I don't know if there's anything quite like vintage Nektar in surround sound… Nektar, the Anglo-German masters of psychedelic prog rock, occupy a warm, hallowed space in the history of the genre, even if their pioneering 70s output often floats just below the mainstream’s surface. For those who came of age with their sprawling epics..
Nektar – Journey to the Centre of the Eye deluxe edition (Esoteric)
We had decided if we went down badly we would call ourselves Pollen. If we went down well, we would call ourselves Nektar. And so Nektar it was… Derek "Mo" Moore What's your favourite Nektar album? Ask any five fans and you're likely to get five different answers, as Nektar always was a band looking..
Nektar – Recycled – Expanded and Remastered
Flies by in the blink of an eye... not a skipper track to be found, and sounds spectacular... The Nektar reissue campaign from Esoteric continues with an expanded box set release of one of their most beloved albums. 1975's ambitious Recycled was a flowing concept piece warning of - and foreshadowing - environmental damage to..
Nektar – Remember the Future 50th Anniversary Box set (Esoteric)
Organs swirl, drums and bass lock sharply into hypnotic riffs, guitars crunch, squeal, and drift into wobbly, smoky dimensions. Paradise! Nektar are more likely to be found in record collections of the snowier-haired among us than thumping through the ear buds of the rising generation, but the string of psychedelic-tinged prog albums they recorded in..
NEKTAR – …Sounds Like This (Expanded) (Esoteric / Cherry Red)
The band broke off from mixing A Tab In The Ocean in October 1972 to play a live show in the studio, with only a few people invited, and record it - with a view to not only using that unrecorded stuff, but also to cast light onto the looser, improvisational jamming side of their..
NEKTAR – The Other Side (Esoteric)
If you were a Nektar admirer during those heady days of A Tab In The Ocean or Recycled, you can approach this without trepidation: the legacy is in fine hands and has been respectfully added to Things are a bit complicated - and crowded - in the Nektar camp at the moment, which is a..
The return of Nektar
The title track of The Other Side is 18 minutes long, occupying a full side on the vinyl version, and has all the characteristic trademarks that will probably make it a genuine Nektar classic. I recall a football commentator once saying that everyone remembers the teams that make it to any big cup final but..