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ELECTRIC TEPEE

Hawkwind

 

Psychedelic/Space Rock

3.81 | 133 ratings

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Warthur
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4 stars Hawkwind were reduced to a trio for this album, prompting them to make more use of sequencers and random sound samples, but rather than sabotaging the album this did in fact prompt the band to reinvigorate their sound a little. The opening LSD is an enjoyable track which shows a fair amount of influence from Hawkwind's successors as kings of hippie festival space rock, the Ozric Tentacles, but with enough of a harder, heavier edge that we don't forget we're listening to a Hawkwind track. Then it melts into the calm Blue Shift, a somewhat New Agey instrumental with enough twinkling synthesiser noodling in the background to keep things interesting, before more chaotic, dissonant noises disturb the tranquility to announce Death of War.

Much of the album continues in this sort of vein - a continuous musical trip with a heavier reliance on synthesisers than any preceding Hawkwind album (with the possible exception of the Church of Hawkwind side project). On the whole, the album is a pretty decent example of the sort of material that was then-current on the UK free festival scene that Hawkwind had played not a small part in creating. It's certainly not representative of their classic sound, but it's certainly worth it if you fancy the idea of Hawkwind giving Ozric Tentacles a run for their money.

Warthur | 4/5 |

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