The Hidden Step is an album by British band Ozric Tentacles

Ozric Tentacles

Ozric Tentacles are an instrumental rock band from Somerset, England, whose music can loosely be described as psychedelic or space rock. Formed in 1983, the band has released 28 albums as of 2011, and become a cottage industry selling over a million albums worldwide despite never having major...

. It was released in 2000 on Stretchy Records.

The band's sixteenth studio album, it was their last to include bassist Zia Ahmad Geelani (except for the track Oakum on Spirals in Hyperspace

Spirals in Hyperspace

Spirals in Hyperspace is an album by British band Ozric Tentacles. It was released in 2004 on Magna Carta Records.-Track listing:# "Chewier" – 5:26# "Spirals in Hyperspace" – 9:51# "Slinky" – 8:39# "Toka Tola" – 7:46# "Plasmoid" – 5:17...

) and drummer "Rad" (Conrad Prince). It was also the first Ozric Tentacles album that does not feature a cover by the artist Blim; the cover art, by guitarist Edward Wynne, features his cat Pixel.

Track listing

1. "Holohedron" – (5:50)
2. "The Hidden Step" – (7:47)
3. "Ashlandi Bol" – (6:04)
4. "Aramanu" – (6:00)
5. "Pixel Dream" – (6:21)
6. "Tight Spin" – (8:45)
7. "Ta Khut" – (7:06)

Band personnel

• Ed Wynne
  Ed Wynne (guitarist)
  Edward Wynne 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:...
  
   – guitar
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  , synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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  s, sampled sound
• Seaweed (Christopher Lenox-Smith) – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , synthesizers
• John Egan – flute
  Flute
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  , vocals
• Zia Geelani – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Rad (Conrad Prince) – percussion