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| Kevin Harrison early 1970’s |
Kevin Harrison went on to help form Transposed Men in the late 70’s with Neol Davies and John Bradbury, doing some of the Neol Davies songs, like On My Radio,that became associated later with The Selecter.
Line up –
They were one of the early bands into experimental electronic and sythi-sounds: –
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| Lynda Harrison – early 1970’s |
From Kevin Harrison
“Zoastra was indeed a transitional project, it was certainly more experimental than Whistler but contained seeds of the cut-up poetry/prose that ‘Urge‘ employed to good effect in the late seventies.
Envisaged as a Science-Fiction / Faction vehicle there were 2 line-ups, the first included myself – Kevin Harrison, Charles Bullen (later a ‘This Heat‘ member and former guitarist with Al Docker‘s band Tsar)), two drummers Gary Curtain & Al Docker, Lynda Harrison and John Westacott, this formation rehearsed twice at The Nags Head, Nuneaton.
The second line-up is the one you describe and rehearsed every weekend at Packington Lodge for a month or so, we almost did a gig for a barbecue there, but they opted instead for a band playing Rolling Stones covers!”
THE UNVEILING CEREMONY OF ZOASTRA
Mirror image falling
Visceral plains converging
Tactile dactylites tacky on Vu-screen
Increase photo-image fall-out
Micro-sonics beaming in on all sides now
We must not reiterate
Protect isometric scanner gamma shields
Psyche in on sound and image flakes
Laser-tronics up full-sound.
Dip! – Cut!
Re-program atmosphere
Dials set zero
Now Millennium.
Lyric by Kevin Harrison
And thus I was transcended into the Kozmic Realm of ZOASTRA. ZOASTRA being the collective name of four musicians joining creative forces to produce what they call “Strictly 70’s Head Musik”.
Imagination tuned to the Big note
Got sussed in a space
Got spaced and sussed the
Angle at which all life
On this planet evolves
Like an envelope the smaller
Part of encapsulation
Bitten by my transmuted mind
Found alive two ice-frozen
Humans licked down the waste
Eaten true in haste.
Lyric by Kevin Harrison
“Zoastra are, at the time of writing, considering the possibility of visual effects to illustrate their muzik further.
If you are into spacey head muzik then watch out for Zoastra. If you are a dancer, then beware, unless you are the weirdest dancer this side of Swanswell!!
Neon strip ice-cream dripped back in time
To Formentara
Cinematic surfing girls serve it up in dreams
Venus seems so far, Lurex factor sleeps
Micrograms run down zingel, lightening
Caressing skin, time spaced abstract
Vegas!
Lyric Kevin Harrison
