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:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: :: :: - WHAT'S RATTLIN' ? - :: :: The Weekly Digest for Canterbury Music Addicts :: :: Issue # 149 :: :: Tuesday, February 8th, 2000 :: :: :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: gong-gas <gong-gas@gpo.sonnet.co.uk> Subject:Bong of all Things Gong 02/2000 Date: Sat, 5 Feb 00 20:02:08 +0000 NEWSHard to believe but we have finally arrived, tis finally the month of the release of the new Gong CD... NEW GONG CDZERO TO INFINITY-Radio Gnome Invisible Part 5 One Eyed Salmon SMACD824 Release date Monday 28th Feb.If you have been receiving and reading previous Bong of all things Gong mailings you won’t need reminding of all the tracks and musicians, so I won’t list them all here again. I will add though that the CD comes with a 20 page booklet of all the lyrics and the inter linking mythos. It really is the amazing continuing tale of Zero the Hero in Radio Gnome Invisible Part 5. And the CD has been totally enthusiastically received by all who have heard it. The first pressings come in a semi-opaque plastic, printed slip case. Some tracks can be heard at http://www.snappermusic.com/gong UK Price 12.50 plus post and packing, 1.00 for first CD 50p each extraEU Price 12.50 plus post and packing, 1.50 for first CD 50p each extraUSA/World Price $17.00 plus post and packing, $3.50 for first CD $1.00 each extra Advance orders can be placed now. CDs will be shipped out in about a week’s time. GAS WEBSITE DEVELOPMENTSMajor changes are well underway. Changes and updates are happening nearly every day now, and will continue to do so until we have the website you deserve. Thanks to our friends at Sonnet Internet we now have a new domain name for the GAS website, it’s at... http://www.planetgong.co.uk Equal thanks to GAS member and deep Gong fan John Robson for his totally invaluable help with the development of a secure GAS web shop. Yes such a thing is about to burst forth. We will mail you when its up and running. A matter of days rather than weeks. I must say there is absolutely no way we could have attempted, or even start to afford all this without the goodwill and help we have received from so many of you. Thank you. DAEVID is in Australia, as always, recording, in between bouts of intensive child care and frugal domesticity. He also makes very occasional mystery guest appearances in the guise of ‘the alien’ playing gliss guitar at dance gigs in and around Bryon Bay, usually alongside son Orlando and other members of the Goddess T tribe, although they go by other collective names as well. GILLI is busy in Australia, recording the second Goddess T album, working on material for the Gong Matrist recording sessions due to take place in the States in March and on material for the Women’s Work events planned for the UK in May with Jackie Juno, Carolyn Hillier and Monica Sjoo. GRAHAM CLARK and ISTHMUSSpecial London gig, details of which are in the GIGS section. He is also planning a second Isthmus CD with the original trio supplemented by a pianist. DIDIER’S Latest CD, Shamanimal, is doing very well in France although distribution in other areas is slow at present. Zebra Records in the States have recently released the very wonderful Hadouk CD, although I have no further details to pass on yet. They may also release Shamanimal later in the year. There are also some Hadouk Trio gigs listed below. MIKE HOWLETT as is so often the case with bass players Mike has been the world tree in all the current Gong activities and plans, without him.... STEVE HILLAGE has been producing a new Rachid Taha CD. TIM BLAKE The good news is that all of Tim’s previous albums...Crystal Machine, Blake’s New Jerusalem and Magick... are very soon to be re-released on Voiceprint. But this is scheduled for just after the release of his new CD, Crystal Island.There’s a full list of forthcoming Gong Family and related releases at the end of this e-mail. KANGAROO MOON and MARK ROBSONFull on Moonie activity coming at ya. Two solid months of gigs and touring around the UK and Europe are being booked now. It all kicks off at the end of May. STEFFEIs deep in recording land. He has at least three projects on the go at the moment. A superb beyond Glo ambient trance recording, is the nearest to completion. OTHER BITSGlastonbury Festival...You can vote for the bands you would like to see appearing at this year’s Festival at their web site at http://www.glastonbury-festival.co.uk/2000/index.shtmlIt’s a bit of a slow site but want to vote for anyone we know? * * * * * * GIGS and EVENTSBelow are details on the new Gong CD launch gig, an April UK Tour and one off French and even Norwegian gigs. There’s also a rare London gig by Graham Clark and Isthmus GRAHAM CLARK’S ISTHMUS TRIO...LONDON GIGAn opportunity to catch violinist Graham Clark, Jon Thorne on double bass and Milo Fell on drums in the very wonderful stream of consciousness, melodic jazz trio Isthmus in the capital.Fri 25th Feb UK. London SW7, Salon des Arts, The Albert, 191 Queensgate. Doors 20.30. Price 5.00/3.50 concs. Tel. Danielle Dodd 0171 244 6952. GONG...UK CD LAUNCH PARTY/GIG Sat 1st or Sat 7th April UK. London, Subterrania. Plans are afoot for a special launch party gig for the new Gong CD. Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Didier Malherbe, Mike Howlett, Theo Travis and Chris Taylor will be in attendance and the inside of the inter-dimensional Flying Teapot will be decorated by Visual Bliss. It will be an very special invitation only Netcast gig. Details of how to obtain tickets are still being finalised, but we’ll let you know all about it in good time. GONG...UK APRIL TOUR The line up is Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Mike Howlett, Theo Travis and Chris Taylor, with Didier Malherbe at a couple of the gigs. There may well be some other surprise guests at a few of the gigs as well. Either trusted Switch Doctors David Id or Venux de Luxe will be at the controls to ensure total open communication from the Planet Gong is established and maintained. Thur 13th April UK. Leeds, Irish Centre. Fri 14th April UK. Coventry, Colosseum. Sat 15th April UK. Manchester, University. tbc Thur 20th April UK. Southampton, The Brook. Fri 21st April UK. Reading, The Allycat. tbc Sat 22nd April UK. Bristol, Fleece & Firkin.Sun 23rd April UK. Bristol, Fleece & Firkin. 2nd show tbc Thur 27th April UK. Exeter, Phoenix Arts Centre.Sun 7th May UK. London, Hammersmith Palais with special guests. tbc Gig updates at http://www.planetgong.co.uk GONG...NORWAY For the first time since 1974 Gong in Norway. Sat 29th April Norway. Bergen, The Garage. (+47) 552 150 60 GONG...FRANCE Gnomes For May at the scene of many a celebratory Gong gig, Le Bataclan in Paris. With Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Mike Howlett, Theo Travis, Chris Taylor and Didier Malherbe. Thur 4th May France. Paris, Le Bataclan. TRIO MALHERBE...EHRLICH...SHEHAN...French datesWed 22nd March France. Paris, 7 Ave Porte de la Villette. 01 40 36 55 65Thurs 23rd March France. Nivanges, Le Guelard. 03 82 85 50 71Fri 24th March France. Metz , Le Trinitaires. 03 87 75 04 96Sat 25th March France. Charleville Action Jazz, Mezieres Auditorium. 03 24 32 78 Sat 15th April France. Parc Ronsard, Vendome Sat 29th April France. Foire de Paris, Fete des Jazz THEO TRAVIS QUARTET...UK Dates Thur 10th Feb UK. Dorking, The Watermill, Reigate Rd. 01372 275293Sat 12th Feb UK. Bracknell, South Hill Park Arts Centre. 01344 484123Fri 18th Feb UK. Brighton, The Lift, 12 Queen's Rd. 01273 330933Sun 12th March UK. Lichfield, The Guildhall, City Centre. 01543 262223 Gig updates at www.travis33.demon.co.uk WITCHSat 12th Feb UK. Devon, Little Torrington -Gribble Inn FREE!Psychey, power pop and performance with more than a touch of Gong with Brian Zero, Jackie Juno and the Witch band. MARK ROBSON and GRAHAM CLARKFri 3rd March UK. Glastonbury, Assembly Rooms. High Street. 01458-834-677 Sat 4th March UK. Salisbury, Arts Centre JACKIE JUNO - Big Bang or The Complete History of the Universe ShowFri 24th March UK. Devon, Totnes, Ringbridge Inn. 21.00 THOM THE WORLD POET...USAMon 14th Feb USA. Austin, 2246 Guadalupe, Barnes and Noble, Love Poems. 19.00 FREE!Sat 4th March USA. Austin, Bahai Center. March of the Troubadors-Expressions. 19.00Sat 1st Apr USA. Austin, Fados Irish pub, April Fools Day of Limericks. Noon to 15.00. FREE!Thur 6th Fri 7th April USA. Temple International Poetry FestivalGig updates at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/6285 * * * * * * FORTHCOMING ATTRACTIONSWe hope to see as many of you as possible in the forthcoming year. Maybe not all of what’s outlined below will happen...but then again maybe even more exciting events will take their place. If you can help by booking a gig for any of the bands or musicians, or in any other way please contact us and we will connect you with the right people. DAEVID ALLEN’S UNIVERSITY OF ERRORS June and July...UK & European dates...hopefully. GILLI SMYTH will be a major part of Woman’s Work, an all day events with... Carolyn Hillier, artist, writer and performer with Global. Jackie Juno, artist, writer and performer with Witch.Monica Sjoo, artist and writer, co-author of The Great Cosmic Mother.Planned