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Miquette Giraudy
Miquette Giraudy is a French keyboard player and vocalist, best known for her work in Gong, and with her partner Steve Hillage. She and Hillage form the core of the ambient band System 7. She has also worked as an actress, film editor and writer, in each role using different stage names. Early life Miquette Giraudy was born on 9 February 1953, in Nice, France. Film In the late 1960s Giraudy, under the name Monique Giraudy, became assistant to French film maker Jackie Raynal. She has script and assistant editing credits on the 1969 Barbet Schroeder film ''More''. Getting in front of the camera she then appeared, under the name Marsiale Giraudy, in Jean-Pierre Prévost's 1971 film ''Jupiter'', and, as Monique Giraudy, played the role of Monique in Schroeder's 1972 film '' La Vallée''. Raynal herself appeared in Martial Raysse's 1972 film, '' Le grand départ'' and Monique Giraudy gets a full editing credit. Gong Already Hillage's girlfriend, Giraudy joined him in Gong as a voca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly 1 millionDemographia: World Urban Areas , Demographia.com, April 2016 on an area of . Located on the , the southeastern coast of France on the , at the foot of the |
La Vallée (film)
''La Vallée'', also known as ''Obscured by Clouds'', is a 1972 French film written and directed by Barbet Schroeder. The film stars Bulle Ogier as Viviane, a woman who goes on a strange and accidental voyage of self-discovery through the New Guinea bush. Pink Floyd recorded an album, ''Obscured by Clouds'', as the soundtrack to the film. After recording had finished, the band fell out with the film company, prompting them to release the soundtrack album as ''Obscured by Clouds'', rather than ''La Vallée''. In response, the film was retitled ''La Vallée (Obscured by Clouds)'' on its release. The actress credit "Monique Giraudy" is actually an alias of Miquette Giraudy, at the time a film editor and, later on, vocalist and synthesizer player with the progressive rock/space rock band Gong with her partner Steve Hillage; they later formed the electronic group System 7. Plot Viviane (Ogier), the wife of the French consul in Melbourne, joins a group of explorers in search of a myst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canterbury Scene
The Canterbury scene (or Canterbury sound) was a musical scene centred on the town of Canterbury, Kent, England during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Associated with progressive rock, the term describes a loosely-defined, improvisational style that blended elements of jazz, rock, and psychedelia. These musicians played together in numerous bands, with ever-changing and overlapping personnel, creating some similarities in their musical output. Many prominent British avant-garde or fusion musicians began their career in Canterbury bands, including Hugh Hopper, Steve Hillage, Dave Stewart (the keyboardist), Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen, and Mike Ratledge. Definition and history The Canterbury scene is largely defined by a set of musicians and bands with intertwined members. These are not tied by very strong musical similarities, but a certain whimsicality, touches of psychedelia, rather abstruse lyrics, and a use of improvisation derived from jazz are common element ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainbow Dome Musick
''Rainbow Dome Musick'' is the fifth studio album by Steve Hillage, originally released in 1979. It is a departure from his previous albums, consisting of two long ambient songs recorded in collaboration with his long-time partner Miquette Giraudy. Background and recording The album was commissioned for performance at the 1979 Mind-Body-Spirit Festival, held at Olympia London. It was recorded at Om in January 1979. The equipment engineer was John Newsham. The Rainbow Dome concept was created by Rupert Atwill. Reception In his book ''The Music's All that Matters: A History of Progressive Rock'', Paul Stump commented that "it was perhaps Hillage's most spiritually saturated work, 1979's ''Rainbow Dome Musick'', which ensured his place in rock history some ten years after the event. ... its celestial, looping synthesizers and glissando guitar provided as hypnotic and mesmerizing a multi-track experience as any heard in Progressive, or indeed in rock at that point." A retrospectiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motivation Radio
''Motivation Radio'' is the third studio album by British art rock musician Steve Hillage. Whilst touring in the United States in promotion of his previous album '' L'' (1976), Hillage grew disillusioned with the progressive rock tag attached to him by the media and fans, and disliked their attitude towards funk music, which Hillage was a big fan of. Hillage wanted to create a funk-influenced album as he was predominately listening to artists such as Funkadelic and Earth, Wind & Fire. Originally written as ''The Red Album'' in early 1977, it was retitled ''Motivation Radio'' prior to recording. Hiring electronic innovator Malcolm Cecil, formerly of the pioneering Tonto's Expanding Head Band, to produce and engineer the album, ''Motivation Radio'' introduces Hilage's new rhythm section of drummer Joe Blocker and bassist Reggie McBride and was primarily recorded in Los Angeles, California in July 1977. The album presents a much more funk and dance-orientated sound than his previous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L (Steve Hillage Album)
