Expresso II

Expresso II
Studio album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong
Released	March 1978
Recorded	July–August 1977, Pye & Matrix Studios, London
Genre	Jazz fusion, progressive rock
Length	37:17
Label	Virgin
Producer	[Pierre Moerlen's] Gong, John Wood
Pierre Moerlen's Gong chronology
Gazeuse! (1976) Expresso II (1978) Downwind (1979)

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Expresso II is the de facto second album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong, released in March 1978.

Featuring an all-instrumental jazz-driven sound, notable for the prominent use of mallet percussion, it has little to do with the psychedelic 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 few more months, the lineup involved and the nature of the music are that of the Moerlen-led band.

This was the final Gong-related album released by Virgin; the band continued on Arista Records.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Heavy Tune"	Pierre Moerlen	6:22
2.	"Golden Dilemma"	Hansford Rowe	4:51
3.	"Sleepy"	Mireille Bauer	7:17
4.	"Soli"	Hansford Rowe	7:37
5.	"Boring"	Mireille Bauer	6:23
6.	"Three Blind Mice"	Benoît Moerlen	4:47

Personnel

• Pierre Moerlen - drums, glockenspiel, xylophone, tubular bells, tympani, vibraphone
• Hansford Rowe - bass, rhythm guitar (2, possibly also at the end of track 3)
• Mireille Bauer - marimba, vibraphone
• Benoît Moerlen - glockenspiel, vibes, xylophone, tubular bells, claves
• François Causse - congas

Additional personnel

• Mick Taylor - guitar (1)
• Bon Lozaga - guitar (2, 3)
• Allan Holdsworth - guitar (3, 4, 6)
• Darryl Way - violin (3, 5)

In popular culture

The track "Heavy Tune" is featured on Fusion FM radio in the game Grand Theft Auto IV.