Arborescence is an album by British

United Kingdom

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 band Ozric Tentacles

Ozric Tentacles

Ozric Tentacles are an instrumental rock band from Somerset, England, whose music can loosely be described as psychedelic or space rock. Formed in 1983, the band has released 28 albums as of 2011, and become a cottage industry selling over a million albums worldwide despite never having major...

. It was released in 1994 on Dovetail Records. The album was rereleased in 1999 on Snapper Music

Snapper Music

Snapper Music is an independent record label founded in 1996 by former head of Castle Communications Jon Beecher, Dougie Dudgeon and funded by the late Mark Levinson from Palan Music Publishing. In 1999 Snapper broke away from its parent company in an MBO in association with ACT and CAI venture...

, this time with sleeve notes by Andy Garibaldi. It is the last album to feature drummer Merv Pepler and keyboardist Joie Hinton as full-time bandmembers, who left to form Eat Static

Eat Static

Eat Static is an electronic music project from Frome, Somerset, England formed in 1989 by Merv Pepler and Joie Hinton. Hinton left the group in February 2008 after 18 years to spend more time with his family.-History:...

, until the live album Sunrise Festival

Sunrise Festival

Sunrise Festival, released in 2008, was a live album from the Ozric Tentacles, recorded 1 June 2007. This recording marks the return of Merv Pepler and Joie Hinton to the band, who had left in 1995 to form Eat Static...

 in 2008.

Track listing

All tracks written by Ozric Tentacles

Ozric Tentacles

Ozric Tentacles are an instrumental rock band from Somerset, England, whose music can loosely be described as psychedelic or space rock. Formed in 1983, the band has released 28 albums as of 2011, and become a cottage industry selling over a million albums worldwide despite never having major...

, unless otherwise noted.

1. "Astro Cortex" – 5:22
2. "Yog-Bar-Og" – 9:42
3. "Arborescence" (Ed Wynne/Joie Hinton) – 4:52
4. "Al-Salooq" – 5:02
5. "Dance of the Loomi" – 5:15
6. "Myriapod" – 5:59
7. "There's a Planet Here" – 6:40
8. "Shima Koto" (Ed Wynne) – 6:25
9. "Gerry Williams" bonus track Chubby lad edition- 2:50

Personnel

• Ed Wynne
  Ed Wynne (guitarist)
  Edward Wynne is an English guitarist and keyboardist best known as a founding member, principal composer and the only constant member of psychedelic rock band Ozric Tentacles.-Biography:...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , synth
  Synthesizer
  A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
  
  
• Joie Hinton – synth
• John Egan – flute
  Flute
  The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
  
  s
• Mervin Pepler – drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
  A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
  
  
• Zia Geelani – bass
  Bass guitar
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Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1994	British Charts	18