as an amalgam of an exhibition of artworks, talks, slide-shows and musical performances. Dates and venues are being organised, We’ll let you know all about it. DAEVID ALLEN SOLO GIGSWhen not Gonging or University of Erroring Daevid solo gigs are being slotted in. Many are planned but more are possible. GONG GIG PLANSThe following are being worked upon and are distinctly possible throughout this year, all remain to be confirmed.July...European and UK Festival dates possibly including Arles Festival.Sept...Two or three UK dates possibly including Bath Festival. Sept-Oct...US Tour and S. American dates Oct-Nov... Full European Tour Maybe sometime this year...A couple of dates in Israel. KANGAROO MOON TOUR Touring from the last week in May until the end of July. Gigs already booked in Brighton, Denmark and Orkney so far, more details as we get them. OFT-SO MACHINEA little fantasy band that may or may not come into being.....shhh... * * * * * * RECORDING AND RELEASE NEWSIf all this is released this year will there be time to listen to anything else? And as always there are certainly more that we don’t even know about yet! Absolute Zero CD with Pip Pyle...Recording now Bubbled Up On Dub-Vol 2 CD...Planning/Recording Daevid Allen-Seven Drones (Gliss/2032)...Mixing/Artwork Daevid Allen’s University of Errors-2nd CD...Artwork Daevid Allen’s University of Errors-3rd CD...Finishing recording in August Daevid Allen/Microcosmic-Psychedelic Ambient CD... Planning/Recording now Didier Malherbe-Bloom (Voiceprint) 1st time CD release... Remastering/Artwork Eat Static-New CD with Steffe guesting...Artwork...Beginning 2000 Global-? (Seventh Wave) 4th album...Recording now Goddess T-2nd CD...Recording now Gong-Zero To Infinity (One Eyed Salmon) New Studio CD... Completed... Released 28th FebGongmatrist-Debut CD of Gilli’s new US based band...Recording March/JuneThe Glissando Orchestra-Art of Glissando Guitar Vol. 2... Recording/Planning Invisible Opera Co. of Tibet (UK)-Open For Is-ness CD... Finishing recording a.s.a.p. Lady June/Mark Hewins et al-Rebela... Mastering/Artwork New York Gong-About Time (Get Back) 180gsm LP reissue... Artwork Steffe-Psychedelic Trance CD... Recording/MixingSystem 7-New singles & CD (a-wave.com)...? Tim Blake-Crystal Island (Voiceprint) New CD...Completed...Spring 2000 Tim Blake-Crystal Machine (Voiceprint) Reissue CD... Remastering... After new CDTim Blake-Blake’s New Jerusalem (Voiceprint) Reissue CD...Remastering... After new CDTim Blake-Magick (Voiceprint) Reissue CD...Remastering...After new CD Various-Taliesin:Beyond The Ninth Wave CDR with Gilli Smyth... Mixing/Editing Various-Gong 25th Birthday Party Too...Selection/Compiling...Autumn 2000Various-Whirl-y-Gig compilation incl. Global...Mixing/Compiling...?Various-Future Sound of Exeter compilation incl. Global...Mixing/Compiling...? Witch-2nd CD...Recording now ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CuneiWay@aol.com Subject: Video & "Virtually" Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 09:04:38 EST [In WR#148, Pat wrote:]>Re Soft Machine videos - the "Beat Club" appearance w/Wyatt drumming >with his bare hands is from 1971 - in fact, it is an excerpt from >the same performance that appears on Virtually. No - that's not correct. If you listen to both carefully & compare them, you will hear that while it is the same band being recorded on the same day [or possibly a day earlier or later] & sounds very similar, the solos are different & this is definitely a different performance. Steve Cuneiform ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Donnyt52@aol.com Subject: live 1968 Soft Machine tape Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 21:22:29 EST During the summer of 68, Soft Machine played here in Davenport, Iowa USA.They were the opening act for Hendrix. I have a tape of their set, which is quite good and recorded in stereo. I am looking to make trades with other fans for similar Canterbury rarities. If interested, contact me at Donnyt52@aol.