Real Festival Music - new album release by Nik Turner's Space Ritual

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"NAKED" by SPACE RITUAL

Live at the Jazzhaus, Freiburg 20/051994 from the first European Tour

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Here you have it... The original Space Ritual...Hawkwind's Nik Turner 
fronting, Judge Trev (Inner City Unit) on lead guitar, Tommy Grenas who went 
on to form the mighty Farflung on rhythm guitar along with Paul Fox on Bass, 
the stunning percussionist Jo Blake, Inner City Unit's Commander Jim Hawkman 
on Synthesizer, and the Royal College of Music's Rik Welsh on trumpet. 
"Trumpet in Space Rock" you say, yes folks, this is how it's done. The first 
thing you will realise about this band, is that they are a combo which sets 
rather than follows trends.

The band immediately kick in to the Judge Trev/Turner penned classic 
"Watching the Grass Grow", a track frequently covered by and probably more 
associated with the legendary Hawkwind. This album is recorded live from the 
desk mix and you can hear that the sound-man is adjusting the levels during 
this first track as Space Ritual power through the classic song. What is 
noticeable is the up-front riffing by Tommy Grenas and Paul Fox, around 
which the song hangs - a taste of Farflung to come.

Next the classic sound-scape "Sonic Attack" with Turner commanding the stage 
as the disturbing scenario of a future nightmare war is enacted. Next 
"Thoth", shades of ancient Egyptian Gods and the Great Pyramid where Turner 
recorded his famous 70's Xitintoday album...a song which gets your foot 
tapping with its very danceable rhythm.

Then typically the band go off on one of their musical tangents and tackle a 
folk tune, "Yea we can play anything"..."Dance of the Fairies"...and the 
fans like it. Then the Calvert power-house classic "Ejection" which after a 
break for tape change is followed by Brainstorm. Space Ritual are now 
cooking!

A version of Turners "Masters of the Universe", and the X-Factor kicks in as 
the Judge, Grenas, Fox, and Blake power Nik's top lines off the face of the 
earth, leaving the German fans in an ecstasy of cheers screams and bliss.

Then the mark of Inner City Unit makes itself felt. Toying with musical 
genres like a cat playing with a mouse, the combo switch to a very cool 
version of Roland Kirk's "Serenade to a Cuckoo". The horn master, Rick 
Welsh, shows off his jazz roots with a soaring solo, and the Judge Trev, his 
mastery of modern chord inversions, as the crowd continue to show their 
vociferous appreciation.

By now we have reached another place in space and time...Visions of Grenas 
and Fox mounted upon their rampaging War Elephants, trampling the Orcs to 
the riff of "Orgone Accumulator"...The Thunder Rider, Nik Turner, raising 
his Thunder Horn to smite the tentacled demons who are by now fleeing for 
their lives... as the LIGHT comes to Freiburg.

Nik introduces the band and thanks the Blessed Ones for taking part in this 
wonderful experience before a new thirteen minute up-tempo version of 
"Silver Machine", complete with new lyrics, leaves the Freiburg converts 
screaming for more...

.and you know, this is a very danceable album - ideal for parties?


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