RIP Morris Pert of Brand X - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Sad loss. I love Brand X.

"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)

I guess it's just the march of time...Morris was a great musician. Condolences to his friends and family.

Steve.

Progfan1958
"Peace to you all"
"La paix est avec vous"
"Pax vobiscum"
"Al salaam a'alaykum"
"Vrede zij met u allen"
"Shalom aleichem"

My, we just keeping losing these giants in our world of progressive expression through music. Morris' work is so huge and outstanding, that we cannot comprehend this loss to us.

But more than that, we express our sympathies, hopes, and love to his family. May he be creating forever in his world of life after life...

Love to all of his friends and family. Long live those who strive to look around the next corner.

Freedom Of Personal Expression Can Not Die

Hi Chris.... I just spun livestock.

here is a bio on Wikipêdia

Morris Pert was born in Arbroath, Scotland in 1947. He graduated B.Mus. from Edinburgh University in 1969, and on an Andrew Fraser scholarship, went on to study composition and percussion at the Royal Academy in London, where he was a pupil of Alan Bush. He is also an Associate of Trinity College London in Piano Teaching. While at the Academy he won several composition prizes including the 1970 Royal Philharmonic Award for his first orchestral work 'Xumbu-Ata'.. A two-year period working with the world-famous Japanese percussionist Stomu Yamash'ta followed, with performances, recordings and musical collaborations in several European music festivals and in Yamash'ta's own Red Buddha Theatre. This led him to form his own experimental music group, Suntreader, which performed and recorded much of his own and his colleagues' music .

In the 1970s, Pert was one of the most prominent composers of his generation, receiving regular BBC commissions for large-scale orchestral works, including the first and second symphonies. At the same time, he was one of the foremost percussionists in the world of popular rock music, namely Brand X. His serious works draw their inspiration from an eclectic range of sources, but especially from ancient mythology, astronomy and oriental culture.

He has written three symphonies: the first, 'The Rising of the Moon', was premiered in Tokyo under Hiroyuko Iwaki in 1981; the second, 'The Beltane Rites', was commissioned and performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and the third, 'The Ancient Kindred', was premiered by the Munich Opera Orchestra under Eberhard Schoener on German television in 1980. 'Ancient Rites' for choir and strings was commissioned and performed in Glasgow by the John Currie Singers. His music has been broadcast on several occasions on BBC Radio 3 and abroad.

Works recorded on the Chantry Record Label include 'Chromosphere' for five players and tape, 'Luminos' for basset horn and piano, 'Eoastrion' for E flat clarinet and tape, 'The Ultimate Decay' for tape and a BBC commission, 'The Book of Love' for percussion and tape. He has written incidental music for Frank Dunlop's Young Vic production of 'Macbeth' and the Oxford Playhouse production of 'The Tempest'

He worked for 18 years as a session musician in the major London recording studios, having recorded with (among many others) Paul McCartney, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, John Williams, Kate Bush, Mike Oldfield, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins and the jazz-rock band Brand X. He has also done arrangements for the Classic Rock series of records by the London Symphony Orchestra, In 1977 Pert was voted no.4 jazz and rock percussionist in the world by America's Billboard Magazine. He has received five gold albums, an American ASCAP award for a hit song and a nomination by the National Academy of Recording Arts in Washington for his performances on record.

Among his works are an electronic ballet score 'Continuum' for the London Contemporary Dance Theatre at Sadlers Wells; 'Voyage in Space', twenty short piano pieces; 'The Ancient Pattern' for chamber ensemble, a McEwen commission from Glasgow University and, more recently, incidental music for Eden Court Theatre's production of 'Peter Pan' in Inverness and 'Aurora' - a work for taped electronics.

He now lives and works in his own small studio in the far North-West of Scotland, concentrating on composition and electronic recording techniques, and is currently working on his fourth symphony 'De Situ Albanie' and a work for Carnyx and tape.

Much of Mr. Pert's music is inspired by the symbolism and the mystery surrounding the culture of the ancient inhabitants of Scotland known as the Picts and by his interest in the philosophical implications of the sciences of astronomy, cosmology and astrophysics.

He had just completed his 5th CD for release "Chromosphere".

