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Sigur Rós: Takk…

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On September 2, 2005, “Gefen” label released “Takk…” the fourth Sigur Rós studio album. It was recorded 2004 – 2005, at “Sundlaugin“ in Reykjavík, Iceland, and was produced by Kenneth Thomas, Jón Þór Birgisson, Kjartan Sveinsson, Georg Hólm and Orri Páll Dýrason.

Personnel:

  • Jón Þór Birgisson – vocals, guitar, design
  • Kjartan Sveinsson – keyboards
  • Georg Hólm – bass guitar
  • Orri Páll Dýrason – drums
  • Amiina – strings, string arrangement 
  • Ingrid Karlsdóttir – violin
  • Matthías Stefánsson – violin
  • Gréta Salóme Stefánsdóttir – violin
  • Stefanía Ólafsdóttir – viola
  • Eyjólfur Bjarni Alfreðsson – viola
  • Kristín Lárusdóttir – cello
  • Júlía Mogensen – cello
  • Samúel Jón Samúelsson – trombone
  • Össur Geirsson – tuba
  • Frank Aarnink – percussion
  • Álafosskórinn – choir
  • Kenneth Vaughan Thomas – engineering, mixing
  • Birgir Jón Birgisson – additional engineering
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Ísak Winther – cover design
  • Alex Somers – cover design
  • Lukka Sigurðardóttir – cover design

Track listing:

All tracks by Jón Þór Birgisson, Kjartan Sveinsson, Georg Hólm and Orri Páll Dýrason.

  1. Takk
  2. Glósóli
  3. Hoppípolla
  4. Með blóðnasir
  5. Sé lest
  6. Sæglópur
  7. Mílanó
  8. Gong
  9. Andvari
  10. Svo hljótt
  11. Heysátan

Gong: 2032

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On September 21, 2009, “G-Wave” label released “2032”, the twelfth Gong studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “A-Wave Studio” in London, and was produced by Steve Hillage.

Personnel:

  • Daevid Allen – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Hillage– guitar
  • Gilli Smyth– voice, space whisper
  • Miquette Giraudy– synthesisers
  • Mike Howlett– bass
  • Chris Taylor – drums
  • Theo Travis– sax, flute
  • Didier Malherbe– duduk, sax, flute
  • Yuji Katsui– electric violin
  • Elliet Mackrell– violin
  • Stefanie Petrik– backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Daevid Allen, except where noted.

  1. City of Self Fascination
  2. Digital Girl – Daevid Allen, Steve Hillage
  3. How to Stay Alive – Daevid Allen, Steve Hillage, Mike Howlett, Chris Taylor
  4. Escape Control Delete – Daevid Allen, Steve Hillage, Miquette Giraudy, Chris Taylor
  5. Yoni Poem – Gilli Smyth, Miquette Giraudy
  6. Dance with the Pixies
  7. Wacky Baccy Banker – Daevid Allen, Steve Hillage
  8. The Year 2032
  9. Robo-Warriors – Gilli Smyth, Miquette Giraudy
  10. Guitar Zero – Daevid Allen, Chris Taylor
  11. The Gris Gris Girl – Daevid Allen, Steve Hillage
  12. Wave and A Particle – Gilli Smyth, Miquette Giraudy
  13. Pinkle Ponkle – Daevid Allen, Steve Hillage, Gilli Smyth
  14. Portal – Steve Hillage

Gong: Rejoice! I’m Dead!

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On September 16, 2016, “Madfish” label released “Rejoice! I’m Dead!”, the fourteenth Gong studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Brixton Hill Studios” and “Music Room Rehearsal Studios in London, “The Lighthouse” in Kent, UK, “Bananamoon Observatory Studios” in Australia, and was produced by Kavus Torabi, Fabio Golfetti, Dave Sturt, Ian East, Cheb Nettles and Daveid Allen.

