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When Gong’s founder Daevid Allen died in 2015, many of the veteran act’s fans assumed they were gone for good – but the truth is that the Kavus Torabi-led Gong are better than ever, just as Allen knew they would be. “He always loved to throw a grenade into situations!” says Torabi, beckoning us into the caverns of the mind.

Joel McIver

“Do I ever feel any pressure? Only if I read comments on the internet!” jokes Kavus Torabi, singer and guitarist with Gong, the psychedelic act and later prog-rock institution founded in 1969 by Daevid Allen. Before he died – or decoupled from the physical realm, as he would no doubt have put it – Allen tasked Torabi and the band with taking Gong to the next level, wherever in the universe that might be. Of course, not every Gong fan agrees with that decision. “Every single person who likes Gong, whether that’s old Gong or new Gong, will have their own take on what the band should be,” continues Torabi. “I’m the same about the bands that I like, so I get it. At the same time, you have to…

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