# Gazeuse!

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Gazeuse!
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Gong](/source/Gong_(band)){{efn|This incarnation of the band was later named [Pierre Moerlen's Gong](/source/Pierre_Moerlen's_Gong)}}
| cover      = Gong - Gazeuse!.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = Late 1976
| recorded   = September 1976<br />[The Manor Studio](/source/The_Manor_Studio)
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Jazz rock](/source/Jazz_fusion)<ref name=allmusic/><ref name= "Moon 2008">{{cite book|first=Tom|last=Moon|title=1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die|chapter= Gong - ''Gazeuse!''|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zk0Z0bD2DGcC|date=28 August 2008|publisher=[Workman Publishing Company](/source/Workman_Publishing_Company)|isbn=9-780761-139638|page=316}}</ref>
| length     = 39:46
| label      = [Virgin](/source/Virgin_Records)
| producer   = Dennis MacKay
| chronology = [Gong](/source/Gong_(band))
| prev_title = [Shamal](/source/Shamal_(album))
| prev_year  = 1976
| next_title = [Gong Live Etc.](/source/Gong_Live_Etc.)
| next_year  = 1977
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r39144 |title=Gazeuse! - Gong &#124; AllMusic |first=David |last=Ross Smith |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=24 June 2011}}</ref>

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'''''Gazeuse!''''' ([French](/source/French_language) for 'Sparkling!', 'Fizzy!' or 'Effervescent!') is the seventh album released under the name [Gong](/source/Gong_(band)) and the ''de facto'' debut album by [Pierre Moerlen's Gong](/source/Pierre_Moerlen's_Gong). It was released in late 1976. The title was changed to ''Expresso'' for the U.S. release.

The album features an all-instrumental [jazz](/source/jazz)-driven sound,<ref name=allmusic/> notable for the prominent use of [vibraphone](/source/vibraphone). Although the album was issued by [Virgin Records](/source/Virgin_Records) under the "Gong" name for contractual reasons, and the name "Pierre Moerlen's Gong" would not be adopted for a couple of years, the lineup involved and the nature of the music are that of the [Moerlen](/source/Pierre_Moerlen)-led band.

Writing credits are split between Moerlen and guitarist [Allan Holdsworth](/source/Allan_Holdsworth), except for the final track, which is by early [Magma](/source/Magma_(band)) and ''[Flying Teapot](/source/Flying_Teapot_(album))'' bassist [Francis Moze](/source/Francis_Moze).

The cover art is done by Jacques Moitoret.

==Track listing==
;Side one
#"Expresso" (Pierre Moerlen) – 5:58
#"Night Illusion" (Allan Holdsworth) – 3:42
#"Percolations (Part I & II)" (Moerlen) – 10:00
;Side two
<ol start=4>
<li>"Shadows Of" (Holdsworth) – 7:48
<li>"Esnuria" (Moerlen) – 8:00
<li>"Mireille" (Francis Moze) – 4:10
</ol>

"Shadows Of" is a reworking of Allan Holdsworth's "[Velvet Darkness](/source/Velvet_Darkness)" from his 1976 album of the same name.

==Personnel==
*[Pierre Moerlen](/source/Pierre_Moerlen) – [drums](/source/Drum_kit), [vibraphone](/source/vibraphone), [marimba](/source/marimba), [timpani](/source/timpani), [glockenspiel](/source/glockenspiel)
*[Didier Malherbe](/source/Didier_Malherbe) – [tenor sax](/source/tenor_saxophone) (1,5), [flute](/source/flute) (4)
*[Allan Holdsworth](/source/Allan_Holdsworth) – [guitar](/source/guitar)s, [violin](/source/violin), [pedal steel](/source/pedal_steel_guitar)
*[Mireille Bauer](/source/Mireille_Bauer) – vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, [toms](/source/tom-tom_drum)
*[Benoît Moerlen](/source/Beno%C3%AEt_Moerlen) – vibraphone
*[Francis Moze](/source/Francis_Moze) – fretless [bass](/source/bass_guitar), [gong](/source/gong), [piano](/source/piano)
*[Mino Cinelu](/source/Mino_Cinelu) – [percussion](/source/Percussion_instrument)

==Production==
*Produced by Dennis MacKay 
*Engineered by [Stephen W Tayler](/source/Stephen_W_Tayler)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.innerviews.org/inner/stephen-w-tayler|title=Innerviews: Stephen W Tayler - Experiential Evocation|access-date=13 December 2025}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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*Macan, E. L., Macan, E. (1997). Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture. Germany: Oxford University Press. p.&nbsp;243

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