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goose

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Posted: July 05 2005 at 18:12

Trouserpress wrote:

BaldFriede wrote:

seems all Greek to me

...It was only a matter of time, wasn't it?

Damnit, I should have been quicker to find this topic

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Posted: July 06 2005 at 02:45

If you love Ozric Tentacles you will be impressed by Djam Karet on Cuniform records.I always thought OT would have been great with a good vocalist.Psycadelic/space rock was the birthplace of prog rock.Remember that all you anti drug prog fans.You dont have to like it but dont deny it.prog is born of mind altering drugs.Amen brothers

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Posted: July 06 2005 at 03:41

Thanks for all your replies. It has been interesting and I've learnt a few things. From what you've all said, I'm going to start with the following:

Hidria Spacefolk - EP download

Djam Karet - not sure which album to start with yet

Steve Hillage - Fish Rising, Live Herald, BBC radio sessions

Gong - You!

Amon Duul - Die Loesung

I'll also keep an eye out for the other bands you've all mentioned. I've only been visiting ProgArchives for a week and I'm hooked already. If you're an Ozrics fan or a prog fan, it has always been hard to find the music you like. You can't hear it on the radio and I never found any magazines about it. The closest I got was by buying Metal Hammer magazine and listening to the songs on the free CD! The only prog band who got on there were Opeth (one of my favourites now). So I'm really pleased that a friend told me about ProgArchives.

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Posted: July 06 2005 at 04:12

Mysticum Arabicola is such an awesome song.

Its got to be in my top 10 prog songs of all time.

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Posted: July 06 2005 at 08:21

Anyone who likes the Ozric Tentacles should listen to "Die Lösung" by the British Amon Düül (see my post in the thread "The original Amon Düül?" regarding the complicated situation about the Amon Düül family tree), since Ed Wynne and Joie Hinton are members of the band for this album.

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artsagile

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Posted: July 06 2005 at 09:59

Try with Ship of Fools

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Posted: July 06 2005 at 16:39

Hey Bob,

You might also like us - we're definitely partially influenced by Ozric (as well as Floyd, and many others).

Specimen 37

Let me know what you think if you check it out! Thanks!

Pure Brilliance:

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Posted: July 06 2005 at 16:42

Oh, you might also want to give Children of the Bong a try... less rock-oriented, but similar feel in the electronics camp.

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Posted: July 06 2005 at 17:03

Bob Greece wrote:

This is my first post.....!

I'm a big fan of Ozric Tentacles and have been searching around for similar bands. In my opinion the only band that comes close is Hawkwind. I've tried Gong, Porcupine Tree, Steve Hillage and Amon Duul but none of them makes me feel like Ozric Tentacles do.

Are the Ozrics unique or are there other great psychedelic instrumental bands out there that I don't know about?

Bob.

welcome to progarchives my friend, i think that ozric are quite influenced by Gong and Hawkwind without reaching the standards of these groups ofcourse.

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Posted: July 06 2005 at 17:12

Hola from Mexico City:

i agree with you all Ozrick have a great music, if you can try more Kraut rock bands from the 70`s they had a lot of Psychedelics bands real impresive like Gila, Java, Cornucopia, electric sandwich and many more (BY the way i love the kraut rock) . In my opinion the ozricks have that kind of flavor and somebody mentioned the "you album from gong" that is correct. Hawkwind is one of my favorite bands try their 6 first albums all arec amazing very Hipnotich sound.

is just another opinion.

Alonso

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Alonso

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Posted: July 06 2005 at 17:13

Soory for my bad english

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Posted: July 07 2005 at 20:32

Erm....what do you mean Hawkwind sound like the Ozric Tentacles????.........about 20 years before m8........Hawkwind are the original not the copy.

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Posted: July 07 2005 at 20:43

Ozrics are great although i only have Erpland i used to have a few live tapes which wore out. I have only ever seen Ozrics in one store in sydney. This place is the black hole of prog

There stands Olias to outward to build a ship
Holding within all we hope to retain
The frame will be so built to challenge the universe
Clasped with the skins of the fish of the plain

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Posted: July 07 2005 at 23:11

whao for real there are other groups that are as good as ozric because scene i heard them i haven't heard anything similar to them. they donot sound like early gong maybe in some synth parts but their music is not similar to gong and defetly not similar to Hawkwind but much better. Hawkwind are too dark and spooky, also knowing i really haven't listen to all the Hawkwind' albums. but there are no band right now as good as the mighty Ozric Tentacles. maybe Dream Theater but that is .

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Posted: July 07 2005 at 23:12

who play better live as good as ozric ?????

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Posted: July 07 2005 at 23:30

Of the myriad bands already suggested, please allow me to reiterate those who suggested Korai Orom and Ship of Fools (35007 is fantastic but has more heavy rock influence). Mandragora was from the same scene and is worth checking out (Temple Ball is the album). I would also throw in the Russian band Ole Lukkoye into the mix (the Doo Doo Doo album is good). Similar to Korai Orom in that it's an ethnic take on the general Ozrics sound.

While I'm hesitant to suggest one more band, due to your indifference to Gong, I will also recommend the early work of Kraan, especially the first live album. A little in the jazz fusion direction, the playing is fantastic, especially the bass work. Good mix of trippy and groovy.

Lastly, if you're a Hawkwind fan, two bands I'd throw your way include the Pink Fairies (proto punk space psych) and Chrome (industrialized Hawkwind).

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Posted: July 08 2005 at 07:50

WiguJimbo wrote:

Bob Greece wrote:

Thanks Darshan. Where can you find these CDs? I can't get them here in Greece and an online search at Amazon brings up nothing.

You can download their EP "HDRSF-01" for FREE from their website

. It's very long, 35 minutes.

Try http://synphonic.8m.com for their full albums.

I've downloaded the songs from the Hidria Spacefolk's web. They're really good. There are some live songs too.

Thanks a lot !!!!

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Posted: July 08 2005 at 08:04

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Posted: July 08 2005 at 08:37

Chipiron wrote:

WiguJimbo wrote:

Bob Greece wrote:

Thanks Darshan. Where can you find these CDs? I can't get them here in Greece and an online search at Amazon brings up nothing.

You can download their EP "HDRSF-01" for FREE from their website

. It's very long, 35 minutes.

Try http://synphonic.8m.com for their full albums.

I've downloaded the songs from the Hidria Spacefolk's web. They're really good. There are some live songs too.

Thanks a lot !!!!

I've downloaded them too and I'm impressed. Thanks to Darshan and WiguJimbo.

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Posted: July 08 2005 at 08:40

Bob Greece wrote:

Chipiron wrote:

WiguJimbo wrote:

Bob Greece wrote:

Thanks Darshan. Where can you find these CDs? I can't get them here in Greece and an online search at Amazon brings up nothing.

You can download their EP "HDRSF-01" for FREE from their website

. It's very long, 35 minutes.

Try http://synphonic.8m.com for their full albums.

I've downloaded the songs from the Hidria Spacefolk's web. They're really good. There are some live songs too.

Thanks a lot !!!!

I've downloaded them too and I'm impressed. Thanks to Darshan and WiguJimbo.

No problem