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Catalogue number
BMOVP007CD
Release date
24/07/2006
Format
CD
Label
Bananamoon Obscura
Daevid Allen
The Mystery Disque: BCO.SFO.das duz dae duz das
Disc 1
1. 21st Century Prog Rock Man 2. Clown is Petrol 3. Master Freek 4. Barnicool Bill 5. Not Smiling Shaving 6. Artscrew 7. Stuckinmybrain 8. I, Planet 9. No Udder Radio 94.1 FM Berkley
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.

During this period Daevid recorded the albums Magick Brother and Banana Moon Gong also came into being at this point and played their first concerts. Over the years Gong was to be a proving ground for many incredible musicians and a number of popular albums were recorded and many gigs played. 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, and 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.

The Magick Brothers were named after Deavid's album of the same name and first came into existence in 1988 when Daevid came together with Graham Clark and Mark Robson.

This album forms part of the limited set of releases on the Bananamoon Obscura label and as such will be limited to just one thousand copies.

This is another off the wall release from the enigmatic leader of Gong and includes material written by Daevid over the past twenty years with the Bigcityorchestra. The album also includes previously unheard new material

Reviews

"...Part 7 (Das Duz Dae Duz Das) includes Allen’s recordings with Bigcityorchestra from the last twenty years. There is also some previously unreleased stuff in there. The album is filled with very experimental and weird, almost un-rhythmic music and narration. ”21c Progrok” is a funny and high-pitched King Crimson parody. Tracks ”Clown in Petrol”, ”Not Smiling…” and ”Artscrew” are just speech, experimental noise and alien transmissions. The heavy and freaky “Master Freek” has a energetic beat. The wacky “Barnicool Bill” is like circus music. ”Stuckinmybrain” is very experimental and psychedelic stuff. The ambient, synthesiser-based track called “I Planet” is some kind of boogieman music and also has some funny narration. I hadn’t heard any of this stuff before, so this was a very interesting experience."

Santtu Laakso
http://www.unimeri.com/PsychotropicZone