Nik Turner
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Biography
[Edit]One of the founding members of Hawkwind, saxophonist/flutist Nik Turner has had perhaps the most prolific and varied outside career of all its many alumni. Turner grew up in Margate, Kent, England, with future Hawkwind bandmate Robert Calvert, and came to Hawkwind's original 1969 lineup from a band called Mobile Freakout. Turner was an integral part of the band's prime period, contributing not only sax and flute work but also vocals and occasional songwriting (including the band staple "Brainstorm," which appeared on 1972's Doremi Fasol Latido, and the classic "Silver Machine," which he co-wrote with Dave Brock). Turner's final album with Hawkwind was 1976's Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music, after which group leader Brock fired most of his personnel (including Turner).
Turner used his newfound freedom to travel to Egypt, where he soaked up the history and culture, and also made a recording of his flute music in the King's Chamber of the Great Pyramid of Cheops. With backing from several musicians associated with Gong, the results were released in 1978 as Turner's solo debut Xitintoday (credited to Nik Turner's Sphynx). Turner next played on the 1979 Mother Gong album Fairy Tales, and headed up a new group called the Inner City Unit, which also featured guitarist Trevor Thomas, bassist Baz Magneto (soon replaced by Dead Fred Reeves), and drummer Mick Stupp. The group's debut album, Pass Out, was issued in 1980, displaying an odd blend of influences that ranged from prog-rock to punk and big band swing. Turner rejoined Hawkwind in 1981, but initially continued to record with the Inner City Unit, which released The Maximum Effect in 1981 and Punkadelic the following year. Also appearing in 1982 was Ersatz, an ICU collaboration with Turner's boyhood friend and Hawkwind mate Robert Calvert. Turner departed Hawkwind once again in 1984, restarting the Inner City Unit and releasing New Anatomy.
In 1985, Turner relocated to the western side of Wales, where he set up a new age community in a fairly rural, isolated area. The ICU released The President's Tapes that same year, which would prove to be Turner's last album with the group; he left in 1986 to concentrate on a smaller-scale project called the Nik Turner All-Stars, who took the big band swing predilections of the ICU into relatively straightforward territory. The group never recorded, remaining a largely local and concert-oriented outfit. In the early '90s, Turner moved to California, where he began working with progressive, industrial-influenced artists like Helios Creed and Pressurehed. He also resumed his solo recording career, beginning with 1993's Sphynx, a belated sequel to the Egyptian-themed Xitintoday. 1994's Prophets of Time involved former Hawkwind members Simon House and Del Dettmar, with whom Turner would work frequently over the rest of the decade, sometimes as part of the spacy Anubian Lights (which also included members of Pressurehed, and debuted on record in 1995). Also in 1994, Turner put together a new backing band called Space Ritual that was mostly devoted to performing Hawkwind repertoire. The group toured in 1994 and 1995, releasing live recordings culled from each separate year (Space Ritual and Past or Future?, respectively). Turner has continued his activity in the late '90s, frequently collaborating with various Swedish prog-rock bands, including Darxtar and the Moor.
Title: Space Ritual - Live 1994
Artist: Nik Turner
Genre: Electronica, Industrial, Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative
Title: Interstellar Energy
Artist: The Youth, Nik Turner, The Space Falcons
Genre: Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Collections
Title: Light My Fire - A Classic Rock Salute to the Doors
Genre: Rock
Title: Red Hot Summer Blues
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock
Title: Blues After Hours
Genre: Country
Title: Music Inspired by Halloween & Horror Movies
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Hits from Outer Space
Genre: Rock
Title: Must Have Blues Songbook
Genre: Blues
Title: Rockin' Legends Pay Tribute to Jack White
Genre: Pop, Alternative
Title: Gravity - Music Inspired by the Movie
Genre: New Age
Title: Sci-Fi Psychedelic Halloween
Genre:
Title: Mysterious Encounters
Genre: Rock
Title: Strange Daze '97 (Live)
Genre: Alternative
Title: Ambient Voids
Genre: Electronica
Title: Travellers Aid Trust
Genre: Rock
Title: Area 51 - the Space Collection
Genre: Electronica
Title: Rockin' Legends Play Now!
Genre: Alternative
Title: This Is Space Rock
Genre: Rock
Title: Not of this Earth, Vol. 1
Title: Killer Halloween Songs of All Time
Genre: Pop
Title: Legends of Blues
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock
Title: Psychedelic Summer
Genre: Rock
Title: Prog - P17: Awaken The Stone King
Genre: Rock
Title: The Many Faces Of The Doors (CD2)
Genre: Blues, Jazz Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Title: Stoner Box (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock
Title: Society Of Inner Light
Genre: Ambient, Downtempo, Electronica
Title: Space Rock: An Interstellar Traveler's Guide
Genre: Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Title: A Prog Rock Christmas 2019
Genre: Rock, Progressive Rock, Punk Rock, Progressive Metal
Title: Astronomy Domine Tribute To Pink Floyd
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Punk, Punk Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal, Alternative
Title: Escape From Area 51 - Original Soundtrack
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: 101 Blues Licks (CD1)
Genre: Blues
Featuring albums
Title: Rockin' Legends Pay Tribute to Jack White
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock
Title: Greatest Hits from Outer Space
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Pop, Pop Rock, Progressive
Title: Space Rock: An Interstellar Traveler's Guide
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock, Psychedelic
Title: 8 Assassins (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: LSD Special Selections (Vol. 1) - CALAN HAF
Artist: Liquid Sound Design
Genre: Downtempo, Chill Out, Electronica, Deep House, Dub, Psychedelic