"First legitimate CD reissue of one of the best US private press hard rock/progressive rock albums of the 1970s, from the master tapes. “Ruff Mix” mainly grooves in Hard Rock territory—the second track 'Peanut Butter Yoni' sounds a bit like Judas Priest with a proto-Metal feeling; but the album also has elements of Progressive Rock, Horn Rock and Pomp Rock.
Like most bands of the era, the idea was to throw out a few different styles to see if something would stick, the theory being that a major...

Cloud Nineology is the latest CD release from the Raleigh, NC instrumental prog-fusion band Ozone Quartet and is a collection of the band's early work. The songs were previously only available on cassette. The cassettes have been sold out for some time...

"If you're an Ozric Tentacles fan then you know their psychedelic rock sound. I consider them to be similar to Hawkwind, Gong and their electronica counterparts Eat Static. Gong's Steve Hillage sometimes plays his fluid style of guitar on an Ozrics or Eat Static album.
This early 90's live recording shows off their musical prowess as the Tentacles churn through classics like Erpland, Bizarre Bazaar, Ayurvedic and Kick Muck from the Pungent Effulgent album. Kick Muck is great on the studio album, but...

2006 release from this long-lived, many-album'd band.

"Although Ozric Tentacles is the bridge between 1970s space rock and 1990s techno, they've never quite crossed that bridge themselves. They remain suspended in an approach that sounds like it could've come straight out of the recording sessions for Gong's You and Steve Hillage's Fish Rising albums from the mid 1970s, a decade before they were formed. With Ozric, you strap yourself in and hold tight as the band careens through sequencer...