Gong are an international progressive rock band that incorporates elements of jazz and space rock into their musical style. The group was formed in Paris in 1967 by Australian musician Daevid Allen and English vocalist Gilli Smyth. Band members have included Didier Malherbe, Pip Pyle, Steve Hillage, Mike Howlett, Pierre Moerlen, Bill Laswell and Theo Travis. Others who have played on stage with Gong include Don Cherry, Chris Cutler, Bill Bruford, Brian Davison, Dave Stewart and Tatsuya Yoshida.
Islands is the 11th album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1987 by Virgin. Guest singers on the album are Bonnie Tyler, Kevin Ayers, Anita Hegerland, and Jim Price. A different track list and cover was used for the American edition.
Time is the Key is the fourth album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong. It was released in late 1979.
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 rock band Gong founded and led by Daevid Allen. It was notable for the prominent use of mallet percussion, particularly vibraphone, in a jazz-rock context.
Gazeuse! is the seventh 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 for the U.S. release.
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.
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 Gong albums for contractual reasons. It was released in February 1979.
You is the fifth studio album by the progressive rock band Gong, released by Virgin Records in October 1974. It is the last album by Daevid Allen's Gong until 1992's Shapeshifter. Recorded at Virgin's Manor Studios in Oxfordshire, England, side 1 was mixed at Pye Studios, Marble Arch, London, while side 2 was mixed at The Manor. It was produced by Simon Heyworth and Gong "under the universal influence of C.O.I.T., the Compagnie d'Opera Invisible de Thibet", and also engineered by Heyworth.
Pierre Moerlen was a French drummer and percussionist, best known for his work with Gong and Mike Oldfield and as Pierre Moerlen's Gong.
Pentanine is the eighth studio album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong. It was released in 2004. It was recorded in 2002 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, with Russian musicians and was the last album recorded by Pierre Moerlen before he died on 3 May 2005.
Francis Moze is a French bass player, best known for his work in Magma, Gong and Pierre Moerlen's Gong.
Mireille Bauer is a French percussionist and former member of Gong.
Fish Rising is the debut solo album by English guitarist Steve Hillage, recorded and released in 1975.
In Concert 1980 was a concert tour by the British multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield.
Benoît Moerlen is a French percussionist, best known for his work in Gong, Pierre Moerlen's Gong and a later offshoot Gongzilla.
Hansford Rowe is a fusion bass guitarist.
Leave It Open is the fifth studio album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong. It was released in 1981.
25th Birthday Party is a recording of the Gong 25th Birthday concerts in October 1994.
