Zero to Infinity

Zero to Infinity Artist: Gong
Label: Snapper UK
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 636551282420
EAN: 0636551282420
ASIN: B0000457A3


Release Date: 2000-02-22

Zero to Infinity


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Tracks:

  1. Foolefare
  2. Magdalene
  3. The Invisible Temple
  4. Zeroid
  5. Wise Man In Your Heart
  6. The Mad Monk
  7. Yoni On Mars
  8. Damaged Man
  9. Bodilingus
  10. Tali's Song
  11. Infinitea

Similar Items:

  1. Shapeshifter
  2. The Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible, Pt. 1)
  3. Angel's Egg (Radio Gnome Invisible, Pt. 2)

Album Description

Pianist, composer and arranger Helio Celso Suarez has established a very successful career in Japan. His discography includes 12 instrumental CDs and 4 CDs with Lisa Ono as a result of a partnership of nearly 15 years. He has played with Victor Assis Brasil, Paulo Moura, Nara Leao, Maysa, Leny Andrade and Maria Creuza. Mostly jazz instrumentals here, set to some occasional larger backings, which give the album a nice degree of space. HPI Brasil. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Get From Here to Eterntea instead.......2002-09-27

This is a studio album from 2000. It features Gong trio of David Allen, Gilli Smyth and Dedier Malherbe plus long time on and off again member, Mike Howlett. It is about 65 minutes long. It continues the Radio Gnome and Zero the Hero saga.

Don't buy this. Get From Here to Eternetea instead. From Here to Eternetea is a two disk set that contains Zero to Infinity plus the live album Live 2 Infinitea and it is cheaper than either of the single CD's.

This album is definitly Gong, but the group continues to evolve and experiment. With the lack of a powerful lead guitar player (like Steve Hillage or Steffi Sharpstrings) or a violin player, as on Shapeshifter, this is a heavily sax oriented album. This album is also more jazz oriented than previous Gong rock albums. But it not a jazz album, like when Gong was in its jazz phase. The addition of tenor sax makes this album sound like Sunday Brunch jazz at times. But it doesn't last long. There will be a tenor sax solo and then Gilli Smyth will jump into her space whisper.

There are some great songs on the CD, but there are a few clunkers. There is also a repeating theme that is sometimes annoying. I prefer Gong's previous album, Shapeshifter to this one. But this is still a pretty good CD.

Gong and King Crimson are about the only two progressive bands that have continued to prosper artistically. They continue to experiement and push the boundaries of music, while remaining true to their roots. Yes has went pop at one time and now is just repeating what they did in the seventies. Emeerson, Lake and Palmer's new stuff is just boring. Caravan is just plain bad. Camel has turned into new age jazz. And let's not even talke about Genesis.

4 out of 5 stars Zero Or Infinity.......2000-04-14

Depending on how you look at it, the recycled riffs (Invisible Temple, Infintea) and songs (Wise Man, Tali's Song) are either going to sound to you like "I've heard it all before" or it'll be like hearing from a long-lost friend again. Some new ideas are present, though, and take the shape of the bouncing "Bodilingus" and the very odd "Zeroid". Interestingly enough, in amongst all the philosophical musings and Python-esque whismy lie actual down-to-earth concerns about growing old and being an absentee father. Any fears about the "new boys" fitting in should be relieved after hearing this. Chris Taylor and Theo Travis acquit themselves well. It's obvious that they "get it". Whatever your take on the music is, folks will probably agree that it sounds like everyone concerned is having a good time. The feeling is contagious.

3 out of 5 stars Gnomerique.......2000-03-25

This is Gong's first studio album since 1992's "Shapeshifter". While "Zero to infinity" is a good album, it's not entirely satisfying. I think Daevid Allen wants to sell a nostalgic feeling. This album doesn't point Gong into a new direction, and in my opinion it's pretty much outdated and not very original. The "Radio Gnome" trilogy is almost 30 years old now, and Gong still draw from these legendary albums.

However, I guess 2000 will be a really busy year in Gong's history. A lot of albums and new compilations were re-released in Europe recently. "Camembert electrique", "Flying teapot", "Angel's egg" and "You" were reissued with the original cover artworks and digital remastering. "Best Of" and "Other side of the sky" pay attention to Gong's early years, featuring tracks from Gong's first four, aforementioned albums. And finally, Pierre Moerlen's new age rock album "Breakthrough" (1986) and Daevid Allen's "New York Gong" were re-released, too.

5 out of 5 stars

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