
Gong
2032
g-wave AAGWCD001
Of all the bands who have come and gone over the past 40 years, it is mind-boggling that Gong are still around. Their music was strange, their live appearances were infamous, and their psychedelic appetites were legendary.- *blogcritics
Co-written by daevid allen, Steve Hillage, Miquette Giraudy and Gilli Smyth, with Mike Howlett and Chris Taylor. Produced and engineered by Steve Hillage at A-wave Studios, London, with additional production by daevid allen at Bananamoon Observatory in Australia. The CD is housed in a triple-fold digipak with an illustrated 12 page booklet complete with all the lyrics interspersed with even more 'sound words of device' by daevid and Gilli.
tracks
- City of Self Fascination
- Digital Girl
- How To Stay Alive
- Escape Control Delete
- Yoni Poem
- Dance With The Pixies
- Wacky Baccy Banker
- The Year 2032
- Robo-Warriors
- Guitar Zero
- The Gris Gris Girl
- Wave And A Particle
- Pinkle Ponkle
- Portal
personnel
- daevid allen voice, guitar
- steve hillage guitar
- gilli smyth voice, space whisper
- miquette giraudy synthesizers
- mike howlett bass
- chris taylor drums
- theo travis sax, flute
- didier malherbe duduk 3 13, soprano sax 8, flute 4 14
- yuji katsui (Rovo) electric violin 4 11
- elliet mackrell violin 6
- stephanie petrik backing vocals 1 2 3 4 6 11