Editing Gong (band) (section)

=== Gong 'proper' begins (1969–1971) ===
In August 1969, film director {{interlanguage link|Jérôme Laperrousaz|it}}, a close friend of the pair, invited them back to France to record a soundtrack for a motorcycle racing movie which he was planning. This came to nothing at the time, but they were subsequently approached by [[Jean Karakos]] of the newly formed independent label [[BYG Actuel]] to record an album, and so set about forming a new electric Gong band in Paris, recruiting their first rhythm section of Christian Tritsch (bass) and Rachid Houari (drums and percussion) and re-connecting with a saxophonist called [[Didier Malherbe]] whom they had met in Deià.<ref>Allen, Daevid. ''Gong Dreaming 2''. SAF Publishing, 2009, p.13.</ref> However, Tritsch was not ready in time for the sessions and so Allen played the bass guitar himself. The album, entitled ''[[Magick Brother]]'', was completed in October.

The reborn Gong played its debut gig at the BYG Actuel Festival ({{interlanguage link|Festival d'Amougies|nl}}) in the small Belgian town of Amougies, on 27 October 1969, joined by Danny Laloux on hunting horn and percussion, and Dieter Gewissler and Gerry Fields on violin, and was introduced to the stage by bemused compere [[Frank Zappa]].<ref>Allen, Daevid. ''Gong Dreaming 2''. SAF Publishing, 2009, p.31.</ref> ''Magick Brother'' was released in March 1970, followed in April by a non-album single, "Est-Ce Que Je Suis; Garçon Ou Fille?" b/w "Hip Hip Hypnotise Ya", which again featured Laloux and Gewissler.<ref>Allen, Daevid. ''Gong Dreaming 2''. SAF Publishing, 2009, p.34.</ref> In October, the band moved into an abandoned 12-room hunting lodge called Pavillon du Hay, near [[Voisines, Yonne|Voisines]] and [[Sens]], 120&nbsp;km south-east of Paris. They would be based there until early 1974.<ref>Allen, Daevid. ''Gong Dreaming 2''. SAF Publishing, 2009, pgs.52, 67, 291.</ref>

Houari left the band in the spring of 1971 and was replaced by English drummer [[Pip Pyle]], whom Allen had been introduced to by [[Robert Wyatt]] during the recording of his debut solo album, ''[[Banana Moon]]''. The new line-up recorded a soundtrack for Laperrousaz's movie, now entitled ''Continental Circus'', backed poet {{interlanguage link|Dashiell Hedayat|fr}} on his album ''Obsolete'', and played at the second [[Glastonbury Festival]], later documented on the ''[[Glastonbury Fayre (album)|Glastonbury Fayre]]'' album.<ref>Allen, Daevid. ''Gong Dreaming 2''. SAF Publishing, 2009, p.110–115.</ref> Next, they began work on their second studio album, ''[[Camembert Electrique]]'', later referred to by Allen as "the first real band album".<ref>Allen, Daevid. ''Gong Dreaming 2''. SAF Publishing, 2009, p.116.</ref> It established the [[progressive rock|progressive]], [[space rock]] sound which would make their name, leading, in the autumn, to their first UK tour. However, by the end of the year Pyle had left the group, to be replaced by another English drummer, [[Laurie Allan]].<ref>Allen, Daevid. ''Gong Dreaming 2''. SAF Publishing, 2009, p.124–141.</ref>