WIZARDZZ - HIDDEN CITY OF TAURMOND (LOAD 080)

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE BIRMINGHAM-BASED CHRISTMAS POP SENSATIONS OF A SIMILAR NAME, WIZARDZZ ARE THE INEVITABLE SIDE PROJECT OF BRIAN "LIGHTING BOLT BASS" GIBSON. INTERESTINGLY GIBSON MANS THE TRAPS HERE AND PROVES HIMSELF ACTUALLY QUITE BLOODY GREAT ON THEM TOO. HE'S NOT AS WILD AS HIS PAL CHIPPENDALE BUT I'D LOVE TO HAVE HIM BACKING ME UP.

WIZARDZZ ARE A DUO, WITH THE OTHER INSTRUMENT BEING ORGAN/KEYBOARDS (I THINK THIS IS A LEFT-HAND ON ONE THING, RIGHT ON ANOTHER SITUATION) PROVIDING THICK AMBIENT TONES AND BIG CONSONANT MELODIES. AT TIMES IT IS ACTUALLY MISSING THAT VITAL EXTRA INGREDIENT, BUT ON SOME TUNES THEY SOUND LIKE A GIANT ENTITY THAT WERE HEADING SOMEWHERE ('SEA BATTLE AT ORKUTSK' IS MIGHTY). CLEARLY THEY GOT THIS DEAL BECAUSE ONE OF THE GUYS HAS MOVED AN OBSCENE AMOUNT OF RECORDS FOR THIS LABEL AND HAS A LOT OF TALENT.

THING IS LIGHTNING BOLT SPENT AGES TOURING AND REHEARSING HONING THEIR SHIT. WIZARDZZ PROBABLY DIDN'T AND AS SUCH IT ONLY GELS SPORADICALLY. THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL HERE BUT IT NEVER GOT REALISED, UNLESS WIZARDZZ HAVE BEEN WAITING 14 YEARS TO FOLLOW THIS SUCKER UP.