Gazeuse! (

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for 'Sparkling!', 'Fizzy!' or 'Effervescent!') is the seventh album released under the name Gong and the ''de facto'' debut album by

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. It was released in late 1976. The title was changed to ''Expresso'' for the U.S. release. The album features an all-instrumental jazz-driven sound, notable for the prominent use of vibraphone, and has little to do with the

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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 couple of years, the lineup involved and the nature of the music are that of the Moerlen-led band. Writing credits are split between Moerlen and guitarist

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, except for the final track, which is by early Magma and '' Flying Teapot'' bassist

Francis Moze Francis Moze (born 2 February 1946) is a French bass player, best known for his work in Magma, Gong and Pierre Moerlen's Gong. Moze played in an early line-up with Magma. When he left the group, Giorgio Gomelsky introduced him to Gong. He played o ...

Track listing

;Side one #"Expresso" (Pierre Moerlen) – 5:58 #"Night Illusion" (Allan Holdsworth) – 3:42 #"Percolations (Part I & II)" (Moerlen) – 10:00 ;Side two

"Shadows Of" (Holdsworth) – 7:48
"Esnuria" (Moerlen) – 8:00
"Mireille" (Francis Moze) – 4:10

"Shadows Of" is a reworking of Allan Holdsworth's "

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" from his 1976 album of the same name.

Personnel

;Pierre Moerlen's Gong * Pierre Moerlen –

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, vibraphone, marimba, timpani,

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* Didier Malherbe – tenor sax (1,5),

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(4) *

– guitars, violin, pedal steel * Mireille Bauer – vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, toms *

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– vibraphone *

– fretless

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, gong, piano *

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– percussion

References

*Macan, E. L., Macan, E. (1997). Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture. Germany: Oxford University Press. p. 243 {{DEFAULTSORT:Gazeuse 1976 albums Gong (band) albums Pierre Moerlen's Gong albums Virgin Records albums