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Daevid Allen

real name Christopher David Allen

Melbourne, Australia · 1938-01-13 – 2015-03-13

Daevid Allen is credited on 753 releases across 187 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1967–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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753

Credits

187

Albums

7

Decades active

61

In collections

Biography

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Daevid Allen (born January 13, 1938, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia – died March 13, 2015, Australia) was an Australian poet, guitarist, singer, composer and performance artist. He was co-founder of the psychedelic rock groups Soft Machine (in the UK, 1966) and, with his former partner Gilli Smyth, Gong (in France, 1967). Father of Orlando Allen and.

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Credited work

753 releases · 187 albums · active 1967–2026

  • Performance · 2,636
  • Other credits · 234
  • Production · 81
  • Engineering · 63
  • Mastering · 5

Studios: The Manor · Bananamoon Observatory Studio · Strawberry Studios, France · Spring Studio

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