tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211085746565504004.post6527844528470906737..comments2024-02-25T13:05:50.077-07:00Comments on Unencumbered Music Reviews: Omnia Opera - Red Shift. 1997 EnglandPurple Peak Recordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215603944746407312noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211085746565504004.post-79676201264929297892017-10-13T05:13:16.791-06:002017-10-13T05:13:16.791-06:00Our friend Spacefreak informed awhile back in a co...Our friend Spacefreak informed awhile back in a comment (and I'm re-pasting it here): ""Red Shift" indeed aged better. Upon release I shelved it upon first listen, however I am regularly spinning it the last two years.<br /><br />OMNIA OPERA were heavier because they were closer to the punk scene (and punks populated Stonehenge free festival during the mid 80ies) than the space hippie tribe. Their very first recorded contribution (a sped-up version of "Space Bastard") saw the light on an anarcho punk cassette compilation issued in benefit of the Derby Sabotage Hunters fund.<br /><br />I don't think that it was Goa psychedelic trance (subgenre of techno popular at the free festival gigs) that killed the free festival scene. Both EAT STATIC and ASTRALASIA had a wide acceptance among their parent bands audiences. In my opinion it was the Criminal Justice Bill that put an end to free festivals, gatherings and outdoor parties, that ended that particular British scene."Purple Peak Recordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06735592038872524224noreply@blogger.com