Artist description Ozric Tentacles are simply put, legends of the UK underground. Inspired by a myriad of music and musicians from Kraut-rockers Kraan to guitar maestro Steve Vai, from ethnic Arabic to electronic techno, from Hendrix to Hillage, Ozric Tentacles’ music is a fusion of sounds, styles and genres that cannot be categorised nor plagiarised, such is its complexity. The essence of the Ozric Tentacles remains essentially a free-willed musical unit oblivious to fashion trends and intent on exploring instrumental experimental music with an obsessive zeal.

Music Style A combination of electronic trance, guitar wizardry and deep ambience.

Artist History In their 17 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 (Nodens Ictus, Ullulators) and new entities (Eat Static), created their own record label (Stretchy), put out 20 albums, scored a top ten album and sold close to one million albums world-wide. Throughout, the basic motivation behind the band's existence has never wavered.

Group Members Ozric Tentacles are: Ed Wynne (guitar, keyboards) - John Egan (flute, vocals) Zia Geelani (bass) - Seaweed (keyboards) – Schoo (drums, percussion)

Albums Pyramidion

Press Reviews Paul Mathur stated that, "I'm proud to admit that I like Ozric Tentacles, because: a) they're terrific, if inscrutable, people, b) they occasionally stumble on the sort of plangent codas that the eternally underrated System 7 made their own and, most importantly, c) they really don't give a hoot what you or I think." In the NME, Sam Steele wrote that, "Ambient atmospherics lead into lush fields of skanking bass and digital dance beats, while tribal drums and marimba motifs mix with bluesy steel strings awash with the astral vibes of John Egan's floating flute and spinning in a land of spaced-out synths. Heady stuff." In Q, Lloyd Bradley concluded, "The Ozrics are deceptively disciplined because they have no choice: if their expertly handled guitars, flutes, synths, sitars and so on wandered off in self serving directions, the tunes wouldn't be anchored down and this deeply funky, thoroughly absorbing, orchestrated chaos would sound unlistenably ragged."

Location Bishops Stortford, Herts - United Kingdom

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