Miquette Giraudy

• Name — Miquette Giraudy • Alias — Bambaloni Yoni, Marsiale Giraudy, Monique Giraudy • Born — 9 February 1953 • Birthplace — Nice, France • Instrument — Vocals, Keyboards, percussion • Genre — Psychedelic rock, space rock, ambient, techno • Occupation — Musician, writer, actress • Associated Acts — Gong, System 7, Steve Hillage

Miquette Giraudy was born on 9 February 1953, in Nice, France.

Already Hillage's girlfriend, Giraudy joined him in Gong as a vocalist in March 1974, replacing Diane Stewart-Bond, who had replaced Gilli Smyth 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. • Illustration — Giraudy playing with Gong in Tel Aviv in 2009 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). Giraudy, 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.

Giraudy appears on all of Hillage's solo albums. She played percussion, keyboards, sang and co-wrote material on Fish Rising (1975), L (1976), Motivation Radio and 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.

More recently, Hillage and Giraudy formed System 7, working with a number of collaborators.