• Pierre Moerlen (23 October 1952, Colmar, Haut-Rhin – 3 May 2005, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, near Strasbourg) was a French drummer and percussionist, best...
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  • Pierre Moerlen's Gong was an instrumental jazz fusion band led by French drummer Pierre Moerlen which developed as an offshoot of the psychedelic progressive...
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    albums under the leadership of drummer Pierre Moerlen. This incarnation soon became known as Pierre Moerlen's Gong. Meanwhile, Smyth formed Mother Gong...
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  • Expresso II (category Pierre Moerlen's Gong albums)
    album released under the name Gong and the de facto second album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong. It released in February 1978. Featuring an all-instrumental jazz-driven...
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    'classic' rhythm section of Mike Howlett on bass and Pierre Moerlen on drums. In early 1974 Moerlen left to work with the French contemporary ensemble Les...
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  • Benoît Moerlen (born 6 February 1956) is a French percussionist, best known for his work in Gong, Pierre Moerlen's Gong and a later offshoot Gongzilla...
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  • guitar Mike Howlett – bass guitar Pierre Moerlen – drums, percussion Mireille Bauer – pitched percussion Benoit Moerlen – pitched percussion Also credited...
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  • Downwind (album) (category Pierre Moerlen's Gong albums)
    Downwind is the third album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong, although it was the first to be released under that name, the previous two having been released as...
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  • players on this album are from that band: Bassist Mike Howlett, drummer Pierre Moerlen, keyboardist Tim Blake and saxophonist Didier Malherbe. In 2007, Virgin...
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  • Richard Darryl Way (born 17 December 1948 in Taunton, Somerset, England) is an English rock and classical musician who was a founding member of Curved...
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  • Gazeuse! (category Pierre Moerlen's Gong albums)
    album released under the name Gong and the de facto debut album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong. It was released in late 1976. The title was changed to Expresso...
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  • Time Is the Key (category Pierre Moerlen's Gong albums)
    Time is the Key is the fourth album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong. It was released in late 1979 by Arista Records. Featuring an all-instrumental jazz-driven...
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  • and other contributors. For the subsequent tour, Katz was replaced by Pierre Moerlen due to problems with his passport, while Kris Sjobring took over from...
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  • Leave It Open (album) (category Pierre Moerlen's Gong albums)
    Leave It Open is the fifth studio album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong. It was released in 1981. Featuring an all-instrumental jazz-driven sound, notable for...
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  • (the favourite) (Tim Blake) – Cynthia "size a", lady voce Pierre de Strasbourg (Pierre Moerlen, spelled Moerlin on composer credits) – bread & batteur drums...
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  • Shamal (album) (category Pierre Moerlen's Gong albums)
    transitional album between Daevid Allen's incarnation of the band and the Pierre Moerlen-led fusion line-up of the late 1970s. Reviewing the album for the website...
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  • percussionist and former member of Gong. Through her then boyfriend Pierre Moerlen, she first worked with Gong in a session capacity on Angel's Egg and...
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    numerous bands, including Soft Machine, U.K., The Tony Williams Lifetime, Pierre Moerlen's Gong and Bruford, in addition to solo work. Holdsworth was known for...
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    and Pierre Moerlen, and recorded two further albums, Angels Egg and You (the latter also featuring Giraudy). In June 1973, Hillage (along with Pierre Moerlen)...
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    guitar" . He has reunited with the 'classic-era' line-up of Gong (minus Pierre Moerlen, who died in May 2005) for one-off concerts, in May 1977, 1995, and...
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  • Howlett - bass (track 13) Andy Anderson - drums, percussion (tracks 1–12) Pierre Moerlen - drums (track 13) Production Steve Hillage - production, compiled by...
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  • met and finished the song in Oldfield's studio. The track features Pierre Moerlen, who had toured with Oldfield and played on his albums, on vibraphone...
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  • bells Demelza – congas (credited as "Demalza") Pierre Moerlen – drums and vibraphone (credited as "Pierre Moerlin") Morris Pert – drums (credited as "Maurice...
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  • Hodgkinson – keyboards Karl Jenkins – oboe Geoff Leigh – flute Pierre Moerlen (credited as "Pierre de Strasbourg" in the Radio Times programme listing) – percussion...
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  • drummer Pierre Moerlen. He moved to France with Moerlen and became a member of Gong, taking part in their transformation into Pierre Moerlen's Gong (PMG)...
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  • recorders, The Hereford City Band conductor Terry Oldfield – panpipes Pierre Moerlen – timpani David Strange – cello Don Blakeson – trumpet Julian Bahula...
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  • (track 9) Mark Nauseef – drums, percussion, vocal intro (track 10) Pierre Moerlen – drums (track 11) Gordon Johnson – intro voice (track 3) Suzanne Machon...
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  • Uno by Louie Bellson / Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona / Down Wind by Pierre Moerlen / Through the Eyes of Love (from Ice Castles) by Marvin Hamlisch & Carole...
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  • Chris Cutler – drums, etc. Additional musicians Geoff Leigh – flute Pierre Moerlen – percussion ("Europa") Mont Campbell – French horn Mongezi Feza – trumpet...
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  • Simon Phillips – drums (on "The Wind Chimes") Pierre Moerlen - drums, vibes Tony Beard - drums Benoit Moerlen - vibes, percussion Four singles were released...
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