''Arborescence'' is the fifth studio album by

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band

Ozric Tentacles Ozric Tentacles are an English instrumental rock band, whose music incorporates elements from a diverse range of genres, including psychedelic rock, progressive rock, space rock, jazz fusion, electronic music, dub music, world music, and ambi ...

. It was released in 1994 on

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. The album was rereleased in 1999 on

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, 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

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, until the live album

Sunrise Festival ''Sunrise Festival'', released in 2008, is a live album from the Ozric Tentacles, recorded 1 June 2007 at the Sunrise Celebration Festival, Somerset, England. This recording marks the return of Merv Pepler and Joie Hinton to the band, who had l ...

in 2008.

Track listing

All tracks written by

, unless otherwise noted. #"Astro Cortex" – 5:22 #"Yog-Bar-Og" – 9:42 #"Arborescence" (Ed Wynne, Joie Hinton) – 4:52 #"Al-Salooq" – 5:02 #"Dance of the Loomi" – 5:15 #"Myriapod" – 5:59 #"There's a Planet Here" – 6:40 #"Shima Koto" (Ed Wynne) – 6:25

Personnel

Ed Wynne Edward Wynne (born 3 June 1961) 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 Ed Wynne was born in Wandsworth, Lond ...

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*Joie Hinton – synth *John Egan –

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s *Mervin Pepler –

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*Zia Geelani –

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Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arborescence (Album) 1994 albums Ozric Tentacles albums Snapper Music albums