Time Is the Key

Time is the Key
Studio album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong
Released Late 1979 (Late 1979)
Recorded Konk studios, August 1979
Genre Jazz rock, progressive rock[1]
Length 43:39
Label Arista
Producer Pierre Moerlen
Pierre Moerlen's Gong chronology
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Time is the Key is an album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong, released in late 1979.[2]

Featuring an all-instrumental jazz-driven sound, notable for the prominent use of mallet percussion, it has little to do with the psychedelic space rock of Daevid Allen's Gong, even though the two bands share a common history.[3]

It features the English jazz keyboard player Peter Lemer on most tracks, their only album to do so, and Allmusic notes that there is also a progressive rock influence at play, especially on the first two numbers.[1]

Track listing

All tracks written by Pierre Moerlen, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Ard Na Greine" (Irish for "Height of the Sun")6:10
2."Earthrise"2:25
3."Supermarket"3:35
4."Faerie Steps"5:33
5."An American in England" (Hansford Rowe)2:57
6."The Organ Grinder"3:56
7."Sugar Street"2:22
8."The Bender"3:16
9."Arabesque Intro & Arabesque"5:18
10."Esnuria Two"5:34
11."Time is the Key"2:29

Personnel

  • Pierre Moerlen – drums, gong, vibraphone, electravibe, marimba, glockenspiel, tympani, darbourka, synthesizers (7, 8)
  • Hansford Rowe – bass (3 - 11), acoustic guitar (5), bass synthesizer (11)
  • Bon Lozaga – guitar (3 - 11)
Additional personnel

Produced by Pierre Moerlen

Production credits

  • Engineering – John Rollo
  • Mastering – Ray Staff at Trident
  • Photography – Jay Myrdal and Sheila Rock
  • Sleeve layout and design – Steve Ridgeway and Julie Harris
  • Additional engineer – Brian Risner
  • Studio co-ordination – Brian Risner

References

  1. 1 2 3 "allmusic ((( Time Is the Key > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
  2. ↑ "Pierre Moerlen's Gong: Time Is The Key". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
  3. ↑ "Pierre Moerlen's Gong: Time Is The Key". www.progarchives.com. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
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