Expresso II
Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox". Template:Album ratings Expresso II is the eighth studio album released under the name Gong and the de facto second album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong. It released in February 1978.[1]
Featuring an all-instrumental jazz-driven sound, notable for the prominent use of vibraphone, it has little to do with the psychedelic space rock of Daevid Allen's Gong, even though the two bands share a common history. Although the album was issued by Virgin Records under the "Gong" name for contractual reasons, and the name "Pierre Moerlen's Gong" would not be adopted for a few more months, the lineup involved and the nature of the music are those of the Moerlen-led band.
This was the final Gong-related album released by Virgin; the band continued on Arista Records.
Track listing
Personnel
- Pierre Moerlen's Gong
- Pierre Moerlen – drums, vibraphone, xylophone, glockenspiel, tympani, tubular bells
- Benoît Moerlen – vibraphone, marimba, xylophone, glockenspiel, percussion, claves, tubular bells
- Mireille Bauer – marimba, vibraphone
- Hansford Rowe – bass, rhythm guitar (2)
- Additional personnel
- Mick Taylor – lead guitar (1)
- Allan Holdsworth – lead guitar (3, 4, 6), rhythm guitar (1)
- Bon Lozaga – lead guitar (2), rhythm guitar (3)
- Darryl Way – violin (3, 5)
- François Causse – congas
In popular culture
The track "Heavy Tune" is featured on Fusion FM radio in the game Grand Theft Auto IV.
References
- Macan, E. L., Macan, E. (1997). Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture. Germany: Oxford University Press. p. 243
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