Ozric Tentacles - The Bits Between The Bits

KSCOPE

£9.58

Cat. no: KSCOPE742
Format: CD
Barcode: 802644774220
Release Date: 28 Jan 2022
Genre: Rock

THE OZRIC TENTACLES SIXTH ALBUM REMASTERED & BACK IN PRINT

A raggle-taggle, unpretentious assortment of punk-infused, dreadlocked hippies, since 1983 the Ozric Tentacles wove psychedelic audiotapestries 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 herbfragranced, alternative lifestyle that wound its way around country lanes looking for a place to set up & party, away from the psychoses of corporate life.

Without any desire or need for a record label, it was the Ozric Tentacles' cassette releases that funded & supported their journey through the ‘80s. 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.

1989’s ‘The Bits Between the Bits’ was the final Ozrics cassette release & was essentially a collection of various previously unreleased recordings from ‘85 – ‘89, released whilst the band readied their ‘Pungent Effulgent’ album. That recording made in Wales at Dave Anderson’s Demi Monde Studios, conceived & recorded almost entirely on magic mushrooms, was to commence a whole new era for the band.

Tracks: Eye Of Aida ( 04:23 ) / Fragmentary Aura ( 03:08 ) / Sparkling Oasis ( 04:29 ) / Tidal Otherness ( 00:59 ) / Secret Names ( 05:23 ) / Symetricum ( 04:34 ) / Floating Seeds ( 05:38 ) / Ozrosis ( 02:29 ) / Wreltch ( 08:28 ) / Afterswish ( 02:41 ) / Koh Phangan ( 07:09 ) / The Caves Of Aeolas ( 05:52 ) / Puff Puff On A Chuff Chuff ( 02:13 ) / Health Music ( 04:44 )