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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.
Interesting to have Mick Taylor from THE ROLLING STONES here playing lead guitar on one track, as well as Allan Holdsworth on three songs. A fairly unique sound here overall as there are no keyboards but plenty of xylophone, marimba and vibes.
1 de mar. de 2024 · Something of an anomaly in the context of the album, opener “Heavy Tune” finds former Rolling Stone Mick Taylor’s steely guitar work adding a hard rock edge to a strident jazz-funk jam.
Moerlen formed a new line-up with his brother Benoit on mallet percussion, US-born bassist Hansford Rowe, and a rotating cast of session guitarists, notably Allan Holdsworth, Mick Taylor, Mike Oldfield, and Bon Lozaga. They released two albums under the Gong moniker, Gazeuse! (called Expresso in North America) in 1976 and then ...
8 de mar. de 2016 · 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.
Anyway, this is a fusion/jazz album with it's main focus on rhythms and xylophones. There is no keyboards here at all. But Darryl Way does an excellent job on violin and the same does Mr Holdsworth on guitar. Mick Taylor also does a great job on solo guitars.
It's the eclectic lineup with layers of tuned percussion, Darryl Way on violin and Allan Holdsworth (plus a guest spot from Mick Taylor!) that all combine to make this a better than average fusion platter, lending lots of character and color to these otherwise undistinguished tunes.
