Tag Archives: Daevid Allen

Jay Tausig Deep-Dives Into VDGG and Daevid Allen’s Gems

March 11, 2024

Ambition and submission: these contradictory concepts underlie each and every tribute album that’s masterminded by a single artist or ensemble who choose to sculpt an entire record out of another performer’s pieces and creatively appropriate other people’s classics while being … Continue reading →

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GONG – Live At The Gong Family Unconventional Gathering

December 12, 2021

G-Wave 2021 The final advent of pothead pixies – gathered at their masses in their most memorable ensemble to dig into the history of bananas, nirvanas and mañanas. For all the fluidity of this ensemble’s multiple line-ups, many aficionados won’t … Continue reading →

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GONG Dust Off A 1974 Concert For Release

November 24, 2021

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. Which is why “Live à Longlaville 27/10/1974” that will be made available on December 10th on … Continue reading →

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YOU, ME & US – Rain Check

February 12, 2019

Bonobo’s Ark 2018 Taking Canterbury to Tokyo, the trio of pixies pixelate their melodic madness for all to enjoy and join in. It’s a short yet poignant DVD. Due to deteriorating health, Daevid Allen wasn’t able to join his YOU, … Continue reading →

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SPIRITS BURNING & CLEARLIGHT – The Roadmap In Your Head

May 28, 2017

Gonzo 2016 Second trip by American art-rock traveler and French prog impressionist chart mental routes into the unknown that’s always out there near us. For each of these collectives, it’s always been about concepts and the looseness thereof, yet if … Continue reading →

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