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The Ozric Tentacles 2000 The Hidden Step

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Artist....: The Ozric tentacles
Title.....: The hidden Step
Rel. Date.: 2000
Type/Genre: Electronic/Space rock
Size......: 110mb
Format....: mp3
Bitrate...: 320

1. Holohedron
2. Hidden Step
3. Ashlandi Bol
4. Aramanu
5. Pixel Dream
6. Tight Spin
7. Ta Khut

Another cosmic workout by Ed and his space cadets that looks East to provide inspirational vibes on what appears, on first listening a more reflective affair thah their previous 'official' release...Waterfall Cities. The dreamy 'Aramanu' and 'Ta Khut' see the Ozrics fraternising with almost Tangerine Dream like soundscapes that are cooler than a Polar Bear lying on floating ice eating ice cream in a snow storm...strange image i grant you! Whilst the opening track 'Holohedron' treads familiar Ozric ground with Ed's glissando guitar workouts traversing Seaweed's keyboard pyrotechnics, the undoubted highlight is the awesome majesty that is 'Tight Spin'. Starting off with an insistent but restrained keyboard / rhythm refrain the track builds in musical layers to a crescendo as the boys become more frenetic, culminating in a wall of cosmic sound that ambushes the listener's audio facilitators, (or ears if you prefer), before gently descending into the coda. However Pixel Dream contains one of the Ozric's most simple and yet astonishing melodic lines, (Seaweed i presume) has ever recorded, providing a hypnotic juxtaposition to Ed's fluid, but possibly slightly harsh guitar sound. The Hidden Step's title track requires a few listens, at first appearing as an almost perfunctory afterthought, but further investigation reveals a musical tour-de-force evolving into a compendium of rhythm changes and melodic transcriptions. With this album the technological enhancements have bolstered the overall sound lending the Ozrics a more distinctive contemporary feel than ever before. Comparing this release to previous recent offerings one is left with the distinct impression that the Ozric evolution has slowed and has now settled within a particular musical framework that appears comfortable to the band. However one does wonder if the boys should diversify more before, god forbid, stagnation settles in.

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