#Daevid Allen

[percys-lemons]

i was bored and found the best pics of my fav artists here you go

[bandcampsnoop]

11/1/24.

Apparently, Planet Gong "Live Floating Anarchy 1977" is something of a "cult classic". Originally issued in 1978 on Charly Records, it is now being lovingly reissued by the same label.

Any fan of prog or the Canterbury sound take note. This definitely primarily fits those labels. But there are elements of krautrock, pop, and punk ("Opium for the People") here as well. I was bowled over by how catchy this was. At the same time, it's challenging in places.

I would say Godcaster, David Bowie, and The Dukes of Stratosphear most immediately come to my mind.

By the way, this is a live album. Two of the main movers behind Planet Gong were Daevid Allen (co-founder of The Soft Machine) and Gilli Smyth.

[rag-and-bone]

shoutout daevid allen

[jt1674]

[thephilosopheroftheboudoir]

Gong

Flying Teapot

from the lp Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1)

[c-40]

A-T-3 056 Daevid Allen - Are You Ready

Are You Ready is based on tape loops from the 1979 New York Gong sessions that produced the album About Time and a few tracks on 1982's Divided Alien Playbax 80 (A-T-2 074). Are You Ready is one of two tracks that have their origin in these sessions and appear on the Alien in New York EP. What's special about these sessions and New York Gong is that it would see musicians Michael Beinhorn, Bill Laswell, Fred Maher, Kramer, and Cliff Cultreri emerge as Material

I've featured a lot of Bill Laswell and Material already (A-T-2 388, A-T-2 164, A-T-2 103, A-T-2 074), and 1983 was to be a very productive year for them

I bought my copy of the Alien in New York EP from Gramby Market in Toxteth, Liverpool. There's a guy who must be around my age that has had a stall there for as long as the market has been going. He sells anarchist/alternative publications, Alternative Tentacles pins, second hand Charles Bukowski novels, Jazz LPs and zippo lighters... the kind of thing you'd see a lot of in the 1980s and 1990s, places that sold this kind of 'contraband' would be be a magnet for moody teenagers such as myself (in Brum it was the Oasis market or there were stalls like this in the rag alley)

RIP Lee Whitlock

[meikyuunolovers]

I didn't know much about Daevid Allen until yesterday (I still don't know much), but I went to read his Wikipedia page, and it's only now that I noticed the shirt he's wearing on that pic says "NOBODY KNOWS I'M A LESBIAN"

[bungitonthen]

7/8/24

thoughts for naught ... a php's advice ... magick mother invocation ... master builder ... a sprinkling of clouds ... perfect mystery ... isle of everywhere ... you never blow your trip forever - gong (you)

[julio-viernes]

Seguimos en la onda con un disco español notable pero poco recordado, el primer LP del dúo Milan & Bibiloni, editado por Novola- Zafiro en el año 1977. El gran Joan Bibiloni venía de la última etapa de Zebra (Z-66 / Bravos) y Pepe Milan de los progresivos Euterpe, con los que sacó un LP para Hispavox, "Paisaje, Camino Y Canción" (1974) y "Good Morning" en 1976 sirviendo como grupo de acompañamiento a Daevid Allen (Soft Machine, Gong).

Ambos se juntaron y montaron un dúo muy rarooo para el tiempo y lugar, Milan & Bibiloni, en un estilo completamente norteamericano de instrumentales bluegrass, folk, ragtine, country y blues. Un disco como para "fracasar por la puerta grande". Aquí, aparte de los del Grup de Folk y Nuestro Pequeño Mundo, pocos banjos se habían visto, y ellos tenían uno... Y lo sabían tocar... Y eso se pudo comprobar en su LP homónimo con bonitas versiones de "Angie" de Davey Graham, "Circle Game" de Joni Mitchell y del famoso y peliculero "Duelling Banjos".

El disco está muy bien y es una auténtica rareza para lo que se hacía por aquí entonces, pero voy a poner mejor la primera parte de la "Cassette Recording" de Milan & Bibiloni, disco casero grabado a pelo en una reunión en 1992 en Palma y Barcelona y editado en CD por Swingmedia. Acompañaron al dúo, Freddy Marugan en el banjo y guitarra y Ángel Matesanz en el banjo y armònica. En el vídeo, la primera parte del LP, ejecutan con maña y brillantez Angie -Nine Houses -Ostras Rag -Sheik of Araby -Deep River Blues -Drive In -Dueling Banjos -Celtic Medley.

[mitjalovse]

A couple of veterans did reach the late noughts with themselves being the same as before, yet this shouldn't be seen as an endorsement. Gong, the original version, were still weird, but there might have been a problem there. 2032 might a bit too self-conscious at the times. Sure, the band like them do notice they have a way of doing things and most collectives like them end up releasing the pastiches of their best work thanks to all their idiosyncrasies. I agree, Gong still surprise you, yet they don't achieve the similar shock like they did in the 70's. I mean, the tune on the link sounds like an old rocker discovering there's a virtual world on the internet. Mind you, the choice of topic isn't wrong, the way they deal with that feels lazy.

[radiophd]

daevid allen -- it's the time of your life

[jt1674]

[thephilosopheroftheboudoir]

Gong

Witches Song/I Am Your Pussy

from the lp Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1)

[soulquest7]

Last night I was enjoying some Seventh Day Adventist comfort food-- Chickpea a la king! We learned about Adventist cooking when me and all my friends went vegetarian in the... 1970s! I've been vegetarian for 47 years! Today my diet is about 2/3 raw as a part of a health protocol, but I still eat some cooked food and this was a delicious example.

[musicwithoutborders]

Daevid Allen, Garden Song I Dreamin' a Dream, 1995