About Time

Gong goes Punk!

A new set of artists and a new city in the history of Gong finds 60s sunshine hippie Daevid Allen fronting a band of 80s New York No Wave musicians, headed by a young Bill Laswell with Fred Maher, Bill Bacon, Mark Kramer & Michael Beinhorn among others.

On here they’re engaged with investing some exciting Avant-Garde energy into Allen’s songwriting. Songs are short, melodic, full of craziness and vibrancy.

The album is an odd hybrid of Psychedelia (‘Preface’), New Wave (‘I Am A Freud’) and Punk (‘Much Too Old’), with a lyrical sentiment reminiscent of early-70s Gong (‘Jungle Window’).

About Time is a fascinating musical collaboration which set the stage for Bill Laswell’s own groundbreaking career, as well as keeping Allen’s ticking over.

A1 Preface
A2 Much Too Old
A3 Black September
A4 Materialism
A5 Strong Woman
A6 I Am A Freud
B1 O My Photograph
B2 Jungle Windo(W)
B3 Hours Gone