Celestial Ocean (Blue)

Heavyweight 180gm vinyl LP reissue of this 1973's album from the legendary Swiss Krautrock band Brain ticket. Celestial Ocean was 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, Brain ticket 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.