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Nik Turner's Sphynx
Artist Biography For Nik Turner's Sphynx
Nik Turner Born Nicholas Turner 28 August 1940 In Oxford Oxfordshire Is A British Musician Best Known As A Founding Member Of Space Rock Pioneers Hawkwind. Turner Plays Saxophones Flute Sings And Is A Composer. While With Hawkwind Turner Was Known For His Experimental Free Jazz Stylisations And Outrageous Stage Presence Often Donning Full Makeup And Ancient Egypt-Inspired Costumes. After Leaving Hawkwind The First Time Turner Holidayed In Egypt And While Visiting The Great Pyramid Of Giza He Was Given Three Hours Inside The King's Chamber To Record Some Flute Music. On Returning To England Steve Hillage Cleaned Up The Tapes And Assembled The Sphynx Band Featuring Hawkwind's Alan Powell Gong's Mike Howlett And Tim Blake And Harry Williamson To Record Music Augmenting The Original Flute Tracks While Turner Adapted Lyrics From The Egyptian Book Of The Dead. The Album Was Released As Xitintoday On Charisma Records In 1978 And The Band Toured Played Festivals Including Deeply Vale Festivals Later Released As A CD Glastonbury Festival Part Of Which Was Broadcast BBC Television And His Own Themed Bohemian Love-In All Day Festival At The Roundhouse.
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Biography - Nik Turner's Sphynx
Nik Turner Born Nicholas Turner 28 August 1940 In Oxford Oxfordshire Is A British Musician Best Known As A Founding Member Of Space Rock Pioneers Hawkwind. Turner Plays Saxophones Flute Sings And Is A Composer. While With Hawkwind Turner Was Known For His Experimental Free Jazz Stylisations And Outrageous Stage Presence Often Donning Full Makeup And Ancient Egypt-Inspired Costumes. After Leaving Hawkwind The First Time Turner Holidayed In Egypt And While Visiting The Great Pyramid Of Giza He Was Given Three Hours Inside The King's Chamber To Record Some Flute Music. On Returning To England Steve Hillage Cleaned Up The Tapes And Assembled The Sphynx Band Featuring Hawkwind's Alan Powell Gong's Mike Howlett And Tim Blake And Harry Williamson To Record Music Augmenting The Original Flute Tracks While Turner Adapted Lyrics From The Egyptian Book Of The Dead. The Album Was Released As Xitintoday On Charisma Records In 1978 And The Band Toured Played Festivals Including Deeply Vale Festivals Later Released As A CD Glastonbury Festival Part Of Which Was Broadcast BBC Television And His Own Themed Bohemian Love-In All Day Festival At The Roundhouse.
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