RADIO GNOME INVISIBLE VOL. 3 - YOU

The last classic Gong album with Daevid Allen is also the best one. All ingredients clicked well together, not too many excesses, overall thorough focus on music and exceptional playing by no fewer than 10 musicians.

The first three short tracks are breezy, trippy and by the time we get to the fourth one, the tension before the storm is rising. However, psychedelic vocals and percussion bring peace. You can hear moog and percussion getting more grip before drums start into a somewhat fusion and guitar effects led by saxophone. The track is furious and full of dynamic shifts. Kudos to the drummer for using frequent fills and guitar/saxophone being on the edge of things. "A sprinkling of clouds" is musically less interesting, also less intense but I consider it quite influential at the same time because it brings psychedelic keyboards to the forefront and turns into a great hallucination energy noise. The last two tracks are Gong crowning achievements, long but dreamy excursions into psychadelic space rock with dominant saxophone and bass. Excellent relaxing atmosphere with rising chords with masterful saxophone playing. The last track could indeed blow ya mind. I don't praise using vocals here, on the other hand, there are very good dynamic changes and experimentation. This track marks the last Gong track with some Canterbury influence.

Further Gong albums of the 70's enter a more jazzy territory and I like them to the same level as the three albums of the trilogy.