Ozric Tentacles – Erpsongs

Erpsongs, was the band’s debut album in 1985 and was only released through cassette originally. It contained studio recordings made in 1984 & 85, and didn’t come with a printed track listing, and whilst live favourites such as the high energy ‘Velmwend’ & more relaxed ‘Dots Thots’ were easily identifiable the contents remained a mystery for many years until the ‘Vitamin Enhanced’ CDs clarified the running order. – a raggle-taggle, unpretentious assortment of punk-infused, dreadlocked hippies, the Ozric Tentacles wove psychedelic audio-tapestries that captured the almost dangerous musical diversity of the free festival scene, blending acid rock with dub, reggae, ethnic world music and electronic, jazzy experimentation. This was the soundtrack to the herb-fragranced, alternative lifestyle that wound its way around country lanes looking for a place to set up and party, away from the psychoses of corporate life. Fittingly, the band was formed at the Stonehenge Festival in 1983. Ed and Roly Wynne, Nick Van Gelder (Tig) and Gavin Griffiths (at that point known as the Bolshem People) were joined for a jam by Joie ‘Ozroonuiculator’ Hinton – a synth wizard who had just returned from India loaded with ethnic sound recordings that he had collected.

2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered