Your favourite Minimoog solo?
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Topic: Your favourite Minimoog solo?
Posted By: Anaon
Subject: Your favourite Minimoog solo?
Date Posted: July 10 2010 at 13:51
Hi everyone! There's some threads about favourite Mellotron parts but, as I am in a Minimoog mood, I'm wondering which are your favourite Minimoog moments? I'm curious to know  (sorry if this topic already exists, I didn't find it with the search form) ------------- My music: http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/ My blog: http://groovesandmemories.com/" rel="nofollow - http://groovesandmemories.com/ |
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Posted By: Falx
Date Posted: July 10 2010 at 17:05
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The Dark Side of the Moog V - Psychedelic Brunch by Klaus Schulze, Pete Namlook and Bill Laswell
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Posted By: Ronnie Pilgrim
Date Posted: July 10 2010 at 18:46
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Great topic. Have to give it some thought. ------------- "The pointy birds are pointy pointy Anoint my head anointy nointy" Steve Martin The Man With Two Brains |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: July 10 2010 at 19:01
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'The Revealing Science of God' has a mind-blowing Moog solo by Rick Wakeman after(or before?) Steve Howe's guitar solo. 'Stratus' by Billy Cobham has a splendid groovy Moog solo by the great Jan Hammer.
I'll think of more later...
By the way, it's pretty difficult to know which is a Moog and which is another synth don't you think? Nearly all of the modern Prog bands don't even use those synths, but they play synths that sound exactly like them.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 10 2010 at 19:13
I'm not 100% sure, but is that not an ARP that he plays? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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The Quiet One wrote:Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: July 10 2010 at 19:16
Yes, it might be, Tony Banks used the ARP more often rather than the Moog as far as I'm concerned.
My mistake.
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: July 10 2010 at 19:18
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Yeah:
"The first synthesiser to be used by Genesis was the monophonic /wiki/ARP_Pro_Soloist - ARP Pro Soloist , which Banks first acquired in 1973"
From Wikipedia.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 10 2010 at 19:22
Sorry to be pedantic.  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: July 10 2010 at 19:24
Hey, no problem, sooner or later someone else would have pointed it out.
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Posted By: Anaon
Date Posted: July 11 2010 at 02:49
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Yep, I think Tony Banks never used a Minimoog ;) I admit it's not that easy for modern bands but for 70's bands, there's already a lot to say ;) Neal Morse uses a lot of Minimoog sounds (on Transatlantic making of dvd, he explained he uses the new Minimoog model and also a Minimoog software). Minimoog sound is really specific, what is better than a beautiful Minimoog solo on some Mellotron layers  ------------- My music: http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/ My blog: http://groovesandmemories.com/" rel="nofollow - http://groovesandmemories.com/ |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 11 2010 at 03:57
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ELP - Tarkus (live) .Specifically the Aquatarkus section has a brilliant moog passage.Emerson works some magic there! Also
ELP - From The Beginning (beautifull)
ELP - The Endless Enigma Part 2 (superb intro)
( looking at the credits to the Trilogy album Emerson was using the full blown Moog as well as the Mini Moog Model D so it can be difficult to seperate them but I think the above are all mini-moog)
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Posted By: jplanet
Date Posted: July 11 2010 at 04:13
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Rick Wakeman's solo on Revealing Science of God Patrick Moraz on Sound Chaser Geoff Downes on Machine Messiah Neal Morse on All is Vanity ------------- https://www.facebook.com/ShadowCircus/" rel="nofollow - ..::welcome to the shadow circus::.. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: July 11 2010 at 10:34
Out of those, Sound Chaser.  Moraz smoked it. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Ronnie Pilgrim
Date Posted: July 11 2010 at 13:11
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Oops. Doesn't qualify as a solo. Withdrawn.
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Posted By: jplanet
Date Posted: July 11 2010 at 13:51
I'd have to agree! The more I listen to it, the better it is - he also got a really original sound out of it, I don't know how, it almost sounds like it's going through a talk-box or something - but he's probably just sweeping a filter with the other hand as he plays - however he does it, it's badass! ------------- https://www.facebook.com/ShadowCircus/" rel="nofollow - ..::welcome to the shadow circus::.. |
Posted By: Anaon
Date Posted: July 18 2010 at 09:48
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Minimoog needs more love! ;) I add "Starship Trooper" solo on Yessongs by Rick Wakeman of course :) ------------- My music: http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/ My blog: http://groovesandmemories.com/" rel="nofollow - http://groovesandmemories.com/ |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: July 18 2010 at 10:03
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I don't know if it's a Moog, but I think it is. Camel's "Nimrodel" has my favorite keyboard solo ever.
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Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: July 18 2010 at 10:55
Most definitely, that's the one I was going to mention too!
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Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: July 20 2010 at 13:29
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Rick Wakeman isn't much of an organ user, making his PHENOMENAL Close to the Edge solo on the hammond a bit out-of-place.
