The Orb + the Ozric Tentacles

A joint concert by The Orb and Ozric Tentacles, two long-running British acts associated with psychedelic and ambient electronic music, at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London.

The Orb is an ambient electronic project formed in London in 1988, built around Alex Paterson and his long-standing collaborators. Its early records, including the album The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld, helped shape the chill-out and ambient house scene of the early 1990s, combining dub echoes, sampled voices and long, drifting pieces.

Ozric Tentacles emerged from the British free festival and underground circuit in the late 1970s and have since released many albums, mixing space rock, progressive rock and psychedelic guitar playing with electronic textures. Their music is rooted in the same open-ended, improvised spirit that runs through much of the British psychedelic tradition, and the band has built a large following across decades of touring.

The O2 Forum Kentish Town is a concert venue in north London that hosts concerts and shows throughout the year. The evening will suit listeners interested in the meeting point of ambient electronics and psychedelic rock, and in the way both acts developed out of London's club and festival scenes.