OZRIC TENTACLES: NEW DOUBLE ALBUM “TECHNICIANS OF THE SACRED”
British psychedelic rock instrumentalist, Ozric Tentacles, has released its new double album, Technicians of the Sacred, today in North America on Madfish. The band’s first double album since the classic Erpland over 20 years ago can be purchased on iTunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/technicians-of-the-sacred/id988996378 and Amazon.com at: http://www.amazon.com/Technicians-The-Sacred-Ozric-Tentacles/dp/B00V4UP28U.
Ozric Tentacles is currently in the midst of an extensive multi-continent tour in support of the new 90-plus minute offering. The tour will hit North American shores later this week. A full list of tour dates can be seen below.
DISC 1
1. The High Pass [08:23]
2. Butterfly Garden [05:04]
3. Far Memory [07:10]
4. Changa Masala[06:04]
5. Zingbong [08:26]
6. Switchback [10:11]
DISC 2
1. Epiphlioy [11:49]
2. The Unusual Village [06:20]
3. Smiling Potion [07:12]
4. Rubbing Shoulders with the Absolute [08:36]
5. Zenlike Creature [09:54]
For over 30 years, Ozric Tentacles has pursued its defiantly independent, free-thinking and fundamentally groovy path through contemporary music. The group was the rock band that joyously united the free festival crowd and the rave scene back in the late ’80s and early ’90s, and through successive passing trends and the abatement of the mainstream music business, has fearlessly let its freak flag fly, shrugged off the urge to compromise and stuck to its core values. Consequently, the result is pure music, made for love and joy, and the ecstatic reward that comes from habitually pushing its boundaries to create beauty to the limit of current human capabilities. The aim is not just to make truly unique and culturally diverse music, but also to harmoniously unite all in attendance, and create portals for astral travel. Many fans and listeners report feelings of euphoria, an immediate connection to nature as well as others around them, and intense feelings that they have journeyed to other dimensions or met with other-worldly beings. It’s an open exploration of music and the soul.
Technicians of the Sacred is a superb sojourn to the world of Ozrics. Richly layered, evocatively ambient, and ethereal musical landscapes, seamlessly morphing through beatific freeform dub trips, incredible rave grooves, and psychedelic progressive rock, create a heady, kaleidoscopic mixture of tones and textures.
The aesthetics of the album are heavily themed in Mayan Astrology. Technicians of the Sacred is a characteristic trait of the “tone” in each member’s “dreamspell” (Mayan astrological symbol). “Many years ago in a tent just prior to performing at Glastonbury Festival, we were given our Mayan Astrology reading,” says the Ozrics, Ed Wynne, smiling as usual. “The man doing the readings was getting more and more excited the further he went, he said he was going to tell us something that would change our lives forever. He proceeded to reveal that we are actually Galactic Activation Portals sent to channel messages of love to the world. Upon hearing this statement we questioned: ‘Now that we know this, should we be doing something different with our lives?’ He paused for a moment, then laughed, and as the crowd roared said, ‘Hurry up then, the audience is waiting to hear you!'”
Ozric Tentacles tour dates…
5/29 – Black River Falls, WI @ Infrasound Festival (www.infrasoundfestival.com)
5/30 – Black River Falls, WI @ Infrasound Festival (www.infrasoundfestival.com)
6/02 – Chicago, IL @ Reggies (www.reggieslive.com)
6/04 – Glouster, OH @ Family Roots Festival (www.familyroots.com)
6/05 – Glouster, OH @ Family Roots Festival (www.familyroots.com)
6/10 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom (www.beachlandballroom.com)
6/11 – Buffalo, NY @ Iron Works (www.buffaloironworks.com)
6/12 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theater (www.rextheater.com)
6/13 – Ardmore, PA (Philadelphia) @ Ardmore Music Hall (www.ardmoremusic.com)
6/14 – New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom (www.highlineballroom.com)
Source:
http://www.ozrics.com/
