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New Gong album “2032″ coming soon
Aug 22nd
Pioneering psychedelic space rockers Gong, who have been making music for well over 40 years, are soon to release a new album, entitled “2032″. This track, “How to Stay Alive”, along with its outstanding video, is a taster of what is to come when the album is released on 21 September 2009. From what I have heard so far (i.e. 45 second samples and this track), 2032 is going to be jaw-droppingly good.
[Edit] I now have the 2032 CD, ordered from Planet Gong, and it is jaw-droppingly wonderful. I urge you to buy this album at once!
The lineup for “2032″ is incredible:
- Daevid Allen – guitar and vocals
- Miquette Giraudy – synthesizers
- Steve Hillage – guitar and vocals
- Gilli Smyth – vocals
- Mike Howlett – bass
- Didier Malherbe – soprano sax, flute
- Theo Travis – sax, flute
- Chris Taylor – drums
- Yuji Katsui (Rovo) – electric violin
Head over to Planet Gong to find out more.
Jamendo: Creative Commons music
Dec 12th
Jamendo is a music website where artists release their music for free download, under a Creative Commons license. There are community features such as commenting, personal playlists, favourites, ratings, and forums, and from experience, it’s a very vibrant community indeed.
I’ve been using Jamendo since it was launched, and a visit to the site today reveals a whole new redesign. It’s much easier to download albums now (no more BitTorrent wizardry) and the whole site seems to be much faster.
Well done to the Jamendo team!
80s gothysynthpop
Aug 19th
David J Knight has posted news that some videos of A Single Voice recorded in 1987 are now on YouTube.
This is the kind of thing I’m on about – a raw gig filmed on beta – but with bags of energy:
And one of my favourites from A Single Voice:
Enjoy!
