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    Daevid Allen's Final Album

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    GONG Legend Daevid Allen's Final Album “Daevid Allen Weird Quartet - ELEVENSES” To Be Released February 12, 2016

    The Final Recordings from Gong & Soft Machine Co-Founder Daevid Allen!

    Los Angeles - Purple Pyramid Records will be releasing on February 12, 2016 the final album from legendary Daevid Allen, one of the most innovative music artists to emerge from this planet! Daevid Allen Weird Quartet is a recording project bringing together Daevid Allen, founder of The Soft Machine and Gong, with Don Falcone of Spirits Burning, Michael Clare of Daevid Allen's University of Errors, and drummers Trey Sabatelli (The Tubes) and Paul Sears (The Muffins). “ELEVENSES” is the second album by this band, following 2005's “DJDDAY”, which was released under the band name “Weird Biscuit Teatime.” Daevid Allen Weird Quartet “ELEVENSES” is the last band album that Daevid worked on before his death, in March of 2015.

    Christopher David Allen (13 January 1938 – 13 March 2015), better known as Daevid Allen, sometimes credited as Divided Alien, was an Australian and had a brilliant career as a poet, musician, artist, and one-time cab driver that spanned over fifty years. Daevid was constantly pushing boundaries and was always the center of activity. He continually inspired those around him to be creative and to achieve their best.

    The Daily Telegraph said, “Allen revelled in being the court jester of hippie rock and never lost his enthusiasm for the transcendent power of the psychedelic experience. He once remarked, 'Psychedelia for me is a code for that profound spiritual experience where there is a direct link to the gods.' That he never attained the riches and fame of many of his contemporaries did not concern him.”

    Daevid Allen Weird Quartet “ELEVENSES” album is a mixture of styles of music found throughout his career, plus a few surprises: a blues song in 7/4, a catchy Irish-tinged folk song, ambient and explosive instrumentals, a post-punk rave-up with Daevid's final message on a record.

    Track List:
    1. TransloopThisMessage
    2. Imagicknation
    3.The Latest Curfew Craze
    4. Kick That Habit Man
    5. Secretary Of Lore
    6. Alchemy
    7. The Cold Stuffings Of November
    8. Grasshopping
    9. God's New Deal
    10. Dim Sum In Alphabetical Order
    11. Killer Honey
    12. Under The YumYum Tree Cafe
    13. Banana Construction

    Daevid Allen Weird Quartet Facebook page:
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    Press inquiries:
    Glass Onyon PR
    Billy James
    PH: 828-350-8158
    glassonyonpr@gmail.com

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    Los Angeles CA 90025
    www.CleopatraRecords.com

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    I hope all Daevid Allen fans pick this one up.

    I'm giving it the ol' first spin today, and it's quite good.
    I want to dynamite your mind with love tonight.

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    Got this one a fews weeks ago and although I do not have his previous works (I'm more on the jazz-rock side of Gong) I enjoyed it for most of the songs.
    The musicians are great especially the tight drumming, which I hadn't expected from psychedelic rock.

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