As for Ozric Tentacles ..
Well I do enjoy them from time to time, and have even made the effort to see
them live, but, at the end of the day, I can't help but feel that they are
one interpretation of what Gong might have become if you had stripped away
Gong's sense of humour and taken them on a slightly different path than the
one adopted by Pierre Moerlen (sadly now deceased). But we can't blame
Pierre for that. Having such an instantly recognisable guitarist as Allan
Holdsworth in those days kind of ensured that they would follow that
particular path.
The aspect of Ozric Tentacles that I do enjoy, when in the mood, is that
they keep a track going for a lot longer than Gong did. Gong, on their
'real' albums (before Daevid Allen left the first time), always seemed to
just get into a groove and then felt they had to break off to say/do
something humourous, whereas Ozric Tentacles, having established a groove,
milk it for every last drop. Gong live, of course, often let rip on a song
for much longer than on the album versions.
Also Gong, in their moments of instrumental genius on album, show, IMHO, a
better vision, structure and sense of control of direction than the
Tentacles do.
Couldn't resist that coment!
Anyways, long live my PLG150-AN!
Cheers,
NovemberPapa
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Jeff, John, Rob and Ed, many thanks again for detailed explainations!!!
I will use your guiding lines when i go back in Bulgaria when i can
easely find a proper technician. Until then- best wishes to all of you!
And cheers (of course)...BTW what do you think about Ozric Tentacles-
do they use AN1x...especially the sequences..
greetings!
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