Personnel:

  • Daevid Allen– vocals, engineer
  • Kavus Torabi– vocals, guitar, engineer
  • Fabio Golfetti– vocals, guitar, engineer
  • Dave Sturt– vocals, bass, engineer, mixing
  • Ian East – sax, flute, engineer
  • Cheb Nettles – vocals, drums, engineer
  • Steve Hillage– guitar
  • Didier Malherbe– duduk
  • Graham Clark – violin
  • Nick Howiantz– engineer
  • Mark Cawthra– mixing
  • Andy Jackson – mastering
  • That Girl – cover, illustration
  • 57design co.uk – layout, illustration

Track listing:

  1. The Thing That Should Be – Cheb Nettles, Dave Sturt, Fabio Golfetti, Ian East, Kavus Torabi
  2. Rejoice- Cheb Nettles, Dave Sturt, Fabio Golfetti, Kavus Torabi, Daevid Allen
  3. Kaptial – Cheb Nettles, Dave Sturt, Fabio Golfetti, Ian East, Kavus Torabi, Daevid Allen
  4. Model Village – Cheb Nettles, Dave Sturt, Fabio Golfetti, Ian East, Kavus Torabi
  5. Beatrix – Cheb Nettles, Dave Sturt, Fabio Golfetti, Ian East, Kavus Torabi, Daevid Allen
  6. Visions – Cheb Nettles, Dave Sturt, Fabio Golfetti, Ian East, Kavus Torabi
  7. The Unspeakable Stands Revealed – Cheb Nettles, Dave Sturt, Fabio Golfetti, Ian East, Kavus Torabi
  8. Through Restless Seas I Come – Cheb Nettles, Dave Sturt, Fabio Golfetti, Ian East, Kavus Torabi
  9. Insert Yr Own Prophecy – Cheb Nettles, Dave Sturt, Fabio Golfetti, Ian East, Kavus Torabi
  10. Floating Anarchy Manifesto – Daevid Allen
  11. Someone You’ll Never Be – Cheb Nettles, Dave Sturt, Fabio Golfetti, Ian East, Kavus Torabi, Graham Clark
  12. Kapital (Original Demo) – Cheb Nettles, Dave Sturt, Fabio Golfetti, Ian East, Kavus Torabi, Daevid Allen
  13. Electricity (Original Demo – Became Part Of Kapital) – Fabio Golfetti
  14. Glastonbury Town (Rehearsal Recording) – Dave Sturt, Ian East, Kavus Torabi, Daevid Allen
  15. Celestial Brigadier (Rehearsal Recording) – Dave Sturt, Kavus Torabi, Daevid Allen
  16. The Paragraph Time Chose To Forget (Inspiral Trio) – Dave Sturt, Kavus Torabi, Ian East

Pierre Moerlen’s Gong: Downwind

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On February 9, 1979, “Arista” label released “Downwind”, the third Pierre Moerlen’s Gong album (it was the first to be released under that name, the previous two having been released as Gong albums for contractual reasons). It was recorded June – September 1978, and was produced by Pierre Moerlen.

Personnel:

  • Pierre Moerlen– lead vocals, drums, vibraphone, marimba, concert toms, timpani, organ, synthesizer, electric piano, assorted percussion
  • Mike Oldfield- guitar, solina strings, bass, Irish drum
  • Mick Taylor- guitar
  • Ross Record – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Winwood– synthesizer
  • Hansford Rowe– bass
  • Benoît Moerlen– vibraphon
  • François Causse – percussion
  • Didier Malherbe– saxophone
  • Terry Oldfield– flute
  • Didier Lockwood– violin

Track listing:

All tracks by Pierre Moerlen, except where noted.

