HIGH ABOVE THE SUBTERANIA CLUB 2000

As the title suggests this DVD captures the gig at The Subterania Club in 2000, but there is also a superb interview with Daevid Allen where he manages to totally lose the French interviewer where he starts talking about the holes in his memory being the most interesting part. Sadly the interview isn't very long, but to make up for it there is over ninety minutes of the concert. The club is small, but the crowd are very appreciative of the band. Even after all these years early members such as Gilli Smyth and Didier Malherbe are still involved, as well as Mike Howlett who has had quite a lot of the intervening time off for good behaviour.

Listening to the crowd reaction and cheers during "Outer Temple Gliss" it is as if time has rolled away. There aren't many musicians who can lay claim to being active over such a long period of time, and Daevid was in his Sixties already when this was recorded, and showing no sign at all of slowing down.

This isn't a high tech recording, but it wasn't a high tech event and the result is a warm entry into a small club where the Gong family are present and it is a privilege to watch them at play, albeit at a distance.

Originally appeared in Feedback #72, Feb 03