Celestial Ocean

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Album Info

Release Date: 2010-04-22

Label: Lilith

© 1974 RCA
℗ 2010 Lilith Records Ltd.
Manufactured in EU under license from ℗ San Juan Music Group.

Originally released in 1973.
Recorded and mixed at R.C.A. Studio "C", Rome, Aug - Sept. 1972.

Story inspired from the "Book of the Dead of the Ancient Egyptians"

180 gram clear vinyl reissue of the original vinyl release with gatefold cover.

CELESTIAL OCEAN
by Brainticket

1973's brilliant Celestial Ocean, by the legendary Swiss krautrock band Brainticket, is a concept album that details an ancient pharoah's journey into the afterlife (substitute the word "journey" for "trip" and you'll get what they were driving at). However, Brainticket were not mere products of their time, they explored some truly compelling musical territory and produced a superlative blanket of sound — featuring a pioneering mix of early synthesizers, flute, zither, sitar, and male / female stream-of-consciousness spoken word vocals — that ebbs and flows in the same general cosmos as classic Gong, going on to influence bands like Sonic Youth, Stereolab, Skinny Puppy, The Legendary Pink Dots, and more!. This reissue is fully remastered from the original master tapes.