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MirrorTime@aol.com Subject: Caravan Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 04:28:17 EST Hello, I live in a small town in Oregon in the US. I am trying to find "Canterbury Tales" (The 2 CD set). I've never heard them and this looks like the best one to start off with. Do you have any idea where to get this? I'll be in the UK and France in March, do you know of in record stores in London or Paris that might have it? Thank you, Dean ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "David Voci" <david_voci@tcibr.com> Subject: Epsilon In Malaysian Pale Date: 03 Feb 00 10:47:17 -0800 Greetings To All, Supremely off topic but all the same, I am highly interested in finding a copy of the Edgar Froese CD with above title...Was on Virgin for a while and believe out of print but maybe one of you fine people out there might be able to help? Used/New...as long as quality is good then no big deal. Thanks, dv ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Absolute Zero <absolute-zero@mindspring.com> Subject: Update Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 00:52:19 -0500 Hola Aymeric! I hope all is going well for you. Here is a brief update of our activities: We are hoping to finish our new cd in March. We have the studio booked for the week of the 13th-18th with a concert on the 18th in Tampa, Florida. We are inquiring into additional concert possibilities but our main focus is to finish the cd. We look forward to supporting the new cd upon release. We are also excited to begin recording the next cd as soon as possible. Could you please post our concert date on your concert listings page. When: 18th of March Venue: Springs Theatre Tel. 813.915.0074 Please phone for details. Concert should begin at 8:00pm. Thanks for your consideration. Best wishes! Un abrazo fuerte, enrique ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "tomek" <trzonca@polbox.com>Subject: avantgarde-ariergarde festival 2000 1st communicate Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 00:06:29 +0100 Dear Friends! The 2nd Avantgarde-Ariergarde Festival will take pace at the end of July 2000. The place and general form of an event remain the same as AA 1999. I want ask all interested artists for a contact, the organisers for some kind of collaboration or advises, all other people for help or comments. When you're not interested - give me sign, please, I don't wanna bore you with my mails. Place of an event, Insko, is a pretty little (population 2.500) town placed on the bank of beautiful lake among the woods. It is located about 80 km west from Szczecin, Poland and about 200 km from Berlin, Germany. Festival will be a loose holiday meeting of free artists with possibility of common activity. I want to host these artists who have not a concrete holiday plans for the end of July and are interested in a joining the holiday rest with a meeting with others. The performances are expected but not necessary. The role of organisers is only to assure good conditions for arists for rest (sleep, food and eventual daily diet), meet and eventually play. The idea, the meeting of an creative, searching artists with their art originating from every possible source, have a purpose to collide a different trends with hope of some positive collaborations or at least of expanding of a view of contemporary art. We have to our disposal a little cinema (about 100 places), two open stages by lake and the area of all town for performances. What kind of artists shall be invited? Masters and outsiders, musicians, art.-performers, film-makers, poets, directors and actors, searchers or these who has found, professionals and amateurs, improvisers and interpreters -everyone who is avantgardist or ariergardist. Every creative, non-commercial artist. The people of our times are living in a flood of commercialism. The spending of a money is covering all what have some true worth. Where is an art.? The true artists are hidden in their own ghettos. Unreachable for a simply man. This have to change. I am not a professional organiser, my possibilities are limited but I will do everything for make my festival fruitful as for artists as for audience. There are some artists preliminary interested in visit my festival: Carl Stone from USASuAndi Obe, Chris Cutler, John Butcher, Simon H. Fell and Andrew Lagowski from UKDror Feiler, Edward Derkert and Benny Nilsen from Sweden Karlheinz Essl from AustriaChrister Irgens-Moeller, Johan Toft, Joergen Teller and Niels Winther from Denmark Emil Sorin Lerescu from Romania Jean-Marc Montera from France Andreas Hagenbach from Swiss Thomas Lehn, Oliver August and Stefan Beck from Germany Daniele Brusaschetto from Italy Janni Tuomi from Finland INFORMATION from NorwayChristian de Jong and Ensemble Nova Musica from Spain Mari Sobolev and NONGRATA from Estonia; Ljudmila Stratimirovic and HATS THEATRE from Serbia Luc Houtcamp from Holland and more...I'm sure the possibility of meeting only some from these excellent artists will be great event. My e-mail: trzonca@polbox.com; address: Tomasz H.Rzonca 70-853 Szczecin ul.Warminska 21/1 Poland and available fax: +48/914845495 Except of above it's a possibility to organise the performances in my hometown - Szczecin. The proposition is directed especially to the artists who will visit Poland or Berlin and claim not so high fees. There is a place where we want to promote a new music, performing-art or theatre. If you're interested contact me or Darek Startek dzaz@bph.onet.pl. There is a few very interesting groups playing new or improvised music. If some of you are interested in an organisation of performances for the groups from Poland, give me a sign, too. