Refugee Reviews

Also see: Patrick Moraz

From: Bernhard Riedel <>
As vividly as I still can picture their album's cover in my minds eye (faces of three guys, Refugee written on the bottom of the album) as thoroughly stumped am I when it comes to their line-up: if I remember correctly, the group was fronted by keyboardist Patrick Moraz (?) (ex Yes), but who were the drummer and bassist? If you please, you knowledgeable gentle people of the e-progdomain!

From: "SharK!"
(Gibraltar EPR): Refugee (74) - The Nice, with Keith Emerson replaced by Patrick Moraz. This is a reissue of a progressive rock classic, with long instrumental tracks composed around the awesome keyboards of Mr. Moraz.  This is better than anything that The Nice ever did. Moraz's dymanic experimental sounds are fantastic.  A must have for Patrick Moraz's keyboard work. Lee Jackson's vocals are annoying as usual (has a worse vocalist ever existed?) but he doesn't sing all that much. Just listen to Moraz play.

From: Peter Wilton <>
>This is better than anything that The Nice ever did. Moraz's dymanic experimental sounds are fantastic.
It depends. If you're primarily attuned to experimentation with timbre, then you will like it. If you like strong harmonic progressions from chord to chord, you will probably prefer them playing Emo's music, as I do.

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