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Gazeuse!

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Audio CD (11 Jun 1990)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Virgin
ASIN: B000025JRF
Other Editions: Audio CD

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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Those happening upon Gong circa 1976 would be hard pressed to draw any connection to the Gong of just two years before.With most of the original members gone (though surprisingly, old bassist Francis Moze replaces Mike Howlett here), GAZEUSE marks the full and final transformation of Gong from spacy/psychedelic hippies to serious, cerebral jazz-rock fusionband. In a genre where technique is all, it's fortunate that all the members were extremely gifted players (and no compositional slouches either).
In addition to drummer PierreMoerlen (who would soon emerge as Gong Mark II's leader) and mallet percussionist Mirielle Bauer, percussionists Mino Cinelu and Benoit Moerlen were added. So even though new member/future fusion demigod Allan Holdsworth contributes plentyof lightning-fast guitar work, the dominant force here is percussion. Consequently, much of GAZEUSE is funky and propulsive in a way the bulk of '70s fusion wasn't. Radio Gnome Trilogy fans may not feel at home here, but anyone with a taste for arty jazz-rock should partake of GAZEUSE's often overlooked sonic treasures.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome jazz rock classic, 21 Jun 2004

By	Oscar Wilde "philodandria" - See all my reviews

This album represented a new phase in the evolution of Gong, one which is much maligned and extremeley under-rated. Pierre Moerlen became the dominant musical force in the band from this album on, although his role as a composer was prominent in the previous album 'Shamal'. From this point the band became primarily a jazz-rock fusion group, while still retaining Gong's unique groove and diversity of european and oriental influences.

The first track Expresso is a great example of the virtuoisity of the players involved. Pierre Moerlen's drumming is powerful and free flowing. The band as a unit are immensely tight. Benoit Moerlen, surely an unsung hero of the jazz-rock world shines wonderfully throughout on tuned percussion instruments.

All the tracks are excellent - but there is a moment during 'Esnuria' where the harmony, groove and precision of the group reaches a point of musical ecstacy.

Alan Holdsworth puts in an impressive performance also - the free-flowing circular harmonies, intricate melody lines and funky beats providing the perfect platform for his complex improvisation.

It is a very difficult thing to describe the sound of this band in words. They were unique. They utilised musical sounds and textures in a way that nobody else has.

'Gazeuse' is really the first album of Pierre Moerlen's Gong, who rightly stand shoulder to shoulder with other more celebrated Jazz rock greats - Weather Report, Soft Machine and Return to Forever. There is no image or gimmick to attract people to this, just amazing, interesting, vibrant music, music for music's sake.

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If you like this you would also do well to check out the recent music by Gongzilla which is in a very similar vein and contains many of the same musicians including the percussive genius Benoit Moerlen.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Gassy!, 26 Oct 2001

By	J P V Guffogg (St Leonards, East Sussex United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This album is somewhat different from the old Gong stuff. Yes, there is still the same jazz orientated music, with clever tunes and tight playing, but now we have a more heavy rock feel. Indeed, Didier Malherb is the only survivor of the original Gong, along with Francis Moze from Flying Teapot days.
"Expresso" and "Night illusion" set the scene with heavy electric guitar and the new trademark percussion of vibes and xylophone. Fine playing it is too fromBenoit and Pierre Moerlen and Mireille Bauer. With Hillage gone, guitar is taken up by Allan Holdsworth, ex Soft Machine.
"Percolations" shows off the percussion playing, with a serene start with hints of Tubular Bells. The interlocking vibes do sound like a bubbling stream, but the piece develops with Xylophone, timpani and ends with a blazing drum solo.
"Shadows of" has some nice jazz flute form Malherbe, and is similar to the "Shamal" album. "Esnuria" opens with a funky beat with a latin feel, then more fuzz guitar, sax and percussion and more Tubular bells like music. "Mireille" is the (token) quiet track.
This album sounds just as good after 24 years, and my original vinyl remains relatively unplayed, but its well worth a listen as it sounds fresh as ever.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Jazz-rock masterpiece, 29 Jul 2008

By	John Ferngrove "Cirenor" (Hants UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

While the rest of the Gong corpus drifts into the past and sounds more dated with each passing year (I know the die-hards will hate me for saying that), both musically and in terms of the rather confused 'anarcho-buddhist socio-idealism' it espoused, this album just grows stronger with time. With the departure of Daevid Allen and the arrival of guitarist extraordinaire, Allan Holdsworth, Gong completed its long pending metamorphosis into one of the finest, tightest jazz-rock outfits ever. Beautifully recorded, crystal clear lines despite very ambitious counterpoint, this album is a marvel of absolute music. It also captures some of the best of the early Holdsworth tunes, several of which are more relaxed re-workings of items from his brief but stunning Velvet Darkness album. Holdsworth's guitar so superbly complements Gong's ever more ambitious core, with it's fine layered synths and dazzling percussion. I wonder what happened to the rest of those extraordinary musicians. Certainly the subsequent Gong release was a lack-lustre mish-mash by comparison, from a band that, with the ever restless Holdsworth's departure, seemed to lose its sense of direction.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Having not liked anything I'd heard of this band hitherto, including even the much vaunted Shamal, I bought this not long after its original release in 1976 and it's continued to... Read more

Published 4 months ago by Julian Stevens

5.0 out of 5 stars Percussion & Guitar
The other 2 reviews are spot on. This is a really enjoyable album that you cant categorise. Beautiful percussion & as always incredible guitar playing from AH. Read more

Published on 1 Oct 2007 by Ken Grew

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