''L'' is the second studio album by British progressive rock musician Steve Hillage. It was recorded primarily in New York, at the Secret Sound, Woodstock, N.Y., and was produced and engineered by Todd Rundgren, using musicians from Todd Rundgren's band Utopia and others. According to liner notes supplied with the US pressing, Rundgren had only just become aware of Hillage, and following a letter from Hillage to Rundgren, and a reply from Rundgren, Hillage travelled to New York to meet, and the agreement to work together flowed from that. The cover features a clean-shaven Hillage (most of the publicity shots of Hillage during the 1970s show him with a full beard) holding his guitar, brightly backlit. Unusually for Hillage, half the songs on this album are covers. "Hurdy Gurdy Man" was written by Donovan, " Om Nama Shivaya" is based on a traditional Hindu mantra, and "It's All Too Much" was written by George Harrison, and originally appeared on the 1969 Beatles album, '' Yello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fish Rising
''Fish Rising'' is the debut solo album by English guitarist Steve Hillage, recorded and released in 1975. The album was recorded just prior to Hillage's departure from the band Gong, and many of the players on this album are from that band: Bassist Mike Howlett, drummer Pierre Moerlen, keyboardist Tim Blake and saxophonist Didier Malherbe. In 2007, Virgin issued a re-mastered version with two bonus tracks. "Pentagrammaspin" had originally appeared on the Virgin ''V'' sampler album in 1975, and the "power trio" backing version of "Aftaglid" consisted of Hillage, Howlett and Moerlen. Track listing :All music composed and arranged by Steve Hillage, lyrics by Hillage and Miquette Giraudy. Side 1 #"Solar Musick Suite" – 16:55 ##"Sun Song (I Love its Holy Mystery)" – 6:15 ##"Canterbury Sunrise" – 3:25 ##"Hiram Afterglid Meets the Dervish" – 4:05 ##"Sun Song (reprise)" – 3:10 #"Fish" – 1:23 #"Meditation of the Snake" – 3:10 Side 2 #"The Salmon Song" – 8:45 ##" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live In Sherwood Forest '75
Gong are a progressive rock band that incorporates elements of jazz and space rock into their musical style. The group was formed in Paris in 1967 by Australian musician Daevid Allen and English vocalist Gilli Smyth. Band members have included Didier Malherbe, Pip Pyle, Steve Hillage, Mike Howlett, Pierre Moerlen, Bill Laswell and Theo Travis. Others who have played on stage with Gong include Don Cherry, Chris Cutler, Bill Bruford, Brian Davison, Dave Stewart and Tatsuya Yoshida. Gong's 1970 debut album, ''Magick Brother'', featured a psychedelic pop sound. By the following year, the second album, ''Camembert Electrique'', featured the more psychedelic rock/space rock sound with which they would be most associated. Between 1973 and 1974, Gong released their best known work, the allegorical ''Radio Gnome Invisible'' trilogy, describing the adventures of Zero the Hero, the Good Witch Yoni and the Pot Head Pixies from the Planet Gong. In 1975, Allen and Smyth left the band, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gong Live Etc
''Gong Live Etc.'' is a live album by Gong, recorded between 1973 and 1975 and originally released in 1977. It is a set of live recordings (including some two-track "off-the-desk" material), studio out-takes and BBC session recordings spanning the years 1973 to 1975. Track listing Credits to C.O.I.T. refer to Compagnie d'Opera Invisible de Thibet, an alternative collective name for Gong. Side one # "You Can't Kill Me" (Daevid Allen) – 6:50 – lineup A, 1973 # "Zero the Hero and the Witch's Spell" (Allen, Christian Tritsch) – 11:08 – lineup A, 1973 # "Flying Teapot" (Allen, Francis Moze) – 6:28 – lineup A, 1973 Side two # "Dynamite / I Am Your Animal" (Gilli Smyth, Tritsch) – 5:44 – lineup A, 1973 # "6/8" ( C.O.I.T.) – 3:53 – lineup A, 1973 # "Est-ce que Je Suis" (Allen) – 4:12 – lineup A, 1973 # "Ooby-Scooby Doomsday or The D-Day DJ's Got the D.D.T. Blues" (Allen) – 5:15 – lineup A, 1973 – studio, track omitted on CD edition Side three # "Radio Gn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamal (album)
''Shamal'' is the sixth studio album released under the name Gong and was released by Virgin Records on 13 February 1976 The album, produced by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason was recorded in December 1975. The album was recorded by a unique line-up referred to later as "Shamal-Gong". It is usually regarded as a transitional album between Daevid Allen's incarnation of the band and the Pierre Moerlen-led fusion line-up of the late 1970s. Reception Reviewing the album for the website Sputnikmusic, Robert Davis said: The greatest thing about ''Shamal'' is that it's so versatile. There are only six tracks here, but each one seems to explore a different tone and aspect of musical experimentation. The softer tracks such as opener "Wingful of Eyes" and beautiful, elegant flute-led "Bambooji" are complementary to the album's quirkier tracks, such as the almost Frank Zappa-inspired "Cat in Clark's Shoes" and eccentric closing title track. Yet what really glues all these songs together ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You (Gong Album)
''You'' is the fifth studio album by the progressive rock band Gong, released by Virgin Records in October 1974. It is the last album by Daevid Allen's iteration of the group until 1992's ''Shapeshifter''. Recorded at Virgin's Manor Studios in Oxfordshire, England, side 1 was mixed at Pye Studios, Marble Arch, London, while side 2 was mixed at The Manor. It was produced by Simon Heyworth and Gong "under the universal influence of C.O.I.T., the Compagnie d'Opera Invisible de Thibet", and also engineered by Heyworth. ''You'' is the third of the "Radio Gnome Invisible" trilogy of albums, following '' Flying Teapot'' and '' Angel's Egg''. The trilogy forms a central part of the Gong mythology. The structure of the album mixes short narrative pieces with long, jazzy instrumentals (such as "Master Builder", "A Sprinkling of Clouds" and "Isle of Everywhere"), building to a climax/conclusion with "You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever". Legacy ''Rolling Stone'' named ''You'' one of its "50 Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
