After the departure of founder Daevid Allen the group Gong went through a rapid series of personnel changes with drummer/percussionist Pierre Moerlen becoming the de facto leader. The music evolved away from the psychedelic sound of the Allen-led era into jazz/rock fusion. By the time Expresso II (1978) was recorded Moerlen had assembled an almost entirely different group with a very different sound. With the completion of Gong's contract with Virgin Records the group name was changed to Pierre Moerlen's Gong to differentiate it from the other Gong offshoots and the original band.

A famous drummer-percussionist from Strasbourg, France, Pierre Moerlen had a prolific career filled with prestigious collaborations. He imposed his very particular percussive style, and created a reference in the style of Progressive jazz-rock. And this is in this musical style that Pierre Moerlen's Gong take us: proudly assuming his part of the great inheritance left by Daevid Allen and company, his interpretation is less focused on the psychedelic or space-rock. "Pentanine" was recorded in Moscow in 2002 and is eventually released two years later by the Musea label. On that occasion, the new embodiment of the mythical band Pierre Moerlen's Gong was composed of local skilful musicians on electric guitar, bass and keyboards…