Technicians Of The Sacred

Since 1984 this loose collective have been releasing reliably great music from the mind of leader Ed Wynne. Their margin of error is enviably tiny - there is no such thing as a bad Ozrics album. Sure, some are better than others, but the body of work is as inescapably consistent as mortality and societal contributions. Technicians of the Sacred is their fifteenth studio album, second double album and the first release in this format since Erpland in 1990. It is also one of the best they have ever recorded. The blend of electronica and inner-space rock is instantly recognisable with 'The High Pass'. World music and gently undulating synths take their time to ease us back into the required frame of cosmic consciousness. It takes almost 6 minutes for the secret weapon, Wynne's signature lysergic lead guitar, to be deployed and that is the modus operandi of the whole album - nothing is rushed, each track unfolds lotus-like.