prowess as the Tentacles churn through classics like Erpland, Bizarre Bazaar, Ayurvedic and Kick Muck from the Pungent Effulgent album. Kick Muck is great on the studio album, but...

“Written, programmed, recorded and produced throughout 2019/20 by Ed Wynne in Blue Bubble Studios by the sea, this exploratory and diverse musical adventure comprises seven new tracks spanning 45 minutes. Inspired by the Scottish hills, valleys and beaches surrounding his studio, Wynne feels that lockdown in a strange kind of way has provided space for the Earth to breathe for a while and for people to rediscover it's resonant healing frequency.
Ozrics' synth player Silas Neptune and drummer Balázs.

With something like 20 previous CDs, I don't have to tell you what they are about, I don't think. But I will say that this 2004 release is a seriously great one and shows the band off in great, revitalized form. It even includes a guest shot by part of their original inspiration: Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudi on one track. Recommended!

2006 release from this long-lived, many-album'd band.

"Although Ozric Tentacles is the bridge between 1970s space rock and 1990s techno, they've never quite crossed that bridge themselves. They remain suspended in an approach that sounds like it could've come straight out of the recording sessions for Gong's You and Steve Hillage's Fish Rising albums from the mid 1970s, a decade before they were formed. With Ozric, you strap yourself in and hold tight as the band careens through sequencer...

This is a solo album by the long time leader of Le Orme, who left the group a few years ago to embark on a solo career. He will always be the voice of Orme, and this is a nice work. It's a 'song oriented album' and it's definitely proggy, with good..