Gong was a French–Anglo musical collective that existed through numerous iterations over a four-decade period, starting in 1969. During the first half of the 1970s, the band operated as a space-rock performance act under the leadership of Australian-born guitarist–vocalist Daevid Allen. Later in the decade, Gong steered toward jazz-rock with drummer–percussionist Pierre Moerlen affixed to […]
Clearlight was a French space-rock ensemble that released the 1975 Virgin albums Clearlight Symphony and Forever Blowing Bubbles. Group mastermind Cyrille Verdeaux also co-led the soundtrack project Delired Cameleon Family and continued Clearlight with the 1976–78 albums Les Contes du Singe Fou and Visions. Members: Cyrille Verdeaux (piano, keyboards) Background Cyrille Verdeaux was born in […]
Steve Hillage is an English guitarist, composer, and producer from London who first recorded under the pseudonym Simon Sasparella in psych-rockers Arzachel, the starting vehicle of keyboardist Dave Stewart (Egg, Hatfield & the North). The two re-teamed in Khan (with bassist Nicholas Greenwood) for the 1972 Deram release Space Shanty. In 1973, Hillage backed Kevin […]
Khan was an English space-rock band that released the album Space Shanty on Deram in 1972. This was the second recorded band with guitarist Steve Hillage and keyboardist Dave Stewart, who interacted earlier in Arzachel. Bassist Nicholas Greenwood released his only solo album, Cold Cuts, the same year as Space Shanty. A subsequent, unrecorded Khan […]
Clear Light Symphony is the debut album by the French-English electronic space-rock collective Clearlight, released in early 1975 for Virgin Records. Composed and arranged by keyboardist Cyrille Verdeaux, Clearlight Symphony unfolds as a continuous forty-minute instrumental suite in two extended movements. Recorded across 1973–74 with two distinct ensembles—members of Gong on the first side and […]
Heartland is the debut album by Australian New Romantic band Real Life, released in 1983 on MCA. Tracklist: A1. “Send Me an Angel” (3:53) A2. “Catch Me I’m Falling” (3:33) A3. “Under the Hammer” (3:24) A4. “Heartland” (4:56) A5. “Breaking Point” (4:18) B1. “Broken Again” (3:58) B2. “Always” (3:11) B3. “Openhearted” (3:50) B4. “Exploding Bullets” (4:10) […]
You is the sixth album by Anglo/French space-rock ensemble Gong, released in 1974 on Virgin. Completing the band’s Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy, the album is their final TriMax studio release with founder/frontman Daevid Allen. Tracklist: A1. “Thought for Naught” (1:30) A2. “A P.H.P.’s Advice” (1:37) A3. “Magick Mother Invocation” (2:11) A4. “Master Builder” (6:09) A5. […]
Motivation Radio is the third solo album by English space-rock guitarist Steve Hillage, released in September 1977 on Virgin. et Tracklist: A1. “Hello Dawn” (2:47) A2. “Motivation” (4:05) A3. “Light in the Sky” (4:11) A4. “Radio” (6:08) B1. “Wait One Moment” (3:17) B2. “Saucer Surfing” (4:28) B3. “Searching for the Spark” (5:30) B4. “Octave Doctors” […]
