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| 1. Chewier |
| 2. Spirals In Hyperspace |
| 3. Slinky |
| 4. Toka Tola |
| 5. Plasmoid |
| 6. Oakum |
| 7. Akasha |
| 8. Psychic Chasm |
| 9. Zoemetra |
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1.0 out of 5 stars
More of a "Ed Wynne" solo project,
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This review is from: Spirals in Hyperspace (Audio CD)
Spirals in Hyperspace for me isn't a real Ozric Tentacles album, more an Ed Wynne solo project with guests.If you listen to earlier Ozric releases you will hear excellent drums from Rad, Shoo and of course Merv (from the excellent Eat Static). All drummers were totally superb! My favourite drummer of all time was actually Rad, with Merv & Shoo a close 2nd equal. As for their current bassist Brandi, err, Zia? Roly? Nowhere near! There really is no comparison between the early Ozric albums and what they do now. I wish they'd drop the name "Ozric Tentacles" and at least be honest with themselves! The bassist, Brandi just doesn't have it! As has been said by others, the only reason she is in the band is because of marrying her way in. I sometimes suspect that the very rare good bass riffs on the album are actually done by Ed Wynne! (the guitarist and the only member of the current line up who can play!) At the live shows now, Brandi's lack of talent is there for all to see! She cannot improvise at all and her playing is very 'prescriptive'. Just go to see 2 nights close together and you will see what I mean. Compared to when they had a proper lineup where each band member was a total genius live, and shows very different it is quite despairing for those who remember the Ozrics as one of the best live acts. Those days are well over! Their current live shows also rely heavily on old material which at least gets them some cheers. But the same old material was played way better with the great line ups of old. I also miss the real flute and amazing solos and without jumpin Jon on stage they really do lack a stage presence. I'd agree with the other reviewer who said that Ed Wynne is still trying to stick to the same album formulae, electric tracks, fast, quiet, the odd mid eastern, but with this line up he really is wasting his time. Time to do something different, perhaps? At least musicians like Simon Posford (Younger Brother, Shpongle) and OTT really are experimenting. While the new Younger Brother album 'Vaccine' isn't everyones cup of tea, it certainly is very different to the other 2 albums. Same can be said of other bands like Phutureprimitive. I wish Ed would go it alone and do something different. Obviously the old line up will never be recreated, but playing with sub standard musicians only drags the Ozric name through the mud. I wait and hope for a solo project.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not their best,
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This review is from: Spirals in Hyperspace (Audio CD)
Spirals, while not as bad as the awful 'Paper Monkeys' was when the Ozrics as a band started to fall apart. While I can't say I loved every song on previous albums, I certain liked at least 1/2 the album. With this album I only liked 2 songs. Having seen them live twice last year, I also don't think that the current Ozric line up is that good. I remember seeing them 2 nights in a row back in the mid 90s and being blown away by how different they were. The current line up just don't improvise much and everything seems far too rehearsed. I want the 2nd show to sound different and yet the only person who really improvises is the guitarist. That never used to be the case. They also are relying far too much on the old 'hits', yet they don't play those hits anywhere near as good as they used to. Will the magic every return? Time will tell, though I fear not with the current line up.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not a band effort,
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This review is from: Spirals in Hyperspace (Audio CD)
Spirals was more of a solo project, or an Ed Wynne plus guests. But then, at least the guests had talent unlike the current Ozrics lineup (I'm talking Paper Monkeys here) Frankly since Spirals, their last 3 albums have seen them fall to depths I though unimaginable back in the 90s. Spirals does have a couple of good tracks, with Merv on one and Steve Hillage on the other. But 2 tracks doesnt make it a good album. I used to be a huge fan of the Ozrics and couldn't wait till their albums were released. The reason why I didn't buy this album before Christmas is that I already knew that it would be medicore at best. Unfortunately, it was worse than medicore. My main reason for fearing this was knowing how poor the current line up is. Ed Wynne can still play, of that there is no doubt. The others in the band are medicore at best, in reality quite talentless. The weakest link it has to be said is Brandi who not only has no talent, but it is no coincedence that the other musicians quit as soon as she arrived on the scene. Put it this way, if only she was as good as Yoko Ono!!! Nowhere near. The Ozric Tentacles used to be one of the greatest live acts out there! They were extremely tight and each album truely was a band effort. When they had people like Merv, Jumpin Jon, Joie, Roly, Zia and Seaweed each individual contributed to an amazing live performance. It was out of this world! Live, they played like noone else. Better than Hawkwind, better than Steve Hillage & Gong, better than Shpongle. The line up also helped create quality albums such as Pungent Effulgent, Erpland, Jurassic Shift, Waterfall cities to name just a few. It makes me sad to say, but I have to agree with the other reviewers who are honest enough to admit that Ozrics pre-hidden step compared to the 'Brandi show' are like a totally different band. I'm astonished that Brandi is considered good enough to be in the band. How long will Ed cut off his nose to spite his face? Fact is she is talentless. The rest of the line up isn't much better. Ed's formulae for an album just doesn't work with this line up, nor will it ever will. Those who give this album rave reviews either never saw the Ozrics in their peak, or haven't heard of their earlier stuff (nor listened to Eat Static, Shpongle, Younger Brother, Aphex Twin, Shulman, Entheogenic... the list goes on). Frankly there are a lot more musicians out there now who have long since overtaken the Ozrics. This is sad as like I say, Ed Wynne should be doing better than this. For those that gave this 5 stars I say, lay off the drugs!!! A bit of honesty instead of sycophantly nodding yer head and accepting medicority. Who knows if more people were honest, the band line up may change for the better. There must be better musicians out there that would love to play with Ed. Well, one can only hope.
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