  1. Aeroplane – Pierre Moerlen, Ruan O’Lochlain
  2. Crosscurrents
  3. Downwind
  4. Jin-Go-Lo-Ba – Babatunde Olatunji
  5. What You Know – Pierre Moerlen, Ruan O’Lochlain
  6. Emotions
  7. Xtasea

Gong: Shamal

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On February 13, 1976, “Virgin” label released “Shamal”, the sixth Gong studio album. It was recorded in December 1975, at “Basing Street Studios” and “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by Nick Mason.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hillage– acoustic and electric guitar
  • Patrice Lemoine – organ, piano, synthesizer
  • Didier Malherbe– tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, bansuri, gongs
  • Mireille Bauer– marimba, glockenspiel, xylophone, percussion, gongs
  • Mike Howlett– vocals, bass guitar
  • Pierre Moerlen– drums, vibraphone, tubular bells
  • Miquette Giraudy, Sandy Colley – vocals
  • Jorge Pinchevsky – violin
  • Phil Ault, Dave Hutchins, Ben Tavera King, Rick Curtain, Ben King –  engineer
  • Clive Arrowsmith: artwork, photography

Track listing:

  1. Wingful of Eyes – Mike Howlett
  2. Chandra – Patrice Lemoine
  3. Bambooji – Didier Malherbe
  4. Cat in Clark’s Shoes – Didier Malherbe
  5. Mandrake – Pierre Moerlen
  6. Shamal – Mike Howlett, Didier Malherbe, Patrice Lemoine, Mireille Bauer

Gong: Acid Motherhood

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On March 30, 2004, “Mister E” label “Acid Motherhood”, the ninth Gong studio album. It was recorded in 2003-2004, and was produced by Orlando Allen and Zubin Henner.

Personnel:

  • Daevid Allen– vocals, guitar
  • Kawabata Makoto– guitar, bouzouki
  • Josh Pollock – guitar
  • Cotton Casino – voice, synthesizer
  • Dharmawan Bradbridge – bass
  • Orlando Allen – drums, executive producer
  • Gilli Smyth– space whisper
  • Greg Sheehan – hang, percussion
  • Kurt Schwitters – voice
  • Zubin Henner – engineer
  • Toby Allen– design

Track listing:

  1. Ocean Of Molasses -Orlando Allen, Dharmawan Bradbridge, Kawabata Makoto , Josh Pollock
  2. Supercotton – Orlando Allen, Kawabata Makoto, Josh Pollock, Daevid Allen
  3. Olde Fooles Game – Greg Sheehan, Daevid Allen
  4. Zeroina – Daevid Allen, Howlett
  5. Brainwash Me – Josh Pollock, Daevid Allen
  6. Monstah! – Josh Pollock
  7. Bible Study – Das Ubuibi
  8. Bazuki Logix – Kawabata Makoto
  9. Waving – Josh Pollock, Daevid Allen
  10. Makototen – Kawabata Makoto, Josh Pollock, Orlando Allen
  11. Schwitless In Molasses – Orlando Allen, Josh Pollock, Kawabata Makoto

Gong: Flying Teapot

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On May 25, 1973, “Virgin” label released “Flying Teapot”, the fourth Gong album. It was recorded in January 1973, at “The Manor Studios” in Oxford, and was produced by Giorgio Gomelsky. In the “Q” & “Mojo” magazines “Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock”, “Flying Teapot” was ranked at number 35 on the list of the “40 Cosmic Rock Albums”.

Personnel:

  • Daevid Allen– vocals, guitar
  • Gilli Smyth– vocals
  • Tim Blake– keyboards, vocals
  • Didier Malherbe– saxes, flute
  • Steve Hillage– guitar
  • Christian Tritsch– guitar
  • Francis Moze– keyboards, bass guitar
  • Laurie Allan– drums
  • Rachid Houari – percussion

Track listing:

  1. Radio Gnome Invisible – Daevid Allen
  2. Flying Teapot – Daevid Allen, Francis Moze
  3. The Pot Head Pixies – Daevid Allen
  4. The Octave Doctors And The Crystal Machine – Tim Blake
  5. Zero The Hero And The Witch’s Spell – Daevid Allen, Tim Blake, Christian Tritsch
  6. Witch’s Song/I Am Your Pussy – Gill Smyth, Daevid Allen

