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A gong (Chinese: 鑼; pinyin: luó; Indonesian or Javanese: gong; Malay: gong ) is an African, East and South East Asian musical percussion instrument that takes the form of a flat, circular metal disc which is hit with a mallet. It originated in China and later spread to Southeast Asia, and it can also be used in the percussion section of Western symphony orchestra.
Gongs are broadly of three types. Suspended gongs are more or less flat, circular discs of metal suspended vertically by means of a cord passed through holes near to the top rim. Bossed or nipple gongs have a raised centre boss and are often suspended and played horizontally. Bowl gongs are bowl-shaped, and rest on cushions and belong more to bells than gongs. Gongs are made mainly from bronze or brass but there are many other alloys in use.
Gongs produce two distinct types of sound. A gong with a substantially flat surface vibrates in multiple modes, giving a "crash" rather than a tuned note. This category of gong is sometimes called a tam-tam to distinguish it from the bossed gongs that give a tuned note. In Indonesian gamelan ensembles, some bossed gongs are deliberately made to generate in addition a beat note in the range from about 1 to 5 Hz. The use of the term "gong" for both these types of instrument is common.
Christopher David Allen (13 January 1938 – 13 March 2015), better known as Daevid Allen, sometimes credited as Divided Alien, was an Australian poet, guitarist, singer, composer and performance artist. He was co-founder of progressive rock groups Soft Machine (in the UK, 1966) and Gong (in France, 1967).
In 1960, inspired by the Beat Generation writers he had discovered while working in a Melbourne bookshop, Allen travelled to Paris, where he stayed at the Beat Hotel, moving into a room recently vacated by Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky. While selling the International Herald Tribune around Le Chat Qui Pêche and the Latin Quarter, he met Terry Riley and also gained free access to the jazz clubs in the area.
In 1961 Allen travelled to England and rented a room at Lydden, near Dover, where he soon began to look for work as a musician. He first replied to a newspaper advertisement for a guitar player to join Dover-based group the Rolling Stones (no connection with the later famous band of that name) who had lost singer/guitarist Neil Landon, but did not join them. After meeting up with William S. Burroughs, and inspired by philosophies of Sun Ra, he formed free jazz outfit the Daevid Allen Trio ('Daevid' having been adopted as an affectation of David), which included his landlord's son, 16-year-old Robert Wyatt. They performed at Burroughs' theatre pieces based on the novel The Ticket That Exploded. In 1966, together with Kevin Ayers and Mike Ratledge, they formed the band Soft Machine, the name having come from the Burroughs novel The Soft Machine. Ayers and Wyatt had previously played in Wilde Flowers.
Actors: Keith Griffiths (producer), Toby Jones (actor), Mel Churcher (miscellaneous crew), Hans W. Geissendörfer (producer), Julian Day (costume designer), Robin Gutch (producer), Katherine Butler (producer), Hugo Heppell (producer), Chris Dickens (editor), Dora Nedeczky (miscellaneous crew), Dora Nedeczky (miscellaneous crew), David Johnstone (miscellaneous crew), Lola Dauda (miscellaneous crew), Cosimo Fusco (actor), Marinella Setti (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller,Actors: Richard Sammel (actor), Antony Szeto (actor), Bey Logan (actor), Bey Logan (producer), Jason Tobin (actor), James Gerard (actor), Sabine Crossen (actress), Sedina Balde (actor), Jared Robinsen (actor), Simon Yin (actor), Sedina Balde (producer), Kirt Kishita (actor), Michael Chan (actor), Tuong Vi Nguyen-Long (editor), Carey Rothman (costume designer),
Genres: Action, Thriller,Actors: Lucy Doty (miscellaneous crew), Pakk Hui (composer), Jack Ong (actor), Matt Steinauer (editor), Teddy Chen Culver (actor), Patty Toy (actress), Ming Lai (producer), Ming Lai (writer), Ming Lai (director), Ming Lai (producer), Ming Lai (writer), Angelina Cheng (actress), Charles Christian (miscellaneous crew), Denise Matsuyama-Lai (miscellaneous crew), Mario Cortez (actor),
Plot: In "Journey of a Paper Son," an elderly Chinese man, who's dying from cancer, shocks his family when he reveals that he's a "paper son" (one who immigrated to the U.S., using fake documents and claiming he was the son of an American citizen) and asks them for a final wish to change back his name. His request threatens to tear apart his family, testing the limits of their love. We discover that he's just one of countless "paper sons" who were born from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the first federal law to restrict immigration to the U.S. based on race or nationality.
Keywords: asian, asian-american, chinese, chinese-american, chinese-exclusion-act, educational, human-rights, identity, independent-film, period-dramaActors: Bront Palarae (actor), Azhar Sulaiman (actor), Ahmad Tarmimi Serigar (actor), Chew Kin Wah (actor), Danny X-Factor (actor), Danny X-Factor (producer), Sabrina Hassan (actress), Jason Chong (producer), Jason Chong (writer), Jason Chong (director), Md Eyzendy (actor), Linora Low (actress), Daphne Iking (actress), Linora Low (actress), Azwan Kombos (actor),
Plot: Eva is a simple girl. The only exciting about her is that she has a string of fraudulent insurance claims amounting to RM 100 million tied to her name. Yet in the past five year, no insurance investigator has ever found any evidence of her fraud activities. Until, Nik happens to be the one of top insurance fraud investigators in Europe. Hence, it is his responsibility to catch Eva red handed. The only problem is they began developing a liking between each other. And now Nik has a choice. Simply put...love or honor.
