Composer Reacts to Gong - A Sprinkling Of Clouds (REACTION & ANALYSIS) 

I've read that the timing is as follows: the drums and bass are in (5+5+5+9) 24/8, but the solo's are in in (7+7+7+3) 24/8.

Those " Strings " ur hearing is glissando guitar. Basically a stainless steel rod used in medical, sweeping up and down on the strings over the pickups, going through an Eventide Harmonizer

This is my favourite Gong Track. I moved off with Steve Hillage when he left after this. Only Allan Holdsworth tempted me back for Gazeuse! Another fabulous track is "The Isle of Everywhere" from the same album, You. From Steve Hillage's "L" album, try "Lunar Musick Suite". Todd Rundgren produced and engineered the album. Steve played with the Utopia band members. That is an amazing track.

Glad you've kept up the Gongday! Some of these tunes are so classic-sounding yet so experimental. Not sure if you've got something from Camembert Électrique on your list, but I'd recommend listening to Tropical Fish / Selene, it's a great well-rounded track. (not to be confused with the song Selene from Angel's Egg!) Thanks for the content!

Keep up with gong Tuesday. I am looking forward to this every week. Time for the middle album Angels Egg - Flute Salad/Oily Way is the song to get into

Gotta do "Solar Musick Suite" from Gong guitarist Steve Hillage. It's basically the whole Gong band, minus Daevid Allen, plus Keyboardist Dave Stewart ( who worked with Steven Wilson on Some of his solo albums). I cannot stress this track enough. I would Patreon, but am between jobs, but one can wish

Un brano del 1974 che,ancora oggi,e avanti sui tempi!!!Grandissima band,una delle mie preferite

All Gong music is in 1/1

Ah yes.... my favourite Gong album. Not a single weak track on this one! (btw you REALLY should check "Master Builder" and "You're Never Blow Your Trip Forever" - I think those two are the best Gong pieces ever! (both on "You" LP) - I'm 99,3% sure you're gonna love them. Peace & Love

Man, I love this band, particularly the Daevid Allen era. You’re spot on, Bryan, about it being meditative. The ‘Radio Gnome Invisible’ trilogy is about self realisation (and pothead pixies 😀). Cheers

Another Gong Tuesday, what a pleasant surprise! Haven't watched this yet but very much looking forward to it.

Daevid played the glissando guitar which you can hear for the first five minutes or so. Its the spacey slidey echoey sound that plays along to the synth sequencer stuff in the beginning. It's a very cool technique that sounds different to normal slide guitar. Sometimes sounds like a synth pad.

I believe at 6'51" it is actually Didier the saxophonist (also flute on this track) playing billiards!

For much of my life as a drummer over the past 30+ years, if I were to put together a band, it would be very Gong-ish.

4 measures of 5/8 and 1 measure of 4/8

You wondered what Daevid contributed to this track? - he is almost certainly playing the ' glissando guitar' mentioned earlier in the comments. I think these extended instrumental pieces presage the exit of Daevid from the band - apparently too many members of group disliked his ' silly lyrics '. Daevid's input was hugely important in adding character and contrast to the musical output, and his exit (along with that of Tim Blake) led to a generally drier vibe. Only when really strong voices like Allan Holdsworth and Francis Moze were in the band did Gong's music rise above the levels the relatively mundane. The Gong album 'Gazeuse' is an exceptional release.

If this was on synthesisers , this would be on the same waters as Klaus Schulze on his album of the 70's, especially "Moondawn".

Love this one!

If I had only one thing to listen to for the rest of my life, it's the RGI trilogy, while hanging out in Robert Grave's Majorca house, occasionally sipping from the cup of "weird".

Great to hear you're starting to dig the diversity instead of pursuing an understanding of "their sound/style" 😁

This hit my late night vibe just right.

If you want to here what modern gong sounded like with Daevid check out Sylabub from 2014 album I see you

I think it’s in 24/8 time. Four bars of 5 and one bar of four.

Yeah!!!! 🧨🧨🧨

Salaams Brother. I appreciate your time with one of the most time tripping Psychedelic space shifting groves out there. Yet your opinion about the song suffers from a lack of love or true understanding. This is one Amazing hovering murgers between electronic psychodelia and organic horn groves (baring Miles Davis lol) for suburban white kids hanging out in there basements or late night headphones when the folks all went nighty nights. So remember the context of deep love for non musistion types and the like. Too many words to express/explain a song shorter then you critique. ✌️❤️😆😎🎧🤔🌞👳

Bryan, what's the Vehicle, the Link, in which I can have you review ($$), (my Favorite Album of All-Time) Daevid Allen's Solo Album, 1977's "Now is the Happiest Time of your Life" ?

Cool! I had not been familiar with their more Tangerine Dream side. Better percussives and acousticatae than TD though. I gunna hafta tell Jebus, plus vite. Have you yet gone down the Henry Cow/Fred Frith hole? Similarly exploratory and adept.

24 beat cycle 55554. Followed by 7773.

Three bars of 5/4 and one of 4/4

Interestingly enough, the first half of the song sounds to me much closer to early Porcupine Tree than Pink Floyd does.

Hawkwindish.

No, You've got it wrong ! It's composed tempo ! 3 bars @ 5/8 1 bar in 3/8 & one of 6/8 ! Check the accents ! The riff is a 24 beat cycle, so you can't do it in 7 ! As far as the drum and bass is concerned, in my opinion, it's Moerlen and Howlett at their very best !

This is a decent jam that builds some nice energy, but this is one where I don't really think the payoff is worth the patience it takes to get there.

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