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Ozric Tentacles – Jurassic Shift (1993) (@256)
04 Sep 2007
(Review from gnosis2000.net, progarchives.com)
The Ozrics are masters of the hypnotic groove, finding that seemingly endless psychedelic guitar and synth riff, a repetitive – nearly trance-like structure, and then exploring all of its possibilities to some sort of conclusion. The writing isn’t particularly flashy, certainly not complex, nor does it have many of the traditional progressive traits. But the music, embellished by plenty of synth dweedling and strong rhythm patterns, is nonetheless powerful, and does take the listener somewhere special if the mind is open and the spirit free.
Easily comparable to the Gong space-era stuff, “Jurassic Shift” however has more crystal clear textures with ultra modern keyboards. The drums and bass are never bland nor repetitive; they are very elaborated and clearly contribute to enhance this extremely complex music. There are many Middle Eastern music influences, so that the ultra modern textures constantly flirt with the more traditional music, mostly produced with the help of advanced keyboards technology and exotic percussions. The album contains peaceful and relaxing bits including delicate flutes. One clearly finds a little Frank Zappa’s influence of the 80′s, especially on the guitar and drums styles, like in many bits of the tracks “Jurassic shift”, “Pteranodon” and “Vita Voom”.
The mind melting keyboards, the Middle Eastern influences, the hyper drive guitar riffs…its all here for you to throw yourself into.
Line-up:
- Ed Wynne / guitar, koto, keyboards, samples, atmospheres
- Joie Hinton / keyboards, samples, atmospheres
- Merv Pepler / drums, ethnic percussion, babble
- John Egan / flute, babble
- Roly Wynne / bass
- Zia Geelani / bass
- Generator John / tambourine
- Marcus Ethnic / percussion
Track List:
01. Sun Hair (5:43)
02. Stretchy (6:51)
03. Feng Shui (10:24)
04. Half Light in Thillai (5:35)
05. Jurassic Shift (11:05)
06. Petranodon (5:40)
07. Train Oasis (2:45)
08. Vita Voom (4:48)
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about 5 years ago
OGG!
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about 4 years ago
Thanks Sakalli!
about 3 years ago
thanks sakalli
about 3 years ago
they are great live too
about 1 year ago
thanks again good stuff
about 1 year ago
Thanks again !!