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Am 21. September wird (in Großbritannien) ein neues Album der legendären Formation Gong erscheinen."2032" erscheint auf OSteve Hillage und Miquette Giraudys G-Wave-Label, kurz vor der lang erwarteten GB-Tour der Prog-Urgesteine. "2032" ist die erste Zusammenarbeit von Gong-Gründer und -Mastermind Daevid Allen seit dem bekanntesten und vermutlich besten Album der Band "You”. “2032” ist als Fortsetzung der ‘Radio Gnome’-Trilogie (Flying Teapot” (1973), “Angel’s Egg” (1973), und eben “You” (1974)) gedacht.

Auf dem Album spielen:

  • Daevid Allen (guitar, lead vocal)
  • Steve Hillage (lead guitar)
  • Gilli Smyth (Space Whisper and poetry)
  • Miquette Giraudy (synthesizer)
  • Mike Howlett (bass)
  • Chris Taylor (drums)
  • Theo Travis (sax and flute)
    und die Gäste
  • Didier Malherbe (soprano sax, duduk, and flute)
  • Yuji Katsui (electric violin)
Quelle: Progression Magazine
Am 19.07.2009 meinte sal:

Mittlerweile gibt es auch ein paar Infos mehr zum Album:

"2032" Album Tracklisting:

1. City of Self Fascination
2. Digital Girl
3. How To Stay Alive
4. Escape Control Delete
5. Yoni Poem
6. Dance With The Pixies
7. Wacky Baccy Banker
8. The Year 2032
9. Robo-Warriors
10. Guitar Zero
11. The Gris Gris Girl
12. Wave And A Particle
13. Pinkle Ponkle
14. Portal

1. City Of Self Fascination- One of the heaviest and freshest tracks Gong has ever made - a passionate message from space visitors on Earth with a completely modern sound.

2. Digital Girl - A modern sounding track about a new generation of 21st Century super fast thinking females, at a time when creating the truth becomes the political willand news becomes today's novel.

3. How To Stay Alive - Gong do a great sounding rap track - a message from the octave doctors liberally translated by Daevid Allen. An edit of this track will be Gong's new Japanese animated video, based around Daevid's celebrated Gong drawings and characters. The track ends in musical bliss with a trademark Gong "glissando" instrumental, including the sound of the duduk played by former Gong member Didier Malherbe.

4. Escape Control Delete- The surprise track of the album mixing a super-melodic riff with a classic beat from 70s German "krautrock" and a rich melodic song extolling the beauties and wonders of the Planet Gong. The track ends with a perfect Gong spacey guitar based instrumental section.

5. Yoni Poem / 6. Dance With The Pixies - Yoni is the eternal spirit of nature, the voice of animals, the smell of plants materialised into witches who move between that world and the world of. This 2-song suite starts with an edgy, abstract poem by Gilli Smyth and Miquette Giraudy that mutates into a bouncy groove about dancing pixies.

7. Wacky Baccy Banker - Crazy and punky, this song features a famous Gong mythology character code-named ˜The Switch Doctor', a prankster who adopts many human roles. Here he sings about his recent stint as a merchant banker. The direness of the credit crunch is transmuted by a searing guitar solo into a final dreamy glissando as the banker gets infected by Planet Gong telepathy (otherwise known as Radio Gnome).

8. The Year 2032 - A wistful and romantic song about the year 2032, when planet Gong makes official contact with planet Earth, putting our suffering and disastrous conflicts in deep perspective. This is a piece of pure Gong music, with soprano sax performed by special guest and original Gong member Didier Malherbe.

9. Robo-Warriors- Robo-Warriors are peace machines which can resolve the conflict of opposites by absorbing and transforming conflict into a single unified field. This is another piece of active poetry performed by Gilli backed with electronic beats by Miquette (showing her System 7 dance music hand).

10. Guitar Zero- A totally infectious guitar and drums groove, mixed with a chant looking towards a new peaceful future and a wild sax solo by Theo Travis.

11. The Gris Gris Girl- This is possibly the most sophisticated song on the album, with many changes and sections. The song itself is almost folky with driving acoustic guitar and flur by Didier Malherber.The story of the mystic female other half of the Switch Doctor, steeped in the magical traditions of New Orleans.

12. Wave And A Particle- Nothing is solid. Everything is composed of dancing atoms, even human beings and especially solid things like tables. The 3rd of Gilli's poetry/electronics collaborations with Miquette sets up the album for the final phase.

13. Pinkle Ponkle- A completely mystical 5-4 tribal trance dance celebrating the unique Gong sound, encouraging people to be their own leader and preparing the opening of the direct portal to the planet Gong.

14. Portal- Things develop into a progressive Hillage instrumental composition that roars to a complex electric storm climax before gradually settling into a blissful and gentle floating end, The Portal is open.
To read the official UK announcement, click here -
http://www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/gong/gong2032_album.htm