Downwind

Downwind is the third album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong, although it was the first to be released under that name, the previous two having been released as Gong albums for contractual reasons. It was released in February 1979. Featuring a mostly instrumental jazz-driven sound, it was notable for the prominent use of vibraphone. Downwind marks a slight departure from the formula of the previous de facto Pierre Moerlen's Gong's albums, Gazeuse! and Expresso II. "Aeroplane" and "What You Know" are short-form pop songs with vocals, the only time that Moerlen would attempt this. The lengthy title track displays an emerging progressive rock influence and features lead guitar by Mike Oldfield, keyboards by Steve Winwood and saxophone by ex-Gong member Didier Malherbe. For the first time, keyboards augment or replace mallet percussion on some tracks. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downwin...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)