{"product_id":"bright-spirit","title":"Bright Spirit","description":"\u003cp\u003eBright Spirit marks the third instalment in a trilogy that began with The Universe Also Collapses (2019) and continued with Unending Ascending (2023) Recorded with long-time collaborator Frank Byng in his South London studio, Bright Spirit sees Gong at their experimental best, more adventurous and more open to the dream than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd dreams are central here. Not just as lyrical imagery, but as a way of thinking - where psychedelia, love, and the thin membrane between worlds feed into the music. The opener, 'Dream Of Mine', unfurls like a transmission from the inbetween, its mid- section blooming into harmonies and an angular melody that feels like a key turning in a long-awaited lock. Frontman Kavus Torabi describes it as a moment everything has been pointing toward, a flash of clarity inside the swirl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElsewhere, there's tenderness - unexpected perhaps, but unmistakably Gong, 'Fragrance Of Paradise' being Torabi's first- ever love song. 'The Wonderment' finds Gong in deeply meditative form, a mystical and explorative journey both inwards and outwards, timeless and expansive, another piece of the kaleidoscopic puzzle that makes up Bright Spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGong continue to carry the torch first lit by founder Daevid Allen in the late '60s, having recently completed extensive US and European tours, as well as a UK run with psychedelic legends Henge in late 2025, which will continue in 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBright Spirit is Gong now: still glowing from the furnace of Daevid Allen's vision, still mischievous, still tuned to the frequencies between the waking world and whatever sings behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kscope","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":56233466397003,"sku":"R1958-3073","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":56233466429771,"sku":"R1958-6562","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - Turquoise","offer_id":56233466462539,"sku":"R1958-4774","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/3b5ceab6-8523-44bb-84eb-c6ce52195f9f.jpg?v=1767632285","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/bright-spirit","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}