Didier Malherbe
Didier Malherbe was one of the founders of the band Gong. In the ambiance of the freaky revolution in Paris in May 1968, he met Australian singer, guitarist, and poet, ex-Soft Machine member, Daevid Allen, with whom he was to create Gong. This international community band incubated in Deya, Mallorca, and toured France and Europe before it was taken on the British scene starting at the first Glastonbury festival in june 1971. Virgin Records signed them up in 1973, and their album "camembert électrique" hit the charts! Gong toured extensively around the U.K. and Europe while producing the albums of their legendary Radio Gnome trilogy: Flying teapot, Angel's egg, You. In 1975, when Allen split from Gong, Didier formed other line-ups with Steve Hillage, Mike Howlet, Pierre Moerlen, 1976's "Shamal", 1977's "Gazeuse" with Alan Holdsworth and Mino Cinelu. Two master pieces of Progressive-jazz-rock. Didier's turn to leave Gong came in 1978. Back in France, he put together his five-piece Bloom band; in 1980 he released an album on E.M.I. which was rather jazz-rock in style. He toured and played with many artists in France and Japan, U.S.
External link Some music from Didier malherbe available here [1]
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