Ozric Tentacles

Ozric Tentacles is an English space-rock band from Glastonbury, Somerset, that self-released six cassette-albums, numbered OT 1–6, between 1985 and 1989. In 1990, the band founded Dovetail Records, which they used over a five-year period to issue six new albums and CD-reissue their back catalogue. The band released 13 further titles between 1997 and 2015, mostly on the Snapper and Magna Carta labels.

Members: Ed Wynne (guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, samples, koto, fretless bass), Joie Hinton [aka Ozrooniculator] (keyboards, samples, synthesizer, 1983-94), Roly Wynne (bass, 1983-92), Nick van Gelder [aka Tig] (drums, 1983-87), Tom Brooks [aka Zorch] (keyboards, 1983-86), Gavin Griffiths (guitar, 1983-84), Paul Hankin (percussion, congas, 1985-91), Merv Pepler (drums, percussion, tambourine, 1987-94, 2004-09), Steve Everett (keyboards, 1987-2004), Marcus Ethnic [Marcus Carcus] (percussion, 1988-90, 1993), Generator John (drums, percussion, tambourine, 1989-90, 1993), John Egan [aka Jack Egan, Jumping John, Eoin Eogan] (flute, vocals, 1989-2009), Zia Geelani (bass, percussion, castanets, 1992-2004)

Discography:

• Erpsongs (1985)
• Tantric Obstacles (1985)
• There Is Nothing (1986)
• Live Ethereal Cereal (1986)
• Sliding Gliding Worlds (1988)
• The Bits Between the Bits (1989)
• Pungent Effulgent (1989)
• Erpland (1990)
• Strangeitude (1991)
• Live Underslunky (1992)
• Jurassic Shift (1993)
• Arborescence (1994)
• Become the Other (1995)
• Curious Corn (1997)
• Floating Seeds Remixed (remixes, 1998)
• Spice Doubt (live, 1998)
• Waterfall Cities (1999)
• Swirly Termination (2000)
• The Hidden Step (2000)
• Live at the Pongmaster’s Ball (live, 2002)
• Spirals in Hyperspace (2004)
• The Floor’s Too Far Away (2006)
• Sunrise Festival (live, 2008)
• The YumYum Tree (2009)
• Paper Monkeys (2011)
• Technicians of the Sacred (2015)