LP - Standard Edition Black Vinyl. Remastered by Ed Wynne.
One of the most influential bands to emerge from the UK's festival scene, the Ozrics layer ambient & ethereal landscapes with freeform dub trips, incredible rave grooves & psychedelic progressive rock. It's an open exploration of music & the soul.
A raggle-taggle, unpretentious assortment of punk-infused, dreadlocked hippies, since 1983, the Ozric Tentacles wove psychedelic audio-tapestries 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 herb fragranced, alternative lifestyle that wound its way around country lanes looking for a place to set up & party, away from the psychoses of corporate life.
The Hidden Step is the band's ninth album and was released in 2000. It was their last to include bassist Zia Ahmad Geelani (except for the track Oakum on Spirals in Hyperspace) and drummer "Rad" (Conrad Prince). It was also the first Ozric Tentacles album that does not feature a cover by the artist Blim; the cover art, by guitarist Edward Wynne, features his cat Pixel.
Tracklist:
A1. Holohedron [5:48]
A2. The Hidden Step [7:47]
A3. Ashlandi Bol [6:06]
A4. Aramanu [5:58]
B1. Pixel Dream [6:21]
B2. Tight Spin [8:51]
B3. Ta Khut [8:23]