Ryan's Gig Guide - January 2019

The SPACE RITUAL are Nik Turner (vocals, sax, flute), Mark Smart (drums), Stephen Jones (guitar), Gary Smart, [bass], Nigel Alien [Dik- Mikator, Delatron, Tri-wave- Genitilaria), and the Fab Miss Angel (dance). The current SPACE RITUAL was formed 2001, through the psychic need to unite the Tribes to power the Starship to new dimen- sions of time, space and awareness, raising the spirits in harmony in brotherly love, reviving the lost magic, lost music, lost flames, one soul, one world, one source, one race, one love, be there or be square. The band play modern spacey/ rocky/ jazzy/ dancey/ science/fictional/ fantasy/ spiritual , funky music, to heal and raise spirits, con- sciousness and awareness, promoting commu- nication and good times, getting high, using multimedia sound/light/visual imagery to cre- ate extremely wild, whacky weirdness in mind boggling/blowing experience, each perfor- mance truly a happening. The SPACE RITUAL have played many presti- gious festivals in Britain and abroad including Glastonbury,Wickerman, Guilfest,Weyfest, and at many prestigious venues including Brixton Academy, London Astoria and many awesome appearances in the Outer Galaxies, various manifestations in the Milky Way and Xibalba and many others to ecstatic crowds of many faceted sentient beings. Their recent album Otherworld (Esoteric Recordings, ECLEC2011) was received with acclamation, and they are currently in the stu- dio recording a new album to be released later this year.Watch this space, we are not alone.  www.nikturner.com  Sunday 6th January The Robin 2, Bilston NIK TURNERS NEW SPACE RITUAL rgg Jan 2019 35 www.ryansgigguide.com