Dusseldorf

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Includes the only known live recording of “Talking To The Sun.”

Some gigs are simply meant to be out there – even if they take decades to actually make it into our hands. This is, without doubt, one of those concerts; recorded at the Philips Halle, Dusselsdorf on the 28th March 1979 during the Live Herald Tour.

Released following the AIM-nominated deluxe box set from Hillage, ‘Searching For The Spark’, this new ‘Dusselsdorf’ double CD showcases the Steve Hillage Band’s prowess with excellent sound quality – a quality so high that you’ll forget that it’s a live recording until the applause. This is a band at the height of its powers, with Steve in great voice throughout & most obviously utterly enjoying themselves. The vibe is completely infectious & doesn’t let up throughout the entire gig.

Featuring Steve’s own adventurous compositions & covers of Beatles & Donovan classics, all are approached with a joie-de-vivre & high sensibility. The trademark heady combination of vibrant psychedelic rock interwoven with an irresistible full-blooded groove, interspersed with the smoothest of deep-space synth/guitar trips gathers all before it in a tsunami of uplifting music. With the benefit of hindsight, Steve’s musical trajectory from the creative space riffs of Gong to the trance & techno of System 7 is made instantly clear.

Tracklist

New Age Synthesis (Unzipping The Zype)    8:36
Hurdy Gurdy Glissando    10:07
Light In The Sky    5:43
Unidentified (Flying Being)    10:01
Radio    9:17
The Dervish Riff    4:33
Hurdy Gurdy Man    6:38
Motivation    6:24
1988 Aktivator    2:25
Crystal City    3:26
Activation Meditation    1:31
The Glorious Om Riff    6:35
Meditation Of The Dragon    2:51
It’s All Too Much    6:35
Encore 1: Electrick Gypsies    7:27
Encore 2: Talking To The Sun    7:05