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Gong   Pays : England Genre : Scene Canterbury Dates : 1968 URL : cliquez ici Acheter un album de Gong - Gong a été consulté 10808 fois - Gong a une moyenne de : 7.93 sur 10 - Gong a reçu 82 note(s) et 8 critique(s) - Gong est classé : 403 ème
Biographie de Gong
Source / Auteur : Allmusic.com Date : 08/01/2005 Nb consultation : 856
Gong slowly came together in the late '60s when Australian guitarist Daevid Allen (ex-Soft Machine) began making music with his wife, singer Gilli Smyth, along with a shifting lineup of supporting musicians. Albums from this period include Magick Brother, Mystic Sister (1969) and the impromptu jam session Bananamoon (1971) featuring Robert Wyatt from the Soft Machine, Gary Wright from Spooky Tooth, and Maggie Bell. A steady lineup featuring Frenchman Didier Malherbe (sax and reeds), Christian Tritsch (bass), and Pip Pyle (drums) along with Allen (glissando guitar, vocals) and Gilli Smyth (space whisper vocals) was officially named Gong and released Camembert Electrique in late 1971, as well as providing the soundtrack to the film Continental Circus and music for the album Obsolete by French poet Dashiel Hedayat. Camembert Electrique contained the first signs of the band's mythology of the peaceful Planet Gong populated by Radio Gnomes, Pothead Pixies, and Octave Doctors. These characters along with Zero the Hero are the focus of Gong's next three albums, the Radio Gnome Trilogy, consisting of Flying Teapot (1973), Angel's Egg (1974), and You (1975). On these albums, protagonist Zero the Hero is a space traveler from Earth who gets lost and finds the Planet Gong, is taught the ways of that world by the gnomes, pixies, and Octave Doctors and is sent back to Earth to spread the word about this mystical planet. The band themselves adopted nicknames — Allen was Bert Camembert or the Dingo Virgin, Smyth was Shakti Yoni, Malherbe was Bloomdido Bad de Grasse, Tritsch was the Submarine Captain and Pyle the Heap. Over the course of the trilogy, Tritsch and Pyle left and were replaced by Mike Howlett (bass) and Pierre Moerlen (drums). New members Steve Hillage (guitar) and Tim Blake (synthesizers) joined. After You, Allen, Hillage, and Smyth left the group due to creative differences as well as fatigue. Guitarist Allen Holdsworth joined and the band drifted into virtuosic if unimaginative jazz fusion. Hillage and Allen each released several solo albums and Smyth formed Mothergong. Nevertheless the trilogy lineup has reunited for a few one-off concerts including a 1977 French concert documented on the excellent Gong Est Mort, Vive Gong album. Allen also reunited with Malherbe and Pyle as well as other musicians he had collaborated with over the years for 1992's Shapeshifter album. Hillage also worked as the ambient-techno alias System 7. A number of Gong-related bands have existed over the years, including Mothergong, Gongzilla, Pierre Moerlin's Gong, NY Gong, Planet Gong, and Gongmaison. During the new millennium Gong material continued to be released, including Live 2 Infinitea issued in fall 2000. by Jim Powers
Discographie de Gong
Albums Studio
Acid Motherhood 2004 (Studio) Moyenne : pas de note   Zero To Infinity 2000 (Studio) Moyenne : 5.5   Shapeshifter 1992 (Studio) Moyenne : 8   Gongmaison 1989 (Studio) Moyenne : pas de note   Second Wind 1988 (Studio) Moyenne : pas de note   Breakthrough 1986 (Studio) Moyenne : pas de note   Leave It Open 1981 (Studio) Moyenne : pas de note   Time Is The Key 1979 (Studio) Moyenne : 7.25   New York Gong - About Time 1979 (Studio) Moyenne : 7.5   Downwind 1979 (Studio) Moyenne : 8   Gong Est Mort? Vive Gong! 1978 (Studio) Moyenne : 7.25   Expresso Ii 1978 (Studio) Moyenne : 7.33   Shamal 1976 (Studio) Moyenne : 7.6   Gazeuse 1976 (Studio) Moyenne : 7   You 1974 (Studio) Moyenne : 8   Flying Teapot 1973 (Studio) Moyenne : 9.3   Angel's Egg 1973 (Studio) Moyenne : 8.75   Camembert Electrique 1971 (Studio) Moyenne : 8.62   Continental Circus 1971 (Studio) Moyenne : 8.33   Magick Brother Magick Sister 1969 (Studio) Moyenne : 8.5
Albums Live
In The '70 2006 (Live) Moyenne : pas de note   Live In Sherwood Forest 75 2005 (Live) Moyenne : 8   Glastonbury Fayre 1971 2002 (Live) Moyenne : pas de note   Live 2 Infinitea 2000 (Live) Moyenne : 2.5   Live Floating Anarchy 1991 1995 (Live) Moyenne : pas de note   25th Birthday Party 1995 (Live) Moyenne : pas de note   Live On T.v. 1990 1993 (Live) Moyenne : pas de note   Live At Sheffield 74 1990 (Live) Moyenne : 8.5   Live Au Bataclan 1973 1990 (Live) Moyenne : 5.5   Full Circle - Live 1988 1988 (Live) Moyenne : pas de note   Pierre Moerlen's Gong Live 1980 (Live) Moyenne : pas de note   Live Floating Anarchy 1977 1977 (Live) Moyenne : 7.5   Gong Live, Etc 1977 (Live) Moyenne : 8.75
Albums Compilation, EP, Demo, Bootleg etc.
The World Of Daevid Allen And Gong 2003 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : pas de note   The Best Of Gong 2000 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : pas de note   The Other Side Of The Sky (a Collection) 1999 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : pas de note   Family Jewels 1998 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : pas de note   The Peel Sessions 1995 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : pas de note   Camembert Eclectique 1995 (Singles/EPs/Fan Club/Promo/Demo/Bootlegs) Moyenne : pas de note   Wingful Of Eyes 1986 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : pas de note
DVD de Gong
Montserrat 1973 And Other Stories 2006 (Live) Moyenne : pas de note   High Above The Subterania Club 2000 2000 (Live) Moyenne : pas de note   Classic Rock Legends 2000 (Live) Moyenne : pas de note
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