Unending Ascending

Unending Ascending (subtitled A Pan-Galactic Suite by Gong) is the sixteenth studio album by Gong, released on 3 November 2023 by Kscope.^[4]

Unending Ascending
Studio album by Gong
Released	3 November 2023 (2023-11-03)
Studio	Snorkel Studios, London
Length	39:58
Label	Kscope
Producer	Frank Byng Gong
Gong chronology
Pulsing Signals (2022) Unending Ascending (2023)
Singles from Unending Ascending
"Tiny Galaxies" Released: 31 August 2023[1] "All Clocks Reset" Released: 5 October 2023

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Financial Times	[2]
Prog	[3]

Track listing

Music by Gong. Lyrics by Kavus Torabi.

1. "Tiny Galaxies" – 3:33
2. "My Guitar Is a Spaceship" – 4:09
3. "Ship of Ishtar" – 8:33
4. "O, Arcturus" – 3:55
5. "All Clocks Reset" – 4:09
6. "Choose Your Goddess" – 6:49
7. "Lunar Invocation" – 4:34
8. "Asleep Do We Lay" – 4:16

Personnel

• Ian East – saxophones and woodwinds
• Fabio Golfetti – guitar and singing
• Cheb Nettles – drums and singing
• Dave Sturt – bass guitar and singing
• Kavus Torabi – singing and guitar

With

• Saskia Maxwell – singing on "Ship of Ishtar", "Lunar Invocation" and "Asleep Do We Lay"

• Gong – additional instruments
• Frank Byng – cymbal scrapes on "Choose Your Goddess"

Technical

• Recorded and mixed by Frank Byng at Snorkel Studios, London
• Saskia's vocals recorded by Silas Wynne
• Produced by Frank Byng and Gong
• Mastered by James Plotkin

Artwork

• Mandala design by Daevid Allen
• Artwork @fiftysevendesign

Charts

Chart performance for Unending Ascending

Chart (2023)	Peak position
UK Album Sales (OCC)[5]	57
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[6]	33
UK Physical Albums (OCC)[7]	65
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[8]	8
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[9]	22