Which Gong-album?
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Topic: Which Gong-album?
Posted By: The Walrus
Subject: Which Gong-album?
Date Posted: July 14 2005 at 11:39
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A while ago I heard Gong for the first time and I must say that I
really love the trippy jazz-psychedelia fusion I heard. Now I want to
buy a Gong-album and I wonder where to start? I want the album to be as
experimental and trippy as possible. Please write something about the album(s), how the music sounds and so on, it'll make my decision much more easy!  Thanks in advance!------------- 
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: July 14 2005 at 11:47
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Buy any of the following: -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: July 14 2005 at 16:01
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You, Shamal and Gazeuse! ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Politician
Date Posted: July 14 2005 at 16:26
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My favourite is "Camembert Electrique" - an amazing fusion of garage,
proto-punk, jazz, psychedelia and beatnik humour. "The Flying Teapot" and "Angel's Egg" are more refined blends of jazz, progressive and space rock, whilst "You" is their trippiest and most spacious. "Shamal" is different yet again, being a gentle and decorous blend of folk, jazz, world music and proto-new age influences. "Live Etc" is a brilliant live compendium of their peak years. These albums are all brilliant, and far and away their best, to my ears. |
Posted By: bartok
Date Posted: July 14 2005 at 18:31
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You want "You" or "Angel's Egg". These are parts 2 and 3 of the "Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy". This the height of the classic psychedelic Gong period and they both have the advantage of having the full Gong band - with virtuousos guitarist Steve Hillage and drummer Pierre Moerlen. The albums before these are good but don't have the power those two brought to the band and don't have quite the same production quality, and the albums after these are also good but are a totally different animal - they're more straight-ahead jazz-fusion, and less psychedelic/spacey (and missing the wit of Daevid Allen, the founding father). Those 2 albums really have a little bit of all the Gong sounds on them - the beatnik parts, the space rock, and the jazz fusion. If you could only buy one - I'd suggest "You", just because it has the song "Master Builder" which kicks ass with it's "Om" riff. If you want tight playing and killer psychedelic jams, these are the albums for you. |
Posted By: The Walrus
Date Posted: July 15 2005 at 08:37
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I think You is the album for Me! Hehe! I must say that Camembert Electrique sounds interesting too... I need more money! -------------
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Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: July 15 2005 at 16:22
If you want it as experimental &trippy as possible i'd suggest
Camembert electrique, how can you go wrong with tracks such as
'Squeezing sponges over policemen's heads'.
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Posted By: wiggy
Date Posted: July 16 2005 at 04:33
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i like radio gnome invisible the first album i heard of theirs but if you like "space /trippy" type stuff try Floating Anarchy live with the Here and Now Band BA BA Blacksheep just blows me away even my wife likes this and shes more into goth type stuff |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 17:52
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Radio Gnome Invisable Trilogy is a great place to start. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: BigHairyMonster
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 18:47
My top three Gong faves:   ------------- Big Hairy Monster's debut CD "View" coming soon! www.bighairymonster.com |
Posted By: Hammill
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 20:21
i only have you (great album) i can't find their other albums in Crete 
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Posted By: DeathRow
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 00:50
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Prefer Radio Gnome Trilogie, You is probably the best, especially Hillage shines.
The rest is good too, but slightly different, since they had a lot of linu-up changes, their sound evolved depending on who played :D ------------- PEACE OUT |
Posted By: The Walrus
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 12:34
Thanks all! The only problem is that Gong-albums are quite hard to find
here in sweden... I have seen "You" in an online store, so I think I'll
buy that album to start with. I have never seen "Floating Anarchy" or
"Camembert Electrique" in sweden... 
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