I’m in full-on catch-up mode at the moment, after the Christmas and New Year festivities and a totally manic couple of weeks in the nine to five (that doesn’t show any signs of quietening done any time soon), with some press sheets to write and mail-out, a book proposal that just needs a little bit of tidying up, another that really needs working on, and the festivals book which needs a...
Forty years have passed since Gong united in Paris, one of the cultural aftershocks of the city's student riots in May 1968. 2032 brings them back from the future and splashes them down in the instrumental jam-band scene that they originally helped create with their unique blend of progressive rock and jazz instrumentals, experimental electronics, eastern/western fusions, and self-depreciating humor....
Steve Hillage Salmon song (live) video Steve Hillage plays salmon song in 1977... and 32 years later (!) last week!! A great time was had by all at the Gong/ Steve Hillage band gig at HMV Kentish Town London on 27.11.09. Respect goes out to Steve Hillage, Miquette Giraudy, Mike Howlett, and Theo Travis. "Ah ah-we're getting nearer Nearer to the Water Bearer Ooh we're getting nearer We're swimming,...
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Progeny 3 have announced a further two bands for their festival which takes place at the Assembly in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England on the 8th/9th May 2010. The announcement is as follows... Firstly, we are very pleased to welcome to the stage The Future Kings Of England From Suffolk, England, FKOE have released three albums over the past 5 years, the third of which, The Viewing Point, just...
Hello HELLO HELLO!!!!!I just wanted to come by and gloat, well not gloat...OK then, GLOAT about the fact that it has finally arrived!!!tonight I go to see my favourite band, Gong, for the first time ever!Steve Hillage Band there too and I really am so excited to be able to see Hillage playing...yeehaaa!I was going to post some Gong in honour of such an event but, sorry to say that time has gotten
A packed Forum ejoyed sets by The Steve Hillage Band and Gong. Hillage's band played a half-hour set, and were joined by Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and Theo Travis as Gong. Both bands were very loud, choosing to rock out rather any hippie noodling. In addition, to the loudness there was a blinding visual and lighting show. It's good to see a band with members in their 70s playing with as much energy...
That's right - Gong. With the Steve Hillage band as support. At the Picture House in Edinburgh. Having seen Yes last week, I'm obviously working my way through the bands whose logos I used to have etched on my schoolbag. I wasn't quite sure what to expect but have to report that it was all rather marvellous. Firstly, Steve Hillage. Now, I last saw him when I was a 17-year-old in 1979. And yet, 30...
It was at the Academy, an OK venue I think, not too big and with a good view of the stage. Unfortunately they don't allow photography inside, so no pics I'm afraid. Gong have basically got a classic line-up back together and they have a new album too - which I posted here a while back. The touring line-up is (I think) Daevid Allen - voice, guitar Steve Hillage - guitar Gilli Smyth – voice, space...
Chris Burns- excellent dj/producer/party promoter/and member of The Party Bros (a track i play out all the time) sent me a new edit of his by GONG master Steve Hillage... so sit back, relax, and enjoy the soothing sounds of: Steve Hillage - Palm Trees (Glenn Echo re-work) find chris here and here
The Steve Hillage Band is confirmed as special guest on GONG's forthcoming nationwide November UK tour, which kicks off at the Bristol O2 Academy on Thursday November 19th. This marks the first time since 1979 when Hillage will perform material from the following renowned Steve Hillage Band solo albums: Fish Rising (1975), 'L' (1976), Motivation Radio (1977) and Green (1978)...
Amazingly, the Pot-Head Pixies are back from Planet Gong in their Flying Teapot and they are touring in support of their new album 2032 I am going to see them in Bristol on November 19th. It is pretty much a classic lineup too, even Steve Hillage is back. Even more interesting, Hillage's own band is playing as a support act to Gong themselves. Anyway, fresh from Radio Gnome is the new opus City of...
The Steve Hillage Band is confirmed as special guest on Gong’s forthcoming nationwide November UK tour, which kicks off at the Bristol O2 Academy on Thursday November 19th. This marks the first time since 1979 when Hillage will perform material from the following renowned Steve Hillage Band solo albums - ‘Fish Rising’ (1975), ‘L’ (1976), ‘Motivation Radio’...
Still talking about prog – sort of – three weeks in. System 7, successor, in a sense, to 1970s progressive band Gong, with both Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy of the latter both members. And perhaps one of the very very few examples of a successful crossover from 70s rock to dance and electronica (I [...]
LONDON (MARKET WIRE) Halogen is the brainchild of 21-year-old producer Adam Janota-Bzowski. With a hugely successful 2008 which saw his stock rise significantly after stellar live performances at The Glade Festival, Big Chill, and London's Scala, Halogen offers this debut for the growing Maternity imprint.
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