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Daevid Allen
Divided Alien Clockwork Band
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Rock

1997 reissue of his 1980 live solo album, the first after Gong broke up that year. Recorded with New York Gong (featuring Bill Laswell & drummer Fred Maher) at the Squat Theater in New York, August, 1980, it contains ... more »

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All Artists: Daevid Allen
Title: Divided Alien Clockwork Band
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Blueprint UK
Original Release Date: 1/1/1998
Re-Release Date: 1/1/2003
Album Type: Import, Live
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Rock
Style: Experimental Music
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 604388111626, 604388419029

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Daevid Allen - 'Divided Alien Clockwork Band' (Blueprint) 2

Mike Reed | USA | 11/25/2006

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I've previously heard 'of' and seen this title in music stores and available online before, but this was my first chance I ever had to check it out for myself. 'Divided Alien...' is (didn't realize at first) a 77 minute (a double vinyl lp's worth) of a live album on CD reissue of a performance that the Gong mainman Daevid Allen had played in summer, 1980 at the Squat Theater in New York. As I listened to this CD a 2nd time, I had found this title is simply too experimental and just too abstract for my taste. Don't get me wrong, if you like ALL or even most of the other solo efforts that Allen has put out, you should get more out of this CD than I did. The music is good,just failed to trip my trigger. Some of the cuts here I sort of dug were "Fast Father", "Sex Is A Careless Sea", maybe "Strong Woman" and the nine-minute closer "Smile" (disc's lengthiest track). Line-up: Daevid Allen-guitar,loops&vocals,Bill Laswell-bass,Fred Maher-drums and Bill Bacon-percussion.

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