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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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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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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guitar Mike Howlett – bass guitar Pierre Moerlen – drums, percussion Mireille Bauer – pitched percussion Benoit Moerlen – pitched percussion Also credited...
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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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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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Darryl Way (section With Pierre Moerlen's Gong)
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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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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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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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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(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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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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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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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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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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except Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth: Bassist Mike Howlett, drummer Pierre Moerlen, synthesizer player Tim Blake, saxophonist Didier Malherbe and keyboardist...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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(8b) Alan Spenner – bass guitar (6) Jean Roussel – piano (1, 3, 6, 8b) Pierre Moerlen – drums (1, 3, 8a) Mike Driscoll – drums (4, 5, 7, 8b), bass drum (2)...
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Maurice-Bokanowski, 92, French politician. Bobby Forrest, 73, English footballer. Pierre Moerlen, 52, French drummer and percussionist. Willi Steffen, 80, Swiss football...
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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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Waiting for Columbus. In the summer of 1977, he collaborated with Pierre Moerlen's Gong for the album Expresso II, released in 1978. Taylor began writing...
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