OZRIC TENTACLES
celebrate 25th anniversary with
New CD & DVD SET and tour
Ozric Tentacles are, simply put, legends of the UK underground. One of the most influential bands to emerge from the UK's festival scene, the Ozrics layer ambient and ethereal landscapes with freeform dub trips, incredible rave grooves and psychedelic progressive rock. It's an open exploration of music and the soul.
In their 25 years, the Ozrics have experienced the vicissitudes of the rock and roll life. The band has flourished through a number of line-up changes, spawned several side projects (including Eat Static and Nodens Ictus), created their own record label (Dovetail & Stretchy), put out close to 25 albums, scored a hit record and sold over a million albums world-wide. And yet, the basic motivation behind the band's existence has never wavered.
A campfire at the Stonehenge free festival in 1983 witnessed the birth of Ozric Tentacles. It was there that synth player Joie Hinton, stumbled upon brother’s Ed Wynne (guitar) and Roly Wynne (bass), performing in a band known at the time as Bolshem People, along with drummer Nick 'Tig' Van Gelder (Jamiroquai). From that very first jam session, a musical compatibility was evoked that has since been a trademark of the Ozric Tentacles. It's a signature blend of hippy aesthetics and raver electronics with spiralling guitars, textured waves of keyboard and midi samplers, and supergroovy bass and drum rhythms.
This year Ozrics celebrate their 25th anniversary. To mark the date, Ozrics are releasing a CD/DVD set of them performing in what is well and truly their home environment! Sunrise Festival, is the band filmed outdoors, in Somerset, on a beautiful evening, at the perfect example of an English Festival. Sunrise Festival is the first video release to be edited and mixed by the band. It provides incredible insight into how the songs are constructed, played, and what it actually feels like for the band to perform them.
On this anniversary release, Ed has asked a few special friends to join him. Original keyboardist Joie Hinton, and former Ozric's drummer, Merv Pepler from Eat Static, appear for the first time in twelve years in a groundbreaking reunion!
The band will be touring this summer to mark their anniversary. Dates include:
June 6-7 Lawrence, KS Wakarusa Music Festival
June 10 Minneapolis, MN Trocaderos
June 11 Chicago, IL The Abbey
June 13 Bellevue, CO Mishawaka Amphitheatre
June 14 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre
For further information, please contact
Lori Hehr at 360-325-6044 or LHPR@runbox.com
Lori Hehr Public Relations
336 36th Street #328
Bellingham, WA 98225
360-325-6044
