4 stars Totally ignored British prog rock band that surfaced in the 1980s free-festival scene, the same scene that spawned the OZRIC TENTACLES. Like the OZRICS, NUKLI released a series of privately issued cassettes in the 1980s, and it was only in 1997 that any of their material ever made it on CD with "The Time Factory", released on Delerium Records, same label PORCUPINE TREE used to be on. OZRIC TENTACLES and PORCUPINE TREE are now widely known by many, NUKLI basically slipped through the cracks. The band apparently had lineup changes (they were even known to have OZRIC members like Roly Wynne and "Generator" John as guests - not to be confused with the other John, John Egan the flute player) but on "The Time Factory", the lineup was full review proghead0 are, in my opinion, the great lost psych band of all time. They're certainly a lot better than any Western band around nowadays. They really deserve to be more famous-I would never have even heard of them were it not that my friend's dad is Majick Mark Huxley. Their first album, Number 9, is certainly worth a listen although it relies a bit too much on samples and is probably too tripped-out for most people. Their second album, At Last, is more of a conventional rock album, but it suffers from very poor 80's production values. The vocals all get a bit smothered and the whole thing just sounds a bit muddy, although there are also some good tracks on it. Fortunately, their third album, Book Of Changes, was much better produced and is an absolute classic. It combines full review Merlin Harekrishna
