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Magick Brother was an early release from the psychedelic band Gong formed by the former Soft Machine guitarist Daevid Allan. Originally released in France where they achieved a reputation for the most popular avant-garde performance.
“Gong's debut album is a wonderful collection of whimsical and freewheeling folksy psychedlia. A very enjoyable listen.”
“Before they became a spacey prog band, Gong were a spacey psychedelic band. On this debut, the planet Gong mythology is already in place, but this is much more of a ramshackle record than the polished sparkling synth and shimmering Steve Hillage guitar dominated later albums.”
“The album is divided into two sides. The first is Early Morning and the second is Late Night, but both contain hippie folk type songs and freaked out bizarreness.”
“Gong played progressive rock with lots of elements from space rock. Although they are now known mostly as a prog band their debut album Magick Brother was mainly psychedelic rock. Some of these songs are highly entertaining but overall this can't be rated as one of their best albums.”
“Daevid Allen hooked up with Gillie Smyth and between them put this out this early proto-Gong album. I say proto-Gong because the Gong sound has not quite developed here yet. The different ingredients which make up Gong are all here but they've not yet mixed in together to make the rich broth which would appear on the later albums. Not a bad start but not a fantastic one either.”
“All the trademark Gong features are evident here – weird hippie-inspired hazy female vocals, a Middle Eastern influence in the arrangements, and Daevid Allen's knack for catchy vocal melodies.”
“Daevid Allen’s guitar work is just so haunting, ethereal, yet insistent. Perhaps this is the first truly punk album ever, as it sounds so unpolished and rough, yet perfect in mood and conception.”
“This contains some crazy progressive/psychedelic rock. The debut from Gong reveals, right away, the level of freakiness that exists inside Allen's weird mind.”
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