a stimulating bombardment of staccato beats and driving sax, held together with trippy space whispers, glissando guitar and unearthly messages from the planet Not Forgotten - Brian Droid, Backseat Mafia
Gong : Pulsing Signals
Buzz | The Prog Aspect : a great document of the current band's credentials | an absolute corker, as good as any Gong album, classic line ups or otherwise, dare I say better in some respects…. - Mr Dibs
DMME : 'Despite all the touring GONG undertook in the 70s, the amount of the Daevid Allen's ensemble concert recordings from early days is criminally scarce.' | Amazon : a high quality soundboard recording of the band in evidently very well rehearsed top form
Gong Live at the Gong Family Unconventional Gathering
Moof : Sometimes poetic, sometimes surrealistic … juxtaposes 60s psychedelia with avant-garde experimental space rock in a limitless cosmic ambience.
Gong : The Universe Also Collapses
The ever changing musical consortium that is Gong continue with their second album since the death of de facto head Pixie Daevid Allen. Now on their 37th line-up, the five current members - Kavus Torabi (vocals, guitar), Dave Sturt (bass), Ian East (saxophones, flute), Fabio Golfetti (guitars) and Cheb Nettles (drums) - are the latest musicians out of a total of 52 members that have graced Gong's stage and studio output. - DPRP
All About The Rock : Blake in more of a pop/funk/prog mood. …isn't as bonkers as some of Tim's earlier works or collaborations. …focuses more on songs rather than epics. It's also more eclectic than his other solo albums. …contains elements of rap & reggae, which makes this album probably his most accessible to date.
Throughout the history of rock, many bands have had to cope with the untimely passing of a key member. It is, however, exceedingly rare to see a band's founder and leader choose their heir while still alive, leaving the band's future direction in that person's capable hands. Daevid Allen, aware that his days were numbered, and being unconventional to the end, did this with Gong, his beloved creation. - DPRP
*blogcritics : Of all the bands who have come and gone over the past 40 years, it is mind-boggling that Gong are still around. Their music was strange, their live appearances were infamous, and their psychedelic appetites were legendary.
*blogcritics : Twenty-seven years after their original disbanding, The Steve Hillage Band surprisingly reformed and played at the Gong Unconventional fan gathering in Holland. Accompanied by Miquette Giraudy (synths, vocals), Mike Howlett (bass), Chris Taylor (drums) and Basil Brooks (additional synths), the unconvention performance forms the bulk of this album. - DPRP (CD) | DPRP (DVD)
Wojciech Kapala, ArtRock.pl : Najprzyjemniejszą niespodzianką roku 2008 było dla mnie ukazanie się wreszcie w miarę pełnej wersji koncertu Steve'a Hillage'a, z cyklu "Rockpalast", zarejestrowanego dla niemieckiej stacji WDR w 1977.
Jane Suck, Sounds Funny I should mention Mahavishnu orchestra, 'cos but for the omnipresent xlophone and vibraphone, that is exactly what 'Expresso II' sounds like.
