DAEVID ALLEN’S THE INVISIBLE OPERA COMPANY OF TIBET - ITALY 1988
October 4, 2008 – 4:39 am
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DAEVID ALLEN’S THE INVISIBLE OPERA COMPANY OF TIBET
Italy 1988 [no label, 2CD]
Live at Alzano Lombardo, Italy, November 2, 1988. A soundboard recording.
“On a mission to melt humankind
You have nothing to lose but your mind”
Om Mani Padme Hum!
What we have here is a rare recording of Daevid Allen’s Invisible Opera Company of Tibet, started in 1987 and while it remains functioning, is currently independent of Allen.
According to one source [imomus.com], the music “is dedicated to the proposition that it might be possible to create ‘an international ideological / spiritual/ aesthetic communications network for artists of all kinds who share the common vision of warm-hearted, pan-stylistic, inclusive art forms which serve the drive towards conscious evolution.”
Ha! we can hear you scoff. But really think about it. The opposite is what we have right now, a commercially-driven mass-produced unit-shifter of a music industrial complex. Everything else, marginalised.
We’re not sure if all the titles are correct but this is as we received from sharing music on the net. This one came from music fan corbet.
The music is a mix of Gong tunes and chants in both acoustic and electronic settings. While not the Age of Aquarius, it predates all the Tibetan chant music by a decade or two. Hopefully, this music will keep you peaceful and full of grace come Monday morning when we all go back to the ugly real world.
- The Little Chicken 
These tracks are no longer available for download.
CD1
1. Drone: Wandana’s Invocation (7:05)
2. Om Mani Padme Hum (12:53)
3. Bloomflute and Shyamal (3:14)
4. More Bloomflute and Shyamal (2:27)
5. Om Nama Shivaya (5:21)
6. White Doves (5:14)
7. Bloomwx7 and Shyamal (5:51)
8. God (0:42)
9. Bellyful of Telephone (1:39)
10. She (7:34)
CD2
1. Pyxie Java (4:43)
2. Percussion Jam (2:03)
3. Shyamal Logorythmique (3:00)
4. Gliss Piece (8:02)
5. Magick Brother (6:29)
6. None Other Than The Mother (6:12)
7. Flying Teapot (4:02)
8. Mantram Chant of You (3:04)
9. At The End Of The Day (1:07)
10. introductions (1:54)
11. My Heart’s song (5:29)
A fan, maclen, further explained the songs and that CD1
Track 2 has Didier playing “Elephant La Cuisse” theme - at 0:35 (later on Shapeshifter)
Tracks 3 & 4: “Fetish” (on Didier’s “Fetish” and also on Malherbe & Bensusan’s live cd).
Track 5 aka Bom Bom Bolo.
and CD2
Track 4 is “Fohat Digs Holes In Space” (even if it may not sound much like that).
Lineup:
Daevid Allen - gtr, vocals
Wandana Bruce - harm, vocals
Graham Clarke - violin
Didier Malherbe - synths, sax, flute
Shyamal Maitra - perc
Daevid Allen is an Australian musician who started Soft Machine with Robert Wyatt but is best known for forming Gong. The self-titled 1987 album released in Australia is the only version of this band with Daevid Allen. Good luck if you can find a copy. Otherwise buy any of the early Gong albums with Daevid here.
2 Responses to “DAEVID ALLEN’S THE INVISIBLE OPERA COMPANY OF TIBET - ITALY 1988”
Wow. This is awesome. Loved Soft Machine, Gong, New York Gong, Planet Gong, etc. Even once in junior high school wrote a short story featuring characters from the Gong mythos.
So this, which to me was previously unknown . . . >whew<
By Society's Pliers on Oct 6, 2008
Very nice, thanks!
By Tom on Oct 7, 2008