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Pierre Moerlen's Gong - 'Full Circle-Live 1988' (Outer Music

Mike Reed | USA | 10/20/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I had a friend encourage me to check out his personal copy of this Gong spin-off band.Have to say,I liked it BETTER than I thought I would.Partly because I'm such a huge fan of live albums,I'm SURE has got something to do with it. Total of nine tracks with a duration of right at the one hour mark,you get a good dose of what drummer Pierre Moerlen's own view of music is all about.I usually don't care for jazzy / Canterbury CD titles like this,but 'Full Circle...' is an exception. Tunes that make this CD a keeper are "Second Wind" (really liked hearing the live version of this tune), the ten-minute "Leave It Open", "Breakthrough" and "Xtasea". Line-up: Pierre Moerlen (R.I.P.)- drums&percussion, Benoit Moerlen-vibraphone&synth, Hansford Rowe-bass, Stefan Traub-synth and Ake Zieden-guitar. Do check it out. A nice pick."