The Shamen began as a psychedelic jangly guitar band very 60's inspired and with great production.
They became even more experimental and became more rhythmic with heavy drum beats, a unique sound at the times.
The original drummer and bass player left, leaving Will Sin & Colin Angus (the only original member).
Then they got deeply into the acid house sounds that were massive in the USA club scene at the time, this was recorded during the transition into the later chart bound sounds & dance orientated tunes. Its a beautiful, mellow but very danceable track.
The b-side is more like their older tunes with heavy drums- its a mutated version of Purple Haze.
The A-side was recorded primarily by Colin (at Orinoco studio) , while the B-side was recorded mostly by Will & me (Drums & no credit! ), with Brian Pugsley engineering (quickly & cheaply on 8track).
Will & myself did the scouting for the colourful tunnels used in the video , they were on Clapham Common. Chris did most of the editing for the video & I was drafted in to help on that as well.
Colin & Will are rarely seen in this, however when they are Will is wearing a white T-shirt with a design I painted on it. He liked it when I made it and asked to buy it off me... so this video has a lot of memories & connections for me.
They became even more experimental and became more rhythmic with heavy drum beats, a unique sound at the times.
The original drummer and bass player left, leaving Will Sin & Colin Angus (the only original member).
Then they got deeply into the acid house sounds that were massive in the USA club scene at the time, this was recorded during the transition into the later chart bound sounds & dance orientated tunes. Its a beautiful, mellow but very danceable track.
The b-side is more like their older tunes with heavy drums- its a mutated version of Purple Haze.
The A-side was recorded primarily by Colin (at Orinoco studio) , while the B-side was recorded mostly by Will & me (Drums & no credit! ), with Brian Pugsley engineering (quickly & cheaply on 8track).
Will & myself did the scouting for the colourful tunnels used in the video , they were on Clapham Common. Chris did most of the editing for the video & I was drafted in to help on that as well.
Colin & Will are rarely seen in this, however when they are Will is wearing a white T-shirt with a design I painted on it. He liked it when I made it and asked to buy it off me... so this video has a lot of memories & connections for me.
