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2032

Artist: Gong
Label: G-Wave
Catalog#: AAGWCD001
Format: CD
Country: UK
Released: 2009-09-15
Tracklist
1 City Of Self Fascination 6:04
  Notes:

Stefanie Petrik - Guest, Backing Vocals
Daevid Allen - Written-By

2 Digital Girl 4:23
  Notes:

Stefanie Petrik - Guest, Backing Vocals
Daevid Allen - Written-By
Steve Hillage - Written-By

3 How To Stay Alive 8:06
  Notes:

Stefanie Petrik - Guest, Backing Vocals
Didier Malherbe - Guest, Duduk
Chris Taylor - Written-By
Daevid Allen - Written-By
Mike Howlett - Written-By
Steve Hillage - Written-By

4 Escape Control Delete 7:58
  Notes:

Stefanie Petrik - Guest, Backing Vocals
Yuji Katsui - Guest, Violin [Electric]
Daevid Allen - Written-By
Mike Howlett - Written-By
Miquette Giraudy - Written-By
Steve Hillage - Written-By

5 Yoni Poem 2:09
  Notes:

Gilli Smyth - Written-By
Miquette Giraudy - Written-By

6 Dance With The Pixies 4:37
  Notes:

Stefanie Petrik - Guest, Backing Vocals
Elliet Mackrell - Guest, Violin
Daevid Allen - Written-By

7 Wacky Baccy Banker 8:21
  Notes:

Daevid Allen - Written-By
Steve Hillage - Written-By

8 The Year 2032 5:39
  Notes:

Didier Malherbe - Guest, Soprano Saxophone
Daevid Allen - Written-By

9 Robo-Warriors 3:00
  Notes:

Gilli Smyth - Written-By
Miquette Giraudy - Written-By

10 Guitar Zero 4:55
  Notes:

Stefanie Petrik - Guest, Backing Vocals
Chris Taylor - Written-By
Daevid Allen - Written-By

11 The Gris Gris Girl 6:29
  Notes:

Didier Malherbe - Guest, Flute
Daevid Allen - Written-By
Steve Hillage - Written-By

12 Wave And A Particle 2:05
  Notes:

Gilli Smyth - Written-By
Miquette Giraudy - Written-By

13 Pinkle Ponkle 4:35
  Notes:

Didier Malherbe - Guest, Duduk
Daevid Allen - Written-By
Gilli Smyth - Written-By
Steve Hillage - Written-By

14 Portal 7:08
  Notes:

Yuji Katsui - Guest, Violin [Electric]
Steve Hillage - Written-By

Credits

Designbyz3.com - Artwork
Daevid Allen - Artwork [Illuminated 2032 Numbers, Artwork Concept]
Mike Howlett - Bass
Chris Taylor - Drums
Mike Marsh - Mastered By
Matt Urban - Photography By [Booklet, Page 2, 4, 8, 11]
Antonio Pagano - Photography By [Booklet, Page 3, 9]
Joe Del Tufo - Photography By [Booklet, Page 5, 6, 7, 8]
Daevid Allen - Producer [Additional], Vocals, Guitar
Steve Hillage - Producer, Mixed By, Guitar
Nick Spacetree - Recorded By [Gilli Smyth's Vocals]
Ian Grimble - Recorded By [Rhythm Tracks]
Tatsuki Masuko - Recorded By [Yuji Katsui's Violin]
Theo Travis - Saxophone, Flute
Miquette Giraudy - Synthesizer
Gilli Smyth - Vocals, Other [Space Whisper]

Notes

Comes with three-part fold-out digipak and a booklet with lyrics.
Produced at A-Wave Studio London, Spring 2009.
Additional production at the Bananamoon Observatory NSW Australia.
Rhythm tracks recorded at 2khz Studios London, February 2009.
Yuji Katsui's electric violin recorded at Float, Tokyo.
Mastered at The Exchange London.

Strawberry Bricks Entry: 
Led by septuagenarians Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth, Gong has been resonating it's silly/serious message since easter sunday 1966. Yes, that's a long time. From their early releases on the BYG and Virgin labels in the 70s, the band has sported an ever-revolving door of musicians, ever delivering some of the deepest psychedelic grooves this side of cabaret. Really, Gong's music is that unique. In 1990, Allen and Smyth resurfaced from hiatus Australia and reformed the Gong band. After 1992's Shapeshifter (best known for being the most un-Gong sounding Gong album), the next decade saw various former members come and go, as they toured what was little more than the nostalgia wave. Not that I'm complaining... It reached a peak with their millennium release, Zero To Infinity. Graced with some really funky tunes courtesy of the Mike Howlett/Chris Taylor rhythm section; but as the former said, it was all a little to cozy. Yes, quite cozy. And delicious. In 2006, the original surviving members of the Radio Gnome Trilogy band converged upon Amsterdam for the most conventional Unconvention a fan could ask for. Former guitarist Steve Hillage and his partner Miquette Giraudy, best known as techno outfit System 7, returned to the fold for the first time since the 70s. Thus, we arrive at 2032. Hillage and Allen hunkered down under in late 2008 to write the fourteen songs that make up this newest of new Gong albums. 2032 is the year that the Pothead Pixies - those mischievous little green men from the planet of love - return to the planet Earth to clue us all in on our misguided misadventures. Allen's wisedome and Smyth's she-wisdom are all within, maybe even a little too obvious, but who isn't listening? Really! If you've followed the band, you'll remember that Gong changes; this was probably best evidenced in 2004's Acid Motherhood, an album that brought Allen together with Japanese psychedelic freakout masters Acid Mother's Temple. An unbelievable album, it did split the faithful. While 2032 steers clear of that kind of controversy, it does take the big chance - at being modern. And we've got Steve Hillage's masterful production to thank for that. Hip groovy rap? Trip-hop psychedelia? Yes siree. Gone is the deep space and the long head-nod grooves, and in are concise, bright, beautiful songs. And lots of them - a whole album's worth! Daevid and Gilli share the majority of vocals duties, while Hillage's guitar glows, rather than shines. Miquette Giraudy's synths percolate sideways upside down, but it's really the incredibly tight rhythm section of bassist Mike Howlett and drummer Chris Taylor that lend 2032 it's edgey edge. Crisp, punchy and right up in the mix, Gong are hear and now. Don't miss the bus, jump aboard, and join the Gong band for one remarkably fresh album from a band that's been at it for nearly five decades. Wow.
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