Pierre Moerlen's Gong
 
Downwind 1979 Arista - CD BMG/Ariola

Pierre Moerlen : drums, vibraphone,marimba, timpani, keyboards, vocals
Hansford Rowe: bass
Ross Record : guitar , vocals
Benoît Moerlen : vibraphone and laughter
François Causse: percussions

Guests:
Didier Lockwood: violin on" Crosscurrent" and "Emotions"
Didier Malherbe: sax on "Downwind "
Mike Oldfield: guitar, Solina strings, bass, irish drum , amazing source of inspiration & great melodies + tape cutting on "Downwind"
Stevie Winwood: Hohner clavinet, moog solo during concert tom solo (mixed too far back, sorry Steve! will try to re-mix it some day) on track "Downwind "
Mick Taylor: guitar on "What you Know"
Terry Oldfield: flute on "Downwind".

Recorded : track Downwind in spring 1978 near Stroud at Mike oldfield's studio , engineers Mike and Paul other tracks recorded during september-october in London . 

Producers: Mike Oldfield/Nick Bradford/Pierre Moerlen

Executive producer: Graham Lawson for Listenfine

Tracks: Aeroplane (lyrics by Ruan O'Lochlain , music by Pierre Moerlen) - Crosscurrents (Pierre Moerlen) - Downwind (Pierre Moerlen) - Jin-Go-Lo-Ba (M. Olatunje)- What You Know (lyrics by Ruan O'Lochlain , music by Pierre Moerlen) - Emotions (Pierre Moerlen) Xtasea (Pierre Moerlen).

 

 

   
   
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