From: "Surjorimba Suroto"
>Javier Garcia Parral wrote: I ve been looking for a long time the first
record made by duet BILL BRUFORD and PATRICK MORAZ called "MUSIC FOR PIANO AND
DRUMS".
Yes, I have that one. It contains Children's Concerto and Split Seconds
From: "Angela M." <> For those who are interested, there is a new list for people who would like to receive announcements and news of Patrick's appearances, performances, etc. You can't however, actually post *to* it. BTW, Patrick has a new solo piano CD available for purchase at his website http://www.patrickmoraz.com the page for the list is: http://www.egroups.com/group/MorazNews
From: "Angela M." <> > Do you know a distributor that sells Patrick's old catalog? No, I do not. I know that _i_ and _Out in the Sun_ can be ordered various places online, as well as Refugee and Mainhorse, two of his pre-Yes bands. These are imports and they are still in print. The rest is currently out of print. (I'm not sure about Windows of Time) I've found most of his stuff on ebay. I think there were CD releases of all of his stuff except for _Timecode_(1984), which isn't worth buying anyway unless you have a sense of humor about cheesy wannabe-pop music. ;)
From: "Angela M." <> Just got the CD in the mail today and i just finished listening to it. WOW. This is his best work! Beautiful piano music. The last track, called Birds on a Wire, actually made me cry. I am amazed. Some of the stuff is a bit far out though, much moreso than Windows of Time. Also, I was pleasantly surprised to see he sent a personally autographed card :) You can order Resonance at his website http://www.patrickmoraz.com
From: "Tom Malik" <>
>> I received Patrick Moraz's Mainhorse CD yesterday. It's available on
Missing Piece Sweden (www.missingpiece.net) >> >> Those guys were amazing! Too
bad only one album.
You have to realize that Mainhorse was Patrick Moraz's first band and the
one and only album was released in 1971 (about the same time as ELP Tarkus and
Yes Fragile) while Refugee was release in 1974 (after ELP Brain Salas
Surgery/1973 and Yes Tales). So the sound of Mainhorse is
very early 70s with lots of Hammond and little synths. But overall, IMHO,
Mainhorse already that shows PM is at par with Emerson or Wakeman. PM is also
the main song writer in Mainhorse. An interesting note is "Professor" Jean
Ristori, the bassist, who later also appears with PM Story of I and Out in the
Sun; he also took the group photo for Yes Relayer. But if you are looking for
the Emerson-ish playing of PM like in Refugee (which is of course the Nice with
KE replaced by PM), Mainhorse is lower in the evolutionary scale for PM.
From: Jim Allen <>
but Mainhorse also had a way better singer than Refugee. Lee Jackson may have
been a fine musician but he should never have been allowed near a microphone. I
think the Mainhorse album is an unacknowledged classic, whereas I discarded my
Refugee album long ago. Maybe if they had been an instrumental band (ah, bad
vocalists, the bane of prog)...
From: Jeff Marx <>
Subject: Re: Mainhorse
But so much of Refugee *is* all-instrumental. I did the exact opposite here,
keeping the Refugee as a critical part of my collection, and divesting myself of
the Mainhorse. Moraz was badly under-utilized on the Mainhorse, and the music
itself rather bland IMHO. But that's what makes our community so unique...the
diverse feelings and such :)
From: "Surjorimba Suroto" <>
Of course PM's playing is more advanced in Refugee. Although I really love their
first track (Pompeii), I have to say that overall (composition, arr.,
keys-bass-drums-vox) I like Mainhorse better than Refugee. The way they played
the instruments and vox IMO was very neat. Don't know how to describe them
better. The vocal was very proper/ suitable to the music.
In Refugee, there is something that bothers me (overall). Can't say what
exactly, perhaps it was the vocals.
From: Jesus Diaz <> Subject:
Patrick Moraz Interview COMPLETE
A few months back, we posted the first part of an interview done by our radio
show (EufOnia) to Mr. Moraz. We have now finished the whole thing. All you have
to do is visit our website www.eufonia.net
and click on Patrick's picture. It is a very interesting
interview. Read about Patrick's past, his influences, the reissue of his early
albums, his time with Yes, the Napster Issue and most important, his newest work
"Resonance".
From: "Angela" <> In an interview with a Yes band member (I forget who), the player wryly referred to Moraz as a "Swiss rock musician" with an insinuation that this was a glaring oxymoron. > It was probably Chris Squire..."Patrick Moraz, well he was a strange one because he was Swiss, now how many Swiss rock musicians are there? not too many!" (prob. not exact quote) hehehehe. Actually, I really enjoy a lot of Patrick's music and I have just about all existing recordings he has any appearance on. Honestly, though, so much of his music sounds very redundant. It seems like he has all these little coins and phrases stored up and he just randomly inserts them into songs here and there. But then again, he definately has his flashes of brilliance. For instance, if you can filter out some of those overdubs (and John McBurnie) on Story of i, you will hear a lot of great stuff going on there :)I gotta love the guy, he is just OUT THERE... "What I am about is...how could I say? In three words it would be the destroyment of bullsh**". - Moraz, 1976
From: "Surjorimba
Suroto" <> Subject: Resonance
Anybody own this latest Patrick Moraz album? Can anybody give comments? It's
only avail through his site (www.patrickmoraz.com). Is it close to The Story of
I, or Music for Piano & Drums, or something completely new? Reading the
tracklist makes me want to get this one :)
From: Jesus Diaz <> Subject: Re:
Resonance
It is a beautiful solo piano album. The second of a solo piano trilogy that
started with "windows of time" a few years back. The third one, called "ESP",
will soon be out. Afterwards, he will release an electronic album, hopefully in
the form of a trio. For more info, read an interview we made to Patrick a year
ago in the following link: http://eufonia.net/html/interview__patrick_moraz.html
From: "upnsm0ke" <> Subject:
Re: Re: Resonance
> From: "Jesus Diaz" <> Afterwards, he will release an
electronic album, hopefully in the form of a trio.
THAT would be a very welcome move. About he plugged in some synths again!
From: Otso Pakarinen <>
Subject: Re: Resonance
E-Man wrote: > I'm the last guy on the planet to get _Blitzkrieg_...and what
a kickass disc it is!
Naaah E-Man, I'll be the last one...I have to admit I don't have ANYTHING by
Wallenstein. Yet.
Chuy wrote: > The third one, called "ESP", will soon be out.
Afterwards, he will release an electronic album, hopefully in the form of a
trio.
I like "Windows of Time" very much so maybe I'll just wait until "ESP" is
out and then buy that and "Resonance" as well. As much as I like Moraz with
acoustic piano, the "electronic" sounds definitely like good news!
From: soniq95@aol.com Subject: Re: Resonance
Not at all like either of the above. If your a fan of solo piano, this is the
one for you. It's a beautiful record more in the vein of Moraz "windows of
time", but more advanced / developed. It's probably my 2nd fav behind story of
I, and ahead of piano and drums