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Gong reconfigured and reunited many times over the ensuing decades. Allen was still fronting a version of the group when he died in 2015. That incarnation, which contains no original members, continues to release records and tour. “It was Daevid’s absolute adamant dying wish that the band he’d been playing with carry on,” says Hillage. According to Howlett, “Daevid saw Gong as an institution, not dependent on any person. People could join, contribute, move on – but the institution would abide.” Released in October 1974, that album sold more than 100,000 copies. Gong were on the verge of becoming the Grateful Dead of Europe, a trip band who could play sell-out concerts and appear high on the bill of commercial and free festivals alike, catering to a surprisingly large constituency of “freeks” who – even on the eve of punk – were carrying on like 1967 never ended. But then things fell apart. Specifically, the OM or AUM sound which became fashionable with hippies everywhere in the 1970s, but it is crystal clear (sic) that Hillage took it completely to heart and has since made the strongest possible attempts to find this sound using his guitar, music synthesisers and empathetic musicians. Steve Hillage is an epitome of the spirit of the progressive music artist. He portrays to perfection the hunger for new

multi-dimensional albums that keeps giving time after time and ultimately FISH RISING comes off as the ultimate conclusion to theSo now that I wrote that, it was all meant to underline how he has no problem in collaborating with other musicians as It's All Too Much [BBC Radio 1 in Concert 1979] [07:02] CD 14 - Live At Deeply Vale, July 1978: 1. Saucer Surfing [Live at Deeply Vale Festival July 1978] [07:51] It’s not something you can necessarily work at with a technique, but obviously the whole aim of the game was to create what we might call an enhanced experience for the listener. If that’s what you get then we’re happy. It means it’s working. It’s a bit like the modern equivalent of shamanism. When you attune yourself to a certain energy and channel it through what you do with your music – it’s that. Most artists do this, though not all do it consciously. It’s part of art, really. first band Uriel while still in high school, HILLAGE wasted no time developing serious guitar sophistication that forged new sounds There’s always been an uplifting quality within your music. Was that deliberate, something you consciously worked at?

The Snake' served as unique intermissions that condensed the duality of the album. 'Fish' was a Daevid Allen inspired bout of forgetting those trademark Hillage guitar glissandos which soar right up into the stratosphere. This is one fish you won't want as "Palm trees" do we get the great lead guitar soloing we seek, the instrument being used in a more rhythmic capacity most of the One of the better solo efforts from the innovative Canterbury guitarist/musician. Certainly still grounded in the early to mid '70s Gong sound, but with a sort of new-agey electronica slant. That may or may not sound appealing, but Hillage's unique style is very focused yet authentically psychedelic (a seeming contradiction perhaps). To summarise; Absolutely astonishing sounds and music, even today, that makes the contemporary explorations of Frose and Schultze, etc., sound like kids playing with electronic toys.wizardry provides a glimpse into HILLAGE's future electronic music endeavors. The near 15-minute 'Aftaglid' finds a pendulum shift various bands that have become recognized over the decades as highly influential musical entities in their own right. Starting his FISH RISING is one of STEVE HILLAGE's crowning achievements not only as a composer but also as a guitarist and most surprisingly Steve Hillage / electric, glissando & polyphonic (Roland GR500) synth guitars, lead vocals, Moog, arrangements & co-producer while still a member of Gong, the move proved to be the right one and in the process HILLAGE was able to nurture his musical