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Gong: 2032
by Chris M. Slawecki
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. “2032 is the year that the Planet Gong makes full contact with the Planet Earth, and a major new chapter ...
Continue ReadingZlatko Kaučič: Pav
by AAJ Italy Staff
Raro lavoro per sola batteria, ad opera di Zlatko Kaucic, che però solo batterista non è, come mostrano sia la sua suite Zlati Coln, sia la stessa complessità di questo CD. Kaucic, accanto alla batteria, vi impiega flauti, carillon, gong, aggeggi di ogni genere, oltre accompagnarsi alla voce. Non fa invece ricorso a sovraincisioni o elaborazioni elettroniche del suono, che rimane quello direttamente registrato in studio a Nova Gorica. Ne scaturisce un lavoro sorprendentemente narrativo, nel quale rullanti e piatti ...
Continue ReadingGong: Live 2 Infinitea/Live In London
by Anthony Shaw
In the age of digital precision, it’s a reassurance to know that the spontaneity of live recording is not extinct. And when the band in question has a sum total of over 100 years of professional experience it’s a tonic to hear the power of the record. The disc provides ample evidence that Gong both should and shouldn’t be included under the jazz rubric! The selection of 14 tracks includes 10 pieces from February’s funk-jazz inspired ZERO 2 INFINITY(SNA 824), ...
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