a trip...

I had been given a couple of Pierre Moerlen's Gong records by me mum, they're pretty good, but not nearly as interesting as Gong's records before founding member Daevid Allen left them and nearly a million offshoots sprung forth on the music world, like ever proliferating mushrooms of a less and less psychedelic kind. No seriously I haven't heard New York Gong or Mother Gong or Acid Mothers Gong or Planet Gong or even Gongmaison, so I am no scholar on the matter. Gong's album 'You' on the other hand, is something new to my collection, thanks to any number of bloggers and dj types recommending it so strongly and it is very much the psychedelic beauty it's reported to be. It's not hard to find and nor is it expensive, but it is one of those really special albums that I believe you'll keep coming back to for years to come. Experts in the matter, feel free to advise about other Gong or Gong related goodies in the comments. For now here's the track that inspired the buy, a beautiful and epic grooving trip...

Gong - The Isle of Everywhere