Genres: Action, Drama, Romance,Actors: Poj Arnon (director), Poj Arnon (costume designer), Supakson Chaimongkol (actress), Akara Amarttayakul (actor), Manussa Vorasingha (director), Wiradit Srimalai (actor), Tanwarin Sukkhapisit (director), TAE (actor), Mai Charoenpura (actress), Vasana Chalakorn (actress), Kachapa Toncharoen (actor), Arisara Thongborisut (actress), Anchalee Saisoontorn (actress), Ratchanont Sukpragawp (actor), Pimolrat Pisalayabuth (actress),
Plot: An omnibus film of four stories pulled straight from Thailand's most gruesome headlines. In "Flame", a man is haunted by regret and a ghost after he survives a nightclub fire that killed his girlfriend. In "Imprison", a prisoner questions his sanity after his cell-mate hangs himself. In "Revenge", a deaf-mute drug dealer murders a woman thief in his apartment, and makes the mistake of stashing her corpse in his apartment building's water duct. Finally, in the comic "Haunting Motel", an aging stripper-cum-prostitute, a gay guy and his straight friend end up in a hotel owned by a crazy old lady and haunted by a ladykiller.
Keywords: 4-stories, answering-the-telephone, anthology, apartment, aquarium, asking-for-help, bachelor-pad, based-on-true-story, bed, black-catActors: Amjad Olabi (editor), Anthony Schubert (actor), Amjad Olabi (producer), Amjad Olabi (writer), Amjad Olabi (director), Blake Sample (actor), Christopher Greener (actor), Jeeah Huh (actress), Meret Koehler (composer),
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Ron de Moraes (director), Natasha Leggero (actress), James Adomian (actor), Vin Di Bona (producer), Mary Chau (miscellaneous crew), Americus Abesamis (actor), Americus Abesamis (actor), Dean Edwards (actor), Tig Notaro (actress), Olivia Lee (actress), Erin Foley (actress), Brian Jarvis (actor), Nika Williams (actress), Mitchell Roche (actor), Al Edgington (producer),
Genres: Reality-TV,I do not own the copyright to this recording so if it needs to be removed, I will remove it. If you like this album please buy it for the full experience "Radio Gnome Invisible" (Allen) --00:00 "Flying Teapot" (Allen/Moze) -- 05:33 "The Pot Head Pixies" (Allen) -- 17:24 "The Octave Doctors And The Crystal Machine" (Blake) -- 20:26 "Zero The Hero And The Witch's Spell" (Allen/Blake/Tritsch) -- 22:18 "Witch's Song/I Am Your Pussy" (Smyth / Allen) -- 31:55 Personnel The original personnel listing is as follows: PON voicebox -- Dingo Virgin & Hi T Moonweed the favourite Orgone box & space whisper -- the Good Witch Yoni VCS 3box Cynthia size A & crystal machine -- Hi T Moonweed the favourite Split sax ie tenna & soprasax & so flooth -- The Good Count Bloo...
Gong - Camembert Electrique Recorded and released in 1971. 2001 CD re-issue version (Charly Records) Tracklist: 00:00 Radio Gnome 00:27 You Can't Kill Me 06:45 I've Bin Stone Before 09:23 Mister Long Shanks / O Mother / I Am Your Fantasy 15:20 Dynamite: I Am Your Animal 19:53 Wet Cheese Delirium 20:24 Squeezing Sponges Over Policemen's Heads 20:38 Fohat Digs Holes In Space 27:00 Tried So Hard* 31:39 Tropical Fish: Selene 39:16 Gnome The Second Line-up: Daevid Allen ("Bert Camembert") - guitar, vocals, bass guitar on * Gilli Smyth ("Shakti Yoni") - space whisper Didier Malherbe ("Bloomdido Bad De Grass") - saxophones, flute Christian Tritsch ("Submarine Captain") - bass, lead guitar on * Pip Pyle - drums mp3 @320
Paiste 80" Symphonic Gong played by Michael Bettine at Memphis Gong Chamber. See all of our Paiste Symphonic Gongs here: http://memphisdrumshop.com/gongs/stock-gongs/paiste-gongs/paiste-symphonic-gongs/
From the album Angel's Egg. That crazy Daevid Allen!!
Gong's fifth album and P2 of Radio gnome invisible trilogy. I list here the LP track list this is taken from CD but is correct and track 15 is a bonus track. A1 Other Side Of The Sky Written-By -- Allen*, Blake* 7:40 A2 Sold To The Highest Buddha Written-By -- Allen*, Howlitt* 4:25 A3 Castle In The Clouds Written-By -- Hillage* 1:09 A4 Prostitute Poem Written-By -- Smyth*, Hillage* 4:52 A5 Givin My Luv To You Written-By -- Allen* 0:43 A6 Selene Written-By -- Allen* 3:38 B1A Flute Salad Written-By -- Malherbe* 2:09 B1B Oily Way Written-By -- Allen*, Malherbe* 3:37 B2 Outer Temple Written-By -- Hillage*, Blake* 1:09 B3 Inner Temple Written-By -- Allen*, Malherbe* 2:34 B4 Percolations ...
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From the Gong album 2032 - You can buy the CD (with lyrics booklet) from http://www.planetgong.co.uk A wonderful manga animation of Daevid Allen's drawings by ace Japanese team Mood Magic, who also made System 7's Hinotori
(ancient pagan chant balancing male & female)
ZA EE ZAO
(invoking forces of darkness/shadow)
MA EE MAO
(invoking powers of mother love)
TA EE TAO
(invoking energies of light)
Master Builder.....
Tell Me How You Make A Temple?
Tools And Moon Stones
You Don't Really Need Them You Know
Master Builder
Tell Me What The Temple's Made Of?
Deep Inside You
You Can Build An Invisible
Temple In Your Own
Imagination