#GilliSmyth of
#Gong &
#MotherGong was a pioneering vocal experimenter,
#poet,
#feminist and
#philosopher. Gilli pioneered a vocal technique which came to be known as Space Whisper, which she developed with Ziska Baum in Paris during the late 60s. Sometimes atonal sometimes beautiful vocal tones fed through immense reverb & delay, her vocals could have been mistaken for synthesizers, had not synths been comparatively primitive at the time.
An intellectual, feminist & anti-authoritarian, she rubbed shoulders with the likes of Simone de Beauvoir, Robert Graves, Yoko Ono & Jimi Hendrix. I was fortunate to consider her a good friend, and worked with her on several musical and creative projects, including her last album entitled "Paradise", as well as the unfinished project "Do Birds Dream in Song".
I will always deeply miss Gilli - the many long evenings on the balcony discussing art / philosophy / science over an endless succession of glasses of red wine and spliffs.
#InternationalWomensDay #InternationalWomensDay2024https://iv.nboeck.de/watch?v=wSvW_O4V8Yo 
Hezzu
the buff who fell to earth
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