Miquette Giraudy
Encyclopedia
Miquette Giraudy is a keyboard player and vocalist, best known for her work in Gong
and with her partner Steve Hillage
. She and Hillage currently form the core of the ambient
band System 7
.
film More. Getting in front of the camera she then appeared, under the name Marsiale Giraudy, in Jean-Pierre Prévost's 1971 film Jupiter, and, as Monique Giraudy, played the role of Monique in Schroeder's 1972 film La Vallée
. Raynal herself appeared in Martial Raysse
's 1972 film Le grand départ and Monique Giraudy gets a full editing credit.
the previous year. Smyth returned to Gong for part of 1974, with Giraudy coming back to the band in July. Hillage and Giraudy left the band together at the end of 1975.
Giraudy appears on the 1974 album You
as "Bambaloni Yoni" (Wee voices and Chourousings (sic)), on one track of the studio album Shamal
(1975) and four tracks of Gong Live Etc. (1977). She is also on the archival release, Live at Sherwood Forest 75 (2005).
She, together with Steve Hillage, reunited with Gong for various shows from 2006 onwards and the same line-up released a new album, 2032, in 2009.
(1975) and L (1976), but it was with 1977's Motivation Radio
that she started taking on a more significant role, playing keyboards and co-writing material, as she did on several subsequent albums.
Although released under Hillage's name, Rainbow Dome Musick
(1979), a seminal early ambient album, consisted of two sides, side A written and largely performed by Giraudy and side B written and largely performed by Hillage.
, working with a number of collaborators.
Gong (band)
Gong is a Franco-British progressive/psychedelic rock band formed by Australian musician Daevid Allen. Their music has also been described as space rock. Other notable band members include Allan Holdsworth, Tim Blake, Didier Malherbe, Pip Pyle, Gilli Smyth, Steve Hillage, Francis Moze, Mike Howlett...
and with her partner Steve Hillage
Steve Hillage
Steve Hillage is an English musician, best known as a guitarist. He is associated with the Canterbury scene and has worked in experimental domains since the late 1960s...
. She and Hillage currently form the core of the ambient
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
band System 7
System 7 (band)
System 7 are a British ambient dance band. Due to the existence of another band called System Seven, they were initially marketed as 777 in North America...
.
Film
In the late 60s Giraudy, under the name Monique Giraudy, became assistant to French film maker Jackie Raynal. She has script and assistant editing credits on the 1969 Barbet SchroederBarbet Schroeder
Barbet Schroeder is a Franco-Swiss movie director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working together with directors such as Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette.-Life and career:...
film More. Getting in front of the camera she then appeared, under the name Marsiale Giraudy, in Jean-Pierre Prévost's 1971 film Jupiter, and, as Monique Giraudy, played the role of Monique in Schroeder's 1972 film La Vallée
La Vallée (film)
La Vallée is a 1972 French film written and directed by Barbet Schroeder. The film stars Bulle Ogier as Viviane, a woman who goes on a strange and accidental voyage of self-discovery through the New Guinea bush....
. Raynal herself appeared in Martial Raysse
Martial Raysse
Martial Raysse is a French artist born in Golfe-Juan on 12 February 1936. He lives in Issigeac - France.-Biography: Raysse was born in a ceramicist family in Vallauris and began to paint and write poetry at age 12. After studying and practising athleticism at a high level, he began to accumulate...
's 1972 film Le grand départ and Monique Giraudy gets a full editing credit.
Gong
Already Hillage's girlfriend, Giraudy joined him in Gong as a vocalist in March 1974, replacing Diane Stewart-Bond, who had replaced Gilli SmythGilli Smyth
Gilli Smyth is a musician who performed with the bands Gong, Mother Gong and Planet Gong as well as several solo albums and albums in collaborations other members of Gong...
the previous year. Smyth returned to Gong for part of 1974, with Giraudy coming back to the band in July. Hillage and Giraudy left the band together at the end of 1975.
Giraudy appears on the 1974 album You
You (Gong album)
You is an album by psychedelic rock band Gong, recorded and originally released in 1974.Recorded at The Manor, Oxfordshire, side 1 was mixed at Pye Studios, Marble Arch, while side 2 at the Manor...
as "Bambaloni Yoni" (Wee voices and Chourousings (sic)), on one track of the studio album Shamal
Shamal (album)
Shamal is an album by Gong, originally released in 1975. The album was written and recorded without the group's founder member Daevid Allen, and consequently sounds different with none of the hippy flavoured eccentricities of the previous albums...
(1975) and four tracks of Gong Live Etc. (1977). She is also on the archival release, Live at Sherwood Forest 75 (2005).
She, together with Steve Hillage, reunited with Gong for various shows from 2006 onwards and the same line-up released a new album, 2032, in 2009.
Hillage solo albums
Giraudy appears on all of Hillage's solo albums. She played percussion as well as singing on his first two, Fish RisingFish Rising
Fish Rising is the debut solo album by English guitarist Steve Hillage, recorded and released in 1975 .The album was recorded just prior to Hillage's departure from the band Gong, and many of the players on this album are from that band: Bassist Mike Howlett, drummer Pierre Moerlen, keyboardist Tim...
(1975) and L (1976), but it was with 1977's Motivation Radio
Motivation Radio
Motivation Radio is the third studio album by British progressive rock musician Steve Hillage. It was recorded primarily in California, and was produced and engineered by Malcolm Cecil, of TONTO's Expanding Headband...
that she started taking on a more significant role, playing keyboards and co-writing material, as she did on several subsequent albums.
Although released under Hillage's name, Rainbow Dome Musick
Rainbow Dome Musick
-Recording details:* Recorded at Om, January 1979, for the Rainbow Dome at the Festival for Mind-Body-Spirit, Olympia London, April 21-29, 1979.* Equipment engineer: John Newsham.* Rainbow Dome concept by Rupert Atwill.* Sleeve design: Rupert Atwill/Laserphaze....
(1979), a seminal early ambient album, consisted of two sides, side A written and largely performed by Giraudy and side B written and largely performed by Hillage.
System 7
More recently, Hillage and Giraudy formed System 7System 7 (band)
System 7 are a British ambient dance band. Due to the existence of another band called System Seven, they were initially marketed as 777 in North America...
, working with a number of collaborators.