Spirals in Hyperspace

From the Artist
Ed Wynne explains, "Each individual piece is a winding journey. Don't be fooled by how the tracks start, because they'll all end up somewhere totally unexpected!"

Product Description
Psych, prog, trance, electronica, ambient, techno, dance, jam, space. These are some of the musical territories where OT camps out. Based around the inventive guitar work, soundscapes and compositions of Ed Wynne, Ozric Tentacles’ history has been one of never paying attention to the fashion of the time. For those music enthusiasts who make it their business to seek out the best and most creative music on the planet, OT have been a source of wonder and joy for more than twenty years.

Spirals in Hyperspace

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Spirals in Hyperspace

Average customer rating:

Intense
Spirals in Hyperspace
More Music to watch your cat drink Ginger Ale by
Sent into hyperspace
Still Kickin'

Spirals in Hyperspace
Ozric Tentacles
Manufacturer: Magna Carta
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001IN06W
Release Date: 2004-03-16

Tracks:

Chewier
Spirals In Hyperspace
Slinky
Toka Tola
Plasmoid
Oakum
Akasha
Psychic Chasm
Zoemetra

Album Description

Psych, prog, trance, electronica, ambient, techno, dance, jam, space. These are some of the musical territories where OT camps out. Based around the inventive guitar work, soundscapes and compositions of Ed Wynne, Ozric Tentacles' history has been one of never paying attention to the fashion of the time. For those music enthusiasts who make it their business to seek out the best and most creative music on the planet, OT have been a source of wonder and joy for more than twenty years.

Customer Reviews:

Intense.......2007-06-14

I like this band very much. They seem to be a mixture of Brand X, Pink Floyd, and Tonto's Expanding Headband.

Spirals in Hyperspace.......2007-04-22

Last 3 cuts - I hear John Goodsall/Brand X, Mahavishnu, Gong's best instrumental sections, David Torn's "Tripping Over God", a more interesting Jan Hammer that doesn't revolve around such a shallow axis, a bit of Soft Machine Vol. 2's tightness and some interesting Ethno influence. These 3 cuts are so good that they make my eyes water and this is the best music I've heard since buying System 7's Water CD late last year ( I'm a bit late to the party). Parts of this CD are a cosmic "dance of Shiva" (Hindu) and are beyond words and I think that perhaps this group could fill the void that John Goodsall's absence has left in me.
I ordered the new Ozric after receiving this one last week; but, I'll take these one at a time because of the letdown of buying a bunch of System 7's after the Water CD.
To date, I have not heard a better utilization of synths, software, and programming with other instruments that lends itself so well to the bizarre and beautiful in such an interesting manner; the mastery of which, is pure genious. It's nice to know that with cut 7, Akasha, Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy can still come up with outstanding input beyond the commercial realm. You can't put a price on this CD. Buy it.
Steve Jernigan
4/22/07

More Music to watch your cat drink Ginger Ale by.......2007-01-14

Now, I don't want anyone to take this wrong - because I own 4 CD's by these guys;Erpland, Afterswish, Jurassic Shift, and Spirals in Hyperspace, so I must like something about them - however, I doubt if I can name one of their songs, or even recognize which CD I'm listening to (which is why I have reposted this almost verbatim from my Erpland review - I wasn't sure which one I had just listened to - but this one seems to have more guitar) It's nice stuff to listen to... if you don't listen to it. Perfect background music for housecleaning or exercising. The problem with their prolific output seems to be that it all sounds like those "demo" tunes hard-wired into digital synthesizers since the 80's. I should know, I have 9 synths... and I bet most people couldn't tell the difference between the demo on my Roland SH-32 (this one sounds more Rolandish than Waldorfian) and anything on this album (I'm thinking maybe their earlier stuff might be exempt due to poorer production values).

They would have impressed me (and many others) more if they could have developed their little "sonic salads" into REAL songs and gotten a GOOD female singer the likes of Annie Haslam, Sandy Denny, or Jacqui McShee... not even that good really... well, just about anybody! I cannot see how anyone could go to a concert by them and maintain their attention span without some "chemical" fortification to pull them through it... and I suppose that's the point. But they've confined themselves to the realm of "so innocuous as to be ignored". The category of "Music to watch your cat drink Ginger Ale by" adequately filled by and forever licensed to Ozric Tentacles.

Sent into hyperspace.......2006-08-25

Take 2 parts Steve Hillage, 1 part Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dream), and part Chick Corea style jazz, and what do you get?
Ed Wynn and Ozric Tentacles. If you like etheral or spacey progressive instrumental rock this group is for you. Plainly stated listening to Ozric Tentacles is like spiraling through hyperspace!!

Still Kickin'.......2005-09-05

This is still THE BEST prog-rock band out there. While many have dipped into rap + funk, OzT are still blazing trails. This album stands out from the rest in production and overall sound. From trippy synth to Ed's blazing guitar runs it is way too much fun to describe. If you only heard of this band and not bought anything-check this one out.