Gong announce 'manga' visuals

[5co77ie]

GONG, have today announced the world premiere of their brand new Japanese animated video “How To Stay Alive,” taken from their highly anticipated forthcoming new studio album “2032” (released 21st September).

Click here to watch the new promo video -

The video is a wonderful manga animation of Daevid Allen's drawings undertaken by the cutting edge Japanese Tokyo-based animation team “Mood Magic”, who were responsible for System 7's “Hinotori” video (2008). In line with the “2032” album, the video pushes all the classic Gong buttons and mixes them with bang up to date sounds and video techniques.

The track features a rap by Daevid Allen based around the characters of the illustrious Planet Gong mythology, which lent itself well to an animation of the drawings – and also features a beautiful solo at the end by original Gong member Didier Malherbe on the sax-like Armenian instrument the duduk.

Hope they play the visuals at Beautiful Daze.

[HurrahBrother]

I reckon there is a more Euro/continental influence in the animations look and style than any manga/anime look.

Still rather good.

[5co77ie]

they are excellent an hour or two of those and I'll be happy as tea cup in space.

[HurrahBrother]

Well, they do seem to have provided the (flying) saucer