Edited by Sean Trane - April 29 2010 at 07:37

let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword

www.morrispert.com

No further details. Amazing musician with a hell of a discography, but mainly known to us from Brand X

let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword

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lucas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 06 2004 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 8138	Posted: April 29 2010 at 07:02
	Sad loss. I love Brand X.
	"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)

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	RIP

Progfan1958 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 18 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 573	Posted: April 29 2010 at 06:23
	I guess it's just the march of time...Morris was a great musician. Condolences to his friends and family. Steve.
	Progfan1958 "Peace to you all" "La paix est avec vous" "Pax vobiscum" "Al salaam a'alaykum" "Vrede zij met u allen" "Shalom aleichem"

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	Sad !
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tmay102436 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: June 10 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 35	Posted: April 29 2010 at 04:25
	My, we just keeping losing these giants in our world of progressive expression through music. Morris' work is so huge and outstanding, that we cannot comprehend this loss to us. But more than that, we express our sympathies, hopes, and love to his family. May he be creating forever in his world of life after life... Love to all of his friends and family. Long live those who strive to look around the next corner.
	Freedom Of Personal Expression Can Not Die

Syzygy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 16 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 7041	Posted: April 29 2010 at 04:24
	He was splendid on Livestock - especially Isis Mourning parts 1 and 2. Thanks for posting the info, Hugues - I hadn't realised just how many different projects he'd been invovled in over the years.
	'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom

Sean Trane Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20516	Posted: April 29 2010 at 04:14
	Hi Chris.... I just spun livestock. here is a bio on Wikipêdia Morris Pert was born in Arbroath, Scotland in 1947. He graduated B.Mus. from Edinburgh University in 1969, and on an Andrew Fraser scholarship, went on to study composition and percussion at the Royal Academy in London, where he was a pupil of Alan Bush. He is also an Associate of Trinity College London in Piano Teaching. While at the Academy he won several composition prizes including the 1970 Royal Philharmonic Award for his first orchestral work 'Xumbu-Ata'.. A two-year period working with the world-famous Japanese percussionist Stomu Yamash'ta followed, with performances, recordings and musical collaborations in several European music festivals and in Yamash'ta's own Red Buddha Theatre. This led him to form his own experimental music group, Suntreader, which performed and recorded much of his own and his colleagues' music . In the 1970s, Pert was one of the most prominent composers of his generation, receiving regular BBC commissions for large-scale orchestral works, including the first and second symphonies. At the same time, he was one of the foremost percussionists in the world of popular rock music, namely Brand X. His serious works draw their inspiration from an eclectic range of sources, but especially from ancient mythology, astronomy and oriental culture. He has written three symphonies: the first, 'The Rising of the Moon', was premiered in Tokyo under Hiroyuko Iwaki in 1981; the second, 'The Beltane Rites', was commissioned and performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and the third, 'The Ancient Kindred', was premiered by the Munich Opera Orchestra under Eberhard Schoener on German television in 1980. 'Ancient Rites' for choir and strings was commissioned and performed in Glasgow by the John Currie Singers. His music has been broadcast on several occasions on BBC Radio 3 and abroad. Works recorded on the Chantry Record Label include 'Chromosphere' for five players and tape, 'Luminos' for basset horn and piano, 'Eoastrion' for E flat clarinet and tape, 'The Ultimate Decay' for tape and a BBC commission, 'The Book of Love' for percussion and tape. He has written incidental music for Frank Dunlop's Young Vic production of 'Macbeth' and the Oxford Playhouse production of 'The Tempest' He worked for 18 years as a session musician in the major London recording studios, having recorded with (among many others) Paul McCartney, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, John Williams, Kate Bush, Mike Oldfield, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins and the jazz-rock band Brand X. He has also done arrangements for the Classic Rock series of records by the London Symphony Orchestra, In 1977 Pert was voted no.4 jazz and rock percussionist in the world by America's Billboard Magazine. He has received five gold albums, an American ASCAP award for a hit song and a nomination by the National Academy of Recording Arts in Washington for his performances on record. Among his works are an electronic ballet score 'Continuum' for the London Contemporary Dance Theatre at Sadlers Wells; 'Voyage in Space', twenty short piano pieces; 'The Ancient Pattern' for chamber ensemble, a McEwen commission from Glasgow University and, more recently, incidental music for Eden Court Theatre's production of 'Peter Pan' in Inverness and 'Aurora' - a work for taped electronics. He now lives and works in his own small studio in the far North-West of Scotland, concentrating on composition and electronic recording techniques, and is currently working on his fourth symphony 'De Situ Albanie' and a work for Carnyx and tape. Much of Mr. Pert's music is inspired by the symbolism and the mystery surrounding the culture of the ancient inhabitants of Scotland known as the Picts and by his interest in the philosophical implications of the sciences of astronomy, cosmology and astrophysics. He had just completed his 5th CD for release "Chromosphere". Edited by Sean Trane - April 29 2010 at 07:37
	let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword

Syzygy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 16 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 7041	Posted: April 29 2010 at 04:10
	Sad news indeed - a brilliant musician and composer who was as at home in the contemporary classical world as he was in jazz or rock. Play Moroccan Roll today in his memory.
	'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom

Sean Trane Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20516	Posted: April 29 2010 at 04:06
	www.morrispert.com No further details. Amazing musician with a hell of a discography, but mainly known to us from Brand X
	let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword