10 years Gong - a celebration of Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and Gong

2024 was a horrible year.

But I’m back, and it’s 2025! 👀

Can you believe that almost ten years have passed since Daevid Allen slipped the mortal coil? What adventures he must be having!

The wondrous Gilli Smyth has been adventuring herself since 2016.

Gong, but not forgotten.

Of course, Planet Gong is closer than ever – seven years until it returns to us in 2032, according to the mythology – we should prepare ourselves!

And, speaking of the number seven: Daevid died when he was 77 years of age (on the day after Terry Pratchett left us, March 13th 2015).

7 is a mystical number across many cultures and religions as well as spiritual and occult beliefs.  

7 symbolises completion, perfection, cosmic order.

Daevid was a Capricorn and so was David Bowie, who left us two days after his Birthday on January 10th in 2016. 

Daevid was*is a teacher. There seems to be few of them left in the world… though I suppose that is part of the perspective of getting older.

Today is January 13th - Daevid’s Birthday!

Let’s celebrate the magic music and mystic mythology of Gong, Gilli Smyth and Daevid Allen.

I’ve made four more mixes, each just over an hour long.

Have a cuppa tea and delve in!

PART ONE: THE OILY WAY

1 Daevid Allen - Radio Gnome Concert intro loop

2 Gong - Flute Salad/ Oily Way /Outer Temple/Inner Temple

3 Gong - This Revolution

4 Daevid Allen - Flamenco Zero/ Why do we treat ourselves like we do

5 Daevid Allen - N.Y. Intermediate Theatre Interview

6 Daevid Allen - Children of the New World

7 Gong - How to Stay Alive                         

8 Gong - Mystic Sister / Magick Brother

9 Daevid Allen and Mother Gong - I Am My Own Lover

10 Gong - Olde Fooles Game

PART TWO: YOU CAN’T KILL ME

1 Gong - Radio Gnome / You Can’t Kill Me

2 Gong - The Year 2032

3 Gong - The Octave Doctors and The Crystal Machine

4 Gong - Thoughts For Naught

5 Gong - Zion My T-Shirt

6 Gong - Princess Dreaming

7 Gong - Magdalene

8 Daevid Allen - Ship of Fools

9 University of Errors - Save Yourself

10 Daevid Allen - Have you Seen my Friend?

11 Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Harry Williamson - Deep Sea

12 David Allen - I Am

 

PART THREE: ANCIENT FUTURE / THE INVISIBLE TEMPLE 

1 Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Harry Williamson - Stroking The Tail Of A Bird Part 1

2 Sacred Geometry Band - Ancient Future

3 Gong - Syllabub

4 Gong - A Sprinkling of Clouds

5 Daevid Allen - You Never Existed At All

6 Gong - Tried So Hard

7 Gong - Escape Control Delete

8 Gong - The Invisible Temple

 

PART FOUR – THE SWITCH DOCTOR

1 Daevid Allen – She

2 Mother Gong - Robot Woman

3 Gong - Pinkle Ponkle

4 Daevid Allen and David Tolley - Dinosaur

5 Daevid Allen - The Switch Doctor

6 Gong - Wet Cheese Delirium

7 Gong - Brainwash Me

8 Gong - I Am Your Fantasy

Buy the music!

As well as the main Gong albums, there is a Bandcamp of Daevid's music here. As far as I am aware, the money goes to family.

Look deeper, there's more to be found. Like this or this or this.

As always, https://www.planetgong.co.uk/  

https://www.daevidallen.net/daevidallen/index.html

https://www.gillismyth.com/gillismyth/index.html

 

Vive Gong, Gong is alive! Support the band: https://gongband.bandcamp.com/

 

Are you a Gong fan who has rarities, photo's, images, stories, memories or memorabilia about the Gong Family that they'd like to share? 

Speak to me at wyrd.daze@gmail.com - Eph.

The Ephemeral Man    WD

Wizard of the Keys

 

NOW it is 1924 

'The First Manifesto of Surrealism' by André Breton emerges 

NOW it is 1974 

'YOU,' the third album of the 'Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy' emerges

NOW it is 2024

100 years since the First Manifesto, 50 since YOU.

NOW is the happiest time of your life!

What strange wonders will emerge this year?

Keep 'em peeled.

Like a banana.

That's an introduction, of sorts.

This blog is a celebration of Gong in all its guises and offshoots, launched on what would have been the 86th birthday of Dada Ale, the Divided Alien Daevid Allen - Gong but not forgotten (*gong sound*).

I'll be posting episodic mixes of Gong Family music, rarities and interviews. I would also like to open the floor to any Gong fans who have rarities, photo's, images, stories, memories or memorabilia about the Gong Family that they'd like to share. It's an idea, anyway, let's see what happens. Speak to me at wyrd.daze@gmail.com

Without further ado, I present the first episode of 'Wizard of the Keys'

Have a cuppa tea and get Gong ~ Eph

The Ephemeral Man

1 Daevid Allen Interview 1975 Clive Williamson

2 Radio Gnome Direct Broadcast: BBC Radio 1 Sessions And Edinburgh Live

3 A P.H.P.'s advice / Magick Mother Invocation

4 Master Builder (Gas Tape 004 - Alien Going Over the Top) / Master Builder

5 Daevid Allen & Gilli Smyth - Wonderland World (Excerpt) Gas Tape 001: Deya Daze

6 Love Is How You Make It (Vocal Mix)

7 Model Village

8 Daevid Allen / François Bayle - La belle cérébrale

9 Daevid Allen - People Poem (Gas Tape 004 - Alien Going Over the Top)

10 Mother Gong - Rat Rock Instrumental

11 transmusicairwaves interview

12 Gong - Flying Teapot

13 Message from Tom (1991 GAS Tape)

14 Daevid Allen interview 1975 Clive Williamson

15 Bombooji

16 Dog-o-matic / Spirit With Me

17 Portal