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Catalogue number
VP371CD
Release date
25/07/2005
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Daevid Allen
Weird Biscuit Teatime
Disc 1
1. DJ Herbal Extract 2. Fashion Victim 3. Lavender 4. Oh Dear 5. Beezlebabble Slush 6. Technicolour Tongue 7. Cathode Cathedral 8. Trans Human Feature 9. This Could Be The End

Daevid Allen was born in Melbourne Australia although he has been a traveller of the world for many years. Daevid came to England in 1960 and met up with Robert Wyatt whilst lodging with the Wyatt family. Daevid and Robert struck up an immediate rapport, which would ultimately result in the pair playing together in Soft Machine. Before that Daevid spent time in Paris where he met and experimented with Terry Riley and also performed with William Burroughs. Daevid also formed a number of bands including The Daevid Allen Trio. Some of the trio's early recordings were subsequently released however it was with The Soft Machine alongside Mike Ratledge, Kevin Ayers and Robert Wyatt that Daevid Allen first came to the attention of many people. Soft Machine was at the forefront of the psychedelia movement and played at many prominent gigs at this time such as the IT launch at the Roundhouse alongside Pink Floyd. Following a gig in St. Tropez Daevid was refused re entry to England and decided to return to France and from there Daevid and Gilli Smyth went to Deia where they met Didier Malherbe who would go on to become a vital part of their next band Gong.

Gong also moved between many musical genres from jazz, rock and even ambient music before the term had even been coined. Daevid Allen however left Gong in 1975 along with Gilli Smyth and the band would carry on for a number of years without the guiding force of Daevid Allen initially led by Steve Hillage and subsequently in a more jazz oriented direction by Pierre Moerlen.

Daevid then spent many years moving around the world (America, Australia, Spain) all the time forming bands and recording until in 1988 he returned to England and formed Gongmaison along with Didier Malherbe in tow once again. Gong has continued to this day constantly re inventing itself and proving to be as popular as ever with many archive and new recordings becoming available.

Weird Biscuit Teatime was recorded by a quartet featuring Gong' s Daevid Allen, Spirits Burning/Spaceship Eyes' Don Falcone, Michael Clare & Trey Sabetelli. A combination of instrumentals and songs, the first track, 'DJ Herbal Extract' an instrumental that features some great guitar work and sounds not unlike Daevid's work with University Of Errors. The album also includes the tracks Fashion Victim, Lavender and 'O Dear'. The mixture of songs and instrumentals gives the album a varied although consistent feel and is another album that will appeal to many fans of Daevid Allen.