Had this solo been played on a moog I'm sure he would have been given a Nobel Prize or something!  |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: July 20 2010 at 21:26
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Jan Hammer (Mahavishnu Orchestra) - "Sister Andrea". Any version studio, "Lost Trident Sessions" or live, "Between Nothingness & Eternity". Or even this version from YouTube:
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: July 20 2010 at 22:07
| About half-way thru the suite comprising side one of Triumvirat's album Illusions On A Double Dimple, there is an instrumental section where Jurgen Fritz solos on a what i think is a Moog and it is intense,and cerebral, and also quite beautiful |
Posted By: Erik91
Date Posted: July 23 2010 at 13:17
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In no particular order: Artist - Song [Album, Year] (Soloist) Yes - Revealing Science of God [Tales from Topographic Oceans, 1973] (Rick Wakeman) Camel - White Rider Suite [Mirage, 1974] (Peter Bardens) Camel - Lunar Sea [Moonmadness, 1976] (Peter Bardens) Yes - Starship Trooper [Yessongs, 1973] (Rick Wakeman) Eloy - The Bells of Notre Dame [Power and the Passion, 1975] (Manfred Wieczorke) Eloy - Poseidon's Creation [Ocean, 1977] (Detlev Schmidtchen) Yes - The Ancient [Tales from Topographic Oceans, 1973] (Rick Wakeman) Yes - Sound Chaser [Relayer, 1974] (Patrick Moraz) |
Posted By: Anaon
Date Posted: July 23 2010 at 13:44
Beautiful choices!! ------------- My music: http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/ My blog: http://groovesandmemories.com/" rel="nofollow - http://groovesandmemories.com/ |
Posted By: LionRocker
Date Posted: July 23 2010 at 16:06
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It's upsetting no one has mentioned the immensely talented and sadly deceased Mr. Alan Gowen, a real big minimoog master from the likes of Gilgamesh and National Health. All of his minimoog work on the Health's debut is ace. |
Posted By: Imadofus
Date Posted: July 25 2010 at 00:42
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No love for Shine On You Crazy Diamond?
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: July 25 2010 at 01:13
Correct you are! In an interview back in those days, Moraz said that he "invented a new way to play the Moog." He mentioned playing the oscillators more emotionally than his peers. When I saw Moraz perform with Yes on the "Relayer" tour in Bloomington, IL, my jaw dropped watching him wail on that thing! During his solo on "Sound Chaser," his left hand was all over the control panel of the Moog, while his right hand went nuts on the keys! Contrast that to Wakeman's style (viewable on the old movie "Yessongs,") where he basically had the Minimoog at a certain setting and worked it over as he would any other keyboard. It made for a great effect in the opening of "Close to the Edge," but wasn't as flexible as Moraz's approach. The only other solo I'd mention was Emerson's epic solo on "Lucky Man," which turned on a vast audience to the awesome sound of the square-wave oscillator sound!! |
Posted By: Rabid
Date Posted: July 25 2010 at 02:21
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George Duke - Inca Roads
Don Preston - Lonesome Electric Turkey
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Posted By: antonyus
Date Posted: July 26 2010 at 03:33
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Hi There,
If you are looking for minimoog solo, check this album out. There 3 songs in the concept album and each song has minimoog solo...i am sure you'll like it :)
http://www.myspace.com/nemrudmusic - http://www.myspace.com/nemrudmusic
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: July 26 2010 at 03:51
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Brilliant as Moraz's solo in Sound Chaser is it still doesn't top Kerry Minnear's solo on GG's Just the Same for me - just one of countless examples of why Minnear is the greatest prog keyboardist of all time. Honorable mention to the moog solo on Share it by Hatfield & the North. Wild but restrained, not quite rock, not quite jazz - textbook Canterbury. |
Posted By: Norman Kiddie
Date Posted: July 26 2010 at 11:06
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My department is percussion so I´m not really sure what is mini, maxi, midi or melotron.
But I do know what good electric keyboards sound like.
Brian Miller - Isotope - ´Honkey Donkey
Pete Bardens - Camel - Rain Dances - Skylines
Dave Greenslade - Tide & Time - Catalan
Dave Sinclair - Caravan - FGWGPITN - The Dog The Dog He´s At It Again
Wakeman - Yes - The Revealing Science...........
Not to mention the likes of Chick Corea, Keith Emerson, Tony Banks, Patrick Moraz, Dave Stewart
etc..........................
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Posted By: alanelp
Date Posted: July 26 2010 at 17:22
| P.F.M. Celebration |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: July 28 2010 at 14:16
| The Mini-Moog solo on "Black Moon" from Brand X's "Masques" LP is exquisite! Peter Robinson does a sweet job with modulating the Moog on a sine-wave setting! Excellent example of the MiniMoog as a pure solo instrument. |
Posted By: nahnite
Date Posted: July 28 2010 at 17:19
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The solos on Rush's "Subdivisions" smoke. So those are first on my list.
Second would be Rick's leads on "The Revealing Science..."
Next would be Moraz's work on "Relayer".
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Posted By: ko
Date Posted: July 29 2010 at 12:32
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Miki Petkovski
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: July 29 2010 at 12:40
Love that Moog solo to pieces! |
Posted By: Rabid
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 00:45
Seconded.....that sold the album to me ! ------------- "...the thing IS, to put a motor in yourself..." |
Posted By: Anaon
Date Posted: February 01 2013 at 14:55
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Hi! Any other suggestions of great groovy Minimoog solo? I need more inspiration ------------- My music: http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/ My blog: http://groovesandmemories.com/" rel="nofollow - http://groovesandmemories.com/ |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: February 01 2013 at 17:01
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When I think of Mini-Moog solos, Wakeman usually comes to mind. There's also Alan Gowen, his collaboration with Hugh Hopper - 'Two Rainbows Daily' features some amazing mini-moog solos......
Detlev Schmidtchen solo on 'Master Of Creation' from Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes is wonderful.
So many to think of. And a mini-moog has it's own sound and 'attack'. ARP's are distinctive, too. Dave Sinclair used a 'Davoli' synth on '....Plump In The Night'. The Davoli synth was featured extensively on Kayak's debut album and throughout the Semiramis R.P.I. gem 'Dedicato a Frazz'. Funnily enough, these 3 albums are all from 1973......
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Posted By: Revolution666
Date Posted: February 02 2013 at 22:56
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My favorite song off of my favorite album!
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