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Pierre Moerlen's Gong: Pentanine

By John Kelman

French percussionist Pierre Moerlen, who passed away at the all-too-young age of 52, may never have garnered the attention he deserved, but amongst fans of the British Canterbury movement he was a renowned presence. If he'd done nothing more than play on the psychedelic jamband Gong's Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy, he'd have been assured a place in the annals of progressive rock history.

The history of Gong is long and complicated, with a plethora of related projects, including most notably ...