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Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 2:53 pm

RIP

I'm particluarly fond of Gong's You, an album way ahead of it's time, sounds more like it could have been released in the early 90's, than the early 70's

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 3:56 pm

Gong, as well as Hillage, was very much a predecessor of a lot of modern electronic music.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 4:04 pm

aMUSEd wrote:as well as Hillage

Tsk tsk, it is Giraudy that plays synth no ?

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 4:21 pm

Numanoid wrote:
aMUSEd wrote:as well as Hillage
Tsk tsk, it is Giraudy that plays synth no ?

I meant in the wider sense of the Steve Hillage band, but in Gong (and after) Tim Blake was also an influence on later electronica.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 4:26 pm

aMUSEd wrote:I meant in the wider sense of the Steve Hillage band.

I know, but it's just that women have a tendency to not get credited as well as they should

On "You", MasterBuilder is Steve Hillage (later reworked as the Glorious Om riff"), while A sprinkling of clouds is Giruady, 15 years before The Orb

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 4:56 pm

Numanoid wrote:
aMUSEd wrote:I meant in the wider sense of the Steve Hillage band.
I know, but it's just that women have a tendency to not get credited as well as they should

On "You", MasterBuilder is Steve Hillage (later reworked as the Glorious Om riff"), while A sprinkling of clouds is Giruady, 15 years before The Orb

I agree, and yes that's one I was thinking of. Also the Octave Doctors from Flying Teapot. I thought the synth tracks were Blake primarily though.

rp314 · Post by **rp314** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 5:00 pm

Psyclapse wrote:Sad news indeed, a very influential artist who had an amazing stage presence.
RIP.
(rp314 - Jet Propelled Photographs is a great early Softs album featuring Daevid, strictly speaking demos but awesome album nevertheless)

Thanks for that.

I knew he was a founding member and no doubt played a part in choosing the name (once Burroughs gets inside of you, well, you know...

).

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 5:07 pm

I didn't realize that Allen was quite a bit older than the rest of Gong, 10-15 years older.

So he was more of the Beat generation than a Hippie really

robotmonkey · Post by **robotmonkey** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 7:26 am

Numanoid wrote: I'm particluarly fond of Gong's You, an album way ahead of it's time, sounds more like it could have been released in the early 90's, than the early 70's

Quite strange. This is what I have always been thinking too. And I've played it to some of my friends who did not know Gong before and they all thought that it's a modern record.

RIP Daevid Allen