Steve Hillage: LIVE AT THE RAINBOW 1977
07/08/2014
Nearly 40 years later a live album of this legendary concert will appear.
Unknown? Steve Hillage grew up in Epping and threw himself as a young guitarist
on the Canterbury scene. Got the inspiration from bands like Caravan and quickly
became a talented member of Gong.
This concert gives a nice musical image of the exceptional qualities of
Steve Hillage. Right from the intro song 'Octave Doctors' vultures guitars in
your ears. Rock celebrates those years rampant. But Steve can not hide his love
for Gong in psychedelic song "Light the sky '. High frail voices of Miquette
Giraudy provide the necessary contrast and push it into the experimental area.
And then comes the dreamy 'Radio' which the ambient soundscape colored by
acoustic guitar, later an exceptionally beautiful bass (Curtis Robinson) and
then proceed into a powerful rock song. The use of synthesizer does at times but
think of Hawkwind. But Steve Hillage refuses to walk that path and will be in
the 90s and later mainly deal with producers (such as Simple Minds) and further
explore the ambient genre with its System 7 project.
Fortunately for the rock fan we get on this CD a rollercoaster of guitar
solos by the eardrums. "The Salmon Song ', originally on the album Fish Rising
of 1975, swims the typical water bodies of the 70's Sounds therefore dated?
Yeah, probably so. But it remains a delight to the ear. "Saucer Surfing 'shines
through echoing guitars, a driving beat and passionate vocals in crescendo and
then to end up with distorted voice sounds and spacey sounds. Calmer waters
experimental (Gong is again not far away) To then seamlessly switch to the
15-minute "Searching for the spark. Exit with a quirky version of Donovan's
"Hurdy Gurdy Man ', typifies the man in all his strings.
Quickly go to the record store and buy this album. Thanks to Gonzo
Multimedia, along with Esoteric Recordings labels for your prog. (also worth
exploring)
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