The Bottom Line

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Bottom Line Club

On February 12, 1974, “The Bottom Line” club opened in New York City. Owned by Allan Pepper and Stanley Snadowsky, during the 70’s and 80’s, the club was a major space for small-scale music performances. The club stoped working in 2004. Some of the artists who performed in the club were Miles Davis, Gato Barbieri, Bill Evans, Charles Mingus, Mose Allison, Muddy Waters, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Ray Barretto, Peter Gabriel, Al Kooper, Tom Waits, Melvin Van Peebles, Neil Sedaka, Billy Joel, Suzi Quatro, Patti Smith, Flo & Eddie, Toots and the Maytals, Cheech & Chong, Tower of Power, Tim Hardin, Roger McGuinn, JJ Cale, The Meters, Greg Kihn Band, Ry Cooder,Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Sam & Dave, Asım Can Gündüz, The Ronettes, John Cale, Gong, Peter Bardens, The Violent Femmes, Eric Clapton, Carl Perkins, Linda Ronstadt,The Police, Richard Marx, Prince, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Van Morrison, The Stone Poneys, Chuck Mangione, Emmylou Harris, Clinn Rippy, Neil Young, Barry Manilow, Laura Nyro, Loudon Wainwright III, New York Dolls, Lyle Lovett, The Electric Flag, Pat Martino, Todd Rundgren, Graham Parker, Grayson Hugh, Stan Ridgway, Horslips, Dire Straits,Chris Hillman, Hawkwind, Dolly Parton, George Jones, Tracy Nelson, The Pointer Sisters, Betty Carter, Ravi Shankar, Ramones and Michael Hedges.

Gong: Angels Egg

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Angels Egg

On December 7, 1973, “Virgin” label released “Angels Egg”, the fifth Gong album. It was recorded August 1973, at the “Manor Mobile” in France, and was produced by Gong. ”Angels Egg” is the second of the Gong’s “Radio Gnome” trilogy of albums, following “Flying Teapot” and preceding “You”.

Personnel:

  • Bloomdido Bad De Grass (Didier Malherbe) – bi-focal vocal, tenor and soprano  saxophone , floot
  • Shakti Yoni (Gilli Smyth) – space whisper, loin cackle
  • Being esq. (Mike Howlett, spelled Howlitt on composer credits) – basso profundo
  • Capt. Hillage (Steve Hillage) – lewd guitar
  • Hi T. Moonweed (the favourite) (Tim Blake) – Cynthia “size a”, lady voce
  • Pierre de Strasbourg (Pierre Moerlen, spelled Moerlin on composer credits) – bread and batteur drums, vibes, marimba
  • Mirielle de Strasbourg (Mireille Bauer) – glockenspiel
  • Dingo Virgin (Daevid Allen) – local vocals, aluminium croon, glissando guitar

Track listing

  1. Other Side of the Sky – Tim Blake, Daevid Allen
  2. Sold to the Highest Buddha – Mike Howlett, Daevid Allen
  3. Castle in the Clouds – Steve Hillage
  4. Prostitute Poem – Gilli Smyth, Steve Hillage
  5. Givin My Luv to You – Daevid Allen
  6. Selene – Daevid Allen
  7. Flute Salad – Didier Malherbe
  8. Oily Way – Daevid Allen, Didier Malherbe
  9. Outer Temple – Tim Blake, Steve Hillage
  10. Inner Temple – Daevid Allen, Didier Malherbe
  11. Percolations – Pierre Moerlen
  12. Love is How u Make It – Pierre Moerlen, Daevid Allen
  13. I Niver Glid Before – Steve Hillage
  14. Eat That Phone Book Coda – Didier Malherbe

Daevid Allen

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On March 13, 2015, Christopher David Allen aka Daevid Allen died aged 77. He was musician (guitar) and songwriter, one of the most important figures of the progressive and avant-garde rock, Born in Australia, moved in UK in 1961, he was founding member of “Soft Machine” (1966) and in 1967, in France he formed the legendary band “Gong”.