Here's another Gong album no one seems to know about, as this is basically
Gong plus poet/musician Dashiell Hedayat (otherwise known as Melmoth).
Evidently the lyrical content (especially on the suite "Eh, Mushroom will
you mush my room?") is hallucinogen-related; it, and the back cover of the
CD urges the listener to listen to the album "as stoned as impossible."
Regardless, if you are an early Allen-period Gong fan, you are sure to love
this one as it is CLASSIC 1971 Gong, replete with Malherbe sax solos and
killer gliss guitar. Hedayat proves to be an adequate guitarist (the album
was too early for Hillage) and keyboard player, and the long 20-minute track
here is an incredible space flight. This album was extremely groundbreaking,
as parts of it resemble the Kosmische music label such as Sergius Golowin's
Lord Krishna Von Goloka, yet it was years before. The best
comparison would be to Timothy Leary and Ash Ra Tempel's Seven Up
with its delerious lyrics (the opener sounds very similar to the "Downtown"
part of Seven Up) as it is an incredible parallel to the album.
(Originally published in Exposé #1, p. 10, Edited for Gnosis 1/19/01)
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