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“Daevid Allen was always throwing a grenade into situations… Tim Smith was quite benign, although...
Louder Sound via Yahoo News· 5 months agoGong. “Do I ever feel any pressure? Only if I read comments on the internet!” jokes Kavus Torabi,...
“Gong is like a boat – people can get on and off again if they wish. It just keeps on floating down...
Louder Sound via Yahoo News· 9 months agoGong. When the classic line-up of Gong reunited in 2009 to record new album 2032 Prog sat down with...
“Not just an amorphous stream of swirly pothead trance rock… In fact, this album feels more focused...
Louder Sound via Yahoo News· 8 months agoGong - Unending Ascending. Now three studio albums in since Daevid Allen sailed off this mortal...
“When we started, it wasn’t necessarily going to be a trilogy… I like the fact that each one is a...
Louder Sound via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe guitarist most associated with Daevid Allen’s band believes they launched a second wave of...
“The universe and self and the inside of ourselves is all the same thing, depending on which end you...
Louder Sound via Yahoo News· 8 months agoGong. When Gong founder Daevid Allen handed the keys to guitarist/vocalist Kavus Torabi shortly...
“My brother was into Yes but it didn’t speak to me. They knew too many chords!” He was a punk hero,...
Louder Sound via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPaul Simonon and Galen Ayers A prog legend’s daughter and The Clash’s former bassist aren’t the most...
Kavus Torabi’s The Banishing: A plaintiff joy – painful, but never sorry for itself
Louder Sound via Yahoo News· 2 months agoKavus Torabi - The Banishing. Since his emergence in the early 90s, Iranian-born, Plymouth-raised...
Six-string psychonaut Kavus Torabi on the mythology of Gong, Hotel California moments with Steve...
Guitar World via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTorabi plays in some of Britain’s most out-there bands, fronting Gong to playing with Steve Hillage...
"There’ll always be questions like, ‘What’s going on with Mike Ratledge?’ Or a question about Robert...
Louder Sound via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIn 2015 Soft Machine dropped the 'legacy' tag and threw themselves headlong into being the...
The ultimate Canterbury Scene playlist
Louder Sound via Yahoo News· 11 months agoCanterbury Playlist It’s not always easy when it comes to deciding what is and isn’t part of the Canterbury Scene. Certainly geography itself is of...