Expresso II is an album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong, issued in 1978.
Like the other Pierre Moerlen's Gong albums, the album is predominantly jazz-fusion and has little to do with the psychedelic space rock of Daevid Allen's Gong, even though the bands share a common history.
Expresso II is a companion piece to the band's previous release, Gazeuse! (called Expresso in North America). It is an extension of the melodic mallet percussion infused progressive jazz/rock that dominated this incarnation of Gong, and would be the last album released on the band's Virgin contract before Pierre Moerlen changed the name to Pierre Moerlen's Gong to distinguish this incarnation from that of the Daevid Allen-led chapter.
Track listing
Personnel
- Gong
- Pierre Moerlen - drums, glockenspiel, xylophone, tubular bells, tympani, vibraphone
- Hansford Rowe - bass, rhythm guitar (2, possibly also at the end of track 3)
- Mireille Bauer - marimba, vibraphone
- Benoît Moerlen - glockenspiel, vibes, xylophone, tubular bells, claves
- François Causse - congas
- Additional personnel
In popular culture
The song Heavy Tune is featured on Fusion FM radio in the game Grand Theft Auto IV.
References
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