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unending ascending — Gong : Unending Ascending
album reviews

a two-part suite of songs taking the listener on a trip through the cosmos - Kevan Furbank The Prog Aspect 2023-10-10

retain a spiritual connection to the mothership - Laurence Todd, RAMzine 2023-10-27

continue their intergalactic voyage - Jerry Ewing, Prog magazine 2023-10-31

continue a 'loose trilogy' - Dave Everly, Prog magazine 2023-11-03

psychedelic without a doubt - Nathan Brown, Louder Than War

playful and exploratory, enraptured by the possibilities of the invisible worlds - Joe Banks, Prog magazine 2023-11-04

an incredible culmination of their work to date - Jack Butler‑Terry, Distorted Sound Magazine 2023-11-05

Unending Ascending as inspiring a track as anything in the Gong legacy - Mike Ainscoe, At The Barrier 2023-11-07

4-up preview — Gong interview

Kavus Torabi : Every single person who likes Gong, whether that's old Gong or new Gong, will have their own take on what the band should be. I'm the same about the bands that I like, so I get it. 4‑page spread in the latest Prog magazine 145 (pp.50‑53)

Gong sat cross-legged around the mandala in an undisclosed location — Steve Hillage interview

Gong's Radio Gnome Invisible era : When we started, it wasn't necessarily going to be a trilogy… I like the fact that each one is a bit different. To this day that's the best band I've ever been in - Julian Marszalek, Prog magazine 2023-12-07

ozric tentacles / gong — GONG + Ozric Tentacles joint tour 2024

Exeter · Falmouth · Lyme Regis · Caerdydd · Abertawe · Southampton · Margate · Hull · Nottingham · Stockton · Lincoln · Leeds · Newcastle · Glasgow · Edinburgh

gong set list : My Guitar is a Spaceship, Kapital, All Clocks Reset, Rejoice!, Tiny Galaxies, My Sawtooth Wake, Through Restless Seas I Come, Lunar Invocation, Master Builder (Glorious Om riff), Choose Your Goddess — Gong + Ozric Tentacles joint tour 2023 reviews

Birmingham · Sheffield · Manchester · London (Now Spinning) · London (Voice) · Bristol ·

deya heydays — Deyá Heydays

'a community of artists and bon vivants…' (contains traces of daevid allen, Gilli Smyth, Didier Malherbe, Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt, Lady June, Gong, Soft Machine, Euterpe, Robert Graves, et al…)

BBC 6 Music — Gong live on air

BBC 6 Music, Monday 13/11 22:00 GMT - replay till 12/12 : Riley & Coe

glastonbury tor — Normal for Glastonbury : Crap Views of Glastonbury Tor

2024 wall calendar, postcard book series 2 · 2023‑09‑22

unending ascending — Gong : Unending Ascending

pre‑order new studio album on CD or LP with (or without) our exclusive A5 art print · 2023‑08‑31

Kavus Torabi interview : Everyone Loves Guitar
podcast / vodcast [175m12s] 2023‑07‑15

kavus on stage with gong — Kavus Torabi

…on the mythology of Gong, Hotel California moments with Steve Hillage and his epiphany with scales - Jamie Dickson, Guitar World 2023‑04‑18

promo photo — Miranda Sex Garden

London, Leeds, Bristol, Colchester, Hastings - Kavus Torabi, Trevor Sharpe, Bev Lee Harling, Emmett Elvin, Teresa Casella, Katharine Blake · 2023‑07‑05

Scald - Live 2022 — Peter Lemer - Steve Cook - Laurie Allan : E

digital‑only release of 1977 jazz trio with former Gong drummer Laurie Allan - new on bandcamp · 2023‑07‑04
<a href="https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/album/e"> E by Peter Lemer - Steve Cook - Laurie Allan </a>

Scald - Live 2022 — Anthropology Band : Scald - Live 2022

blend of prog rock, free jazz, astral travelling and energy - Chris Baber, Jazz Views

CD/digital new on Bandcamp - Martin Archer, Charlotte Keefe, Pat Thomas, Orphy Robinson, Chris Sharkey, Anton Hunter, Dave Sturt, Adam Fairclough · 2023‑06‑21
<a href="https://discusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/scald-live-2022-155cd-2023">Scald - Live 2022 - 155CD (2023) by Anthropology Band</a>

It makes sense to me — Chris Cutler : It makes sense to me

digital or 2CD compilation new on bandcamp - Henry Cow, Art Bears, Fred Frith, Pere Ubu, Peter Blegvad, Yumi Hara, Brainville 3, more… · 2023‑06‑09
<a href="https://chriscutler2.bandcamp.com/album/it-makes-sense-to-me-double-album"> It makes sense to me (double album) by Chris Cutler </a>

Momentito — Ian East & David Beebee : Momentito

old proper jazz quartet album, new on bandcamp, digital only (contains fruitful opposites - allegedly)
<a href="https://ianeast.bandcamp.com/album/momentito">Momentito by Ian East / David Beebee</a>

Gong + Ozric Tentacles — GONG + Ozric Tentacles = Joint Tour (reprise)

another 5‑a‑side game of 2 halves… starts 17/11 : Oxford · London · Manchester · Sheffield · Colchester · Northampton · Bristol · Gloucester · Birmingham · Brighton · Norwich · Bournemouth · Frome · Liverpool

Monty Oxymoron - Damned Rejects — Monty Oxymoron : Damned Rejects

new album on bandcamp (contains forbidden fruit - allegedly) · 2023‑02‑18
<a href="https://montyoxymoron.bandcamp.com/album/damned-rejects">Damned Rejects by Monty Oxymoron</a>

Steve Hillage — Steve Hillage interview

The Strange Brew podcast 92m27s · 2023‑02‑17

Angels Egg — GONG

Angels Egg half-speed mastered LP

just when you thought it was safe to go back into Record Store Day again… Angels Egg half‑speed mastered audiophile LP includes 16-page 'blue book' lyric and story pamphlet - the one and only official Gong Record Store Day album which benefits all the band members! release date Saturday 22/04 : UK · USA · worldwide · 2023‑02‑16

Didier Malherbe interview

It's Psychedelic Baby magazine - Max Ritter 2023‑01‑27

Steve Hillage — Steve Hillage Band

LA Forum 31.1.1977 (CD)

Arriving in Los Angeles for the first time in January of 1977 to support ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) on their USA tour for two shows on the 27th and 31st… CD includes 16‑page booklet with photos from both shows, plus 3 live bonus tracks from Steve's encore on March 26th at the Rainbow Theatre in London.

Hugh Hopper

Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening forthcoming biography updates… Facelift : The Canterbury scene(zine)

Uncut magazine cover — Gong : 'Magick Moments'

in February 2023 edition of Uncut magazine