LIVE IN BRAZIL: 20TH NOVEMBER 2007

Daevid Allen and his University Of Errors band flew to Brazil in November of 2007 to do a brief series of concerts. His drummer wasn't available so Brazilian Fred Barley was enlisted to fill that role. Fred is in DIALETO but more importantly he is part of the INVISIBLE OPERA COMPANY OF TIBET band. That band, named by Daevid Allen by the way, also featured Fabio Golfetti and Gabriel Costa both from VIOLETA DI OUTONO. So under the banner of GONG GLOBAl FAMILY this concert was filmed on November 20th 2007. So we get Allen and Pollock from Daevid Allen's UNIVERSITY OF ERRORS band, along with the trio from the INVISIBLE OPERA COMPANY OF TIBET, plus a Brazilian sax player making this a six piece.

Daevid Allen is in such fine form here. And he really is having the time of his life it would appear. The band is incredible. These are players and I can't tell you how much I enjoyed some of those serious instrumental sections. Of course they are playing GONG songs so there's plenty of silliness as well. We get 64 minutes of music and there are two tracks in particular that really stand out. The over 11 minute "Fohat Digs Holes In Space" the longest track here, along with "Master Builder" at 8 minutes. The final track for this show was "Selene" and the encore song was "Dynamite".

I have both the audio cd and the dvd. The dvd was sent to me by Fabio Golfetti many years ago along with "UFO Planante" by the INVISIBLE OPERA COMPANY OF TIBET. The latter has brought me so much joy. To even be messaged by Fabio in the first place was an honour. And he did so to thank me for my "Volume 7" review of his VIOLETA DI OUTONO band. I was pretty star struck at the time I must admit. I would highly recommend this dvd or the audio cd. And it's a must if you're a big GONG fan.