Is this ambient track from Pink Floyd concerts part of the new Endless River album?
Their atmospheric, unreleased ‘Big Spliff’ sessions apparently sparked a new project.
Their atmospheric, unreleased ‘Big Spliff’ sessions apparently sparked a new project.
Best known among the early bands was Sigma 6, with Nick Mason, Rick Wright and Roger Waters.
Nick Mason was the lone member of the group to appear in every different lineup.
Boyd met the youthful members of Pink Floyd as owner of London’s first psych-rock space.
They often quarrelled, but Mason says this was a time of “wanting to achieve the same sort of goal.”
“There were odd moments,” he admits, “where I became conscious that things might implode.”
The only member to have played on every Floyd release, Mason has no regrets.
“Empty Spaces” wasn’t the first Floyd song to include a such a message — but it’s the funniest.
The classic-era lineup of Pink Floyd last performed in 2005, as part of the Live 8 benefit concert.
David Gilmour joined Pink Floyd as the band was completing its final recording with original frontman Syd Barrett. But 1968’s Saucerful of Secrets didn’t herald a new direction, so much as the beginning of a long period of experimentation. You May Also Like: Nick Mason on the moment Pink FloydRead More