Space Gypsy

by Nik Turner

Overview

Now in his mid-seventies, Nik Turner has spent a lifetime exploring the fringes of spaced-out, psychedelic rock as a member of Hawkwind (in two different periods), with Sphynx, and eventually as a solo artist and bandleader. Space Gypsy features Turner's vocals, and his trademark saxophones and flutes front a quintet whose sound is drenched in synths, mellotrons, electric guitars, and drums. His vocals are awash in reverb but they ride cleanly just above the instrumental fray. While this music isn't so much prog as cosmic rock, it has enough weirdness in both its production and with the man himself singing of Mayans, space aliens, multidimensional realities, and mystic and occult practices to please most acid travelers. Clocking in at 50 minutes, standout tracks include opener "Fallen Angel STS-51-L," with its crunchy guitar driving through the layered mellotrons and drums, the gently spacy "Galaxy Rise," that contains some lovely flute playing, the space-punk throb of "We Ride the Timewinds," and the forbidding, paranoid closer, "Something's Not Right." There isn't anything new here, but that's not the point. This fulfills the prescription that Turner and Hawkwind fans ordered from their favorite interstellar doctor. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date:	09/24/2013
Label:	Cleopatra / Purple Pyramid
UPC:	0741157066623
Rank:	104567

Tracks

1. Fallen Angel STS-51-L
2. Joker's Song
3. Time Crypt
4. Galaxy Rise
5. Coming of the Maya
6. We Ride the Timewinds
7. Eternity
8. Anti-Matter
9. The Visitor
10. Something's Not Right

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Nik Turner   Primary Artist,Flute,Vocals,Saxophone
Jeff Piccinini   Bass
Simon House   Violin
Nicky Garratt   Guitar
Juergen Engler   Guitar,Mellotron,Moog Synthesizer
Chris Leitz   Mellotron
Jason Willer   Drums,Percussion
Steve Hillage   Guitar

Technical Credits

Nicky Garratt   Composer
Nik Turner   Composer
Juergen Engler   Composer,Producer
Eric Rennaker   Engineer
Javier Carmona   Cover Art
Chris Leitz   Composer
Chris Lietz   Engineer,Mastering
Jason Willer   Composer
Candice Houley   Graphic Design
Jesus Carmona   Cover Art
Jeff Piccinini   Composer