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Snapper Music <siouxsie@snappermusic.co.uk> Subject: new Gong album and web site Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 15:40:31 -0000 Dear Gong disciples, Welcome to the new gong website, their official album site for the new album "Zero to Infinity" released Feb 28th on Snapper Music. Pay us a visit on: http://www.snappermusic.com/gong Do feel free to send me your opinions on the site. If you would like to contribute to the forthcoming FANS page by sending any of your photos (GIF/JPEG exports preferred), reviews, memorabilia oranecdotes from your trip on the magical mystery tour that is the history of GONG. Do bookmark the ZERO TO INFINITY site - as more news, competitions, and new audio tracks will be updated regularly before the album's release... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Fireflies in the Dark <stellast@club-internet.fr> Subject: Fireflies in the Dark update Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 00:09:45 +0100 Hi Rattlers!Photos of In Cahoots, Hugh Hopper Quartet, Chris Cutler/Marie Goyette, Catherine Jauniaux - now online at: http://perso.club-internet.fr/stellast/ Comments welcome! Helene Collon -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- stellast@club-internet.fr"Fireflies in the Dark" : http://perso.club-internet.fr/stellast/"Haut les murs/Walls Are Ours!" : http://www.fireflies.claranet.fr/----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: alick leslie <alick_leslie@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: National Health Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 14:34:10 +0000 (GMT) Hello all - just received my first digest after being told of this list on the Robert Wyatt group and it's great to hear so much is going on. I'm looking forward to the National Health live set - they are the only Canterbury band I've seen live, in Edinburgh way back in '82 or '83, when they reformed to tour the album of Alan Gowen compositions. The band were great, lots of energy in the performance. I still have the (typically curmudgeonly) review from the Scotsman, saying that it was all too loud but that there was enough jazz in the music to give it some validity! Of Queues and Cures is one of my favourite albums and still gets dragged out for a spin. Alick Leslie ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** FORTHCOMING CANTERBURY-RELATED CONCERTS ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * [for more info : check out the 'Concerts' page of CALYX] http://www.alpes-net.fr/~bigbang/concerts.html ==> SLAPP HAPPY <======================================================== [D.Krause-P.Blegvad-A.Moore] May 13/14/16/17 & 26/27/78 - Tokyo, Star Pine's Cafe (Kichijoji) May 19 - Sapporo, Bessy Hall (Sapporo) May 20 - Kyoto, Kyoto Univ. Seibu-Kodo Information: Eyewill: tel/fax +81-3-5485-6490 mailto:kjeyewill@aol.com ========================================================================= * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** AND OTHER GOOD GIGS... ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ==> MAGMA <============================================================== May 12/13/14 - Paris, Le Trianon (80, boulevard Rochechouart) [30th Anniversary] + Christian Vander Quartet:Feb 18/19 - Macon, Le Crescent / Apr 27/28/29 - Paris, Le Sunset Official website: http://www.seventhrecords.com ==> STEVE ADAMS BAND feat. ANDY WARD <=================================== European dates in late May/early June 2000 - including: Jun 03 - Utrecht (Netherlands), Planet Pul festival ================================================================================================================================================== END OF ISSUE 149 _________________________________________________________________________ WHAT'S RATTLIN' ? - WHAT'S RATTLIN' ? - WHAT'S RATTLIN' ?_________________________________________________________________________ CALYX - The Canterbury Website http://www.alpes-net.fr/~bigbang/calyx.html THE ULTIMATE ONLINE CANTERBURY DISCOGRAPHY http://www.alpes-net.fr/~bigbang/cantdisco.html WHAT'S RATTLIN' ? 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