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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:


Joel is actually Brussels and is/was the mindmaster of Brainticket

Thanks for letting me know. I've now replaced Belgian Joel Vandroogenbroek in the Swiss Roll playlist with an obscure Krautrock band called Deaf with their one and only album "Alpha", which sounds like it was recorded in someone's garage, so I'm guessing that's where the term "Garage Rock" originated from.   Smile 



Coming up next...... the keyboard pizzazz of Mr. Patrick Moraz! Thumbs Up




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Swiss keyboard wizard Patrick Moraz certainly knows his way around the keys, having begun with his first band Mainhorse in 1969 and then forming the band Refugee with two "refugees" from The Nice in 1974. In that same year, he played on the YES Relayer album as a replacement for Rick Wakeman, who went on to even greater things with the launch of his spectacular solo career. Patrick Moraz' solo career began in 1976 with his acclaimed "Story of I" album, but he also found the time to join the Moody Blues in 1978 through to 1991. Whether he was ever a full-time member of the Moody Blues or a hired hand would take a court case to decide. In "The Music Trial of the Century" (21 parts long and still on YouTube) Moraz was offered $400,000 to settle out of court, but decided to pursue the case through the courts anyway and was eventually awarded $77,000 in compensation from the defendants. There' a moral to that story somewhere. Wink

3 stars 1979: Patrick Moraz - Future Memories: Live on TV
4 stars 1984: Patrick Moraz - Future Memories II - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrfCCkhCfls
2 stars 1984: Patrick Moraz - Timecode
4 stars 1987: Patrick Moraz - Human Interface
                 2000: Patrick Moraz - Resonance
                 2003: Patrick Moraz - ESP
3 stars 2009: Patrick Moraz - Change of Space


Patrick Moraz - Future Memories II


Some of Patrick Moraz' costumes in the above concert are as extravagantly colourful as the Swiss Guards below, who don't appear to know the meaning of the word "camouflage". Tongue





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Following on from Patrick Moraz - probably the best-known Swiss prog artist of all time - we're back to plumbing the depths of obscure Swiss bands again for the  short-lived Symphonic Prog band, Nautilus - not to be confused with a German band of the same name. 

4 stars 1978: Nautilus - 20,000 Miles Under the Sea - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7X_tmsX6c4
3 stars 1980: Nautilus - Space Storm - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqG1u3fdze8

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Get ready to trip out to the spooky sound of Swiis Krautrock band Pacific Sound with their one and only album, "Forget Your Dream" - but don't forget your Tangerine Dream! Smile

4 stars 1972: Pacific Sound - Forget Your Dream - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKiZnHdFzq0

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Can prog get any more obscure than Plamp!? A little-known Eclectic Prog band from the Swiss alpine town of Chur  that no one outside of Switzerland will have heard of either.  It's a good album though with the lyrics in both English and Swiss. Yodel-Ay-Hee-Hoo! Thumbs Up

4 stars 1978: Plamp - Und Uberhaupt (And at All) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XedpHBNUlz4


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4 stars 1972: Pyranha - Pyranha 

Pyranha: an obscure and jazzy Krautrock outfit that you can really get your teeth into. Big smile



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Shiver me timbers, it's The Shiver, a Psychedelic Rock band who disappeared down a Swiss rabbit hole after releasing just one amazing album, until being unearthed for a CD reissue in 2004. Smile

5 stars 1969: The Shiver - Walpurgis -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS6Dp1RVVwo



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Originally posted by Progmind Progmind wrote:

Hi Paul,

I recommend you Sicher, they released only one album "Sicher" (1981) they remind me in some parts to Flame Dream, delicate flute and sax parts, hammond, even cellos and strings, totally instrumental
Thanks for the great recommendation! I'm delighted to say Sicher more than lived up to expectations. Thumbs Up

5 stars 1981: Sicher -  Sicher - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHz5VmRgB88
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Spartacus formed in the idyllic setting of Lake Bodensee on the Swiss/German border, which is not so idyllic if you're an up-and-coming prog band hoping to be discovered and your only album is a sub-standard live bootleg recording. Confused

3 stars  1979: SPARTACUS - Spartacus (Progressive Rock  Switzerland) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0gj-2S_Jdc

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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Originally posted by mellotronwave mellotronwave wrote:

Circus/Welcome/Island are of my best CDs
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Clepsydra and its side project Shakary ( a double CD called Ayla) and Dragonfly are decent neo prog band


Circus is one of my favorite less known bands especially Movin On

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Toad: a Swiss Hard Rock band with a croaky-voiced singer and the best group of amphibians since the frog chorus on The Muppet Show, ribbit, ribbit. 



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Trocarn: a charming Prog Folk band from Switzerland, so long as you don't mind all the vocals being sung in the band's native French. If you only listen to one Trocarn song, then check out the 20-minute majestic epic below from their very welcome comeback album: the imaginatively-titled, Trocarn II.






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Andreas Vollenweider: a New Age Swiss harpist whose atmospheric music has been described as evoking nature, magic and fairy tales..... Switzerland's answer to Jon Anderson then, who's also known to play the harp on occasion. Smile

4 stars 1979: Andreas Vollenweider - Eine Art Suite in XIII Teilen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqBu9Q714gg
4 stars 1981: Andreas Vollenweider - Behind the Gardens, Behind the Wall, Under the Tree - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUyrqiNADJv2nRuQHSFgsx2sKufqYJ3c8
4 stars 1982: Andreas Vollenweider - Caverna Magica - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUyrqiNADJv0HhHUdA04j3Yvp2aVt9xUA
3 stars 1984: Andreas Vollenweider - White Winds (Seeker's Journey) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lIlPCjuH1JxhxcEpxCHKNNO0RR-xvKsro
4 stars 1988: Andreas Vollenweider - Dancing with the Lion - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k8D5VhSpwit1LQ5TawCBJnIt2qOaOKKxM
4 stars 1990: Andreas Vollenweider & Hans Vollenweider - Traumgarten - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k2APsPAt6MRosnfJHbozWZ984B1HJchYU
4 stars 1995: Andreas Vollenweider & Friends - Live in Santiago, Chile - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRz13y9I6EY
4 stars 2006: Andreas Vollenweider - Midnight Clear - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUyrqiNADJv0JLS4Xv1ABmX27Rf1V0mDY
4 stars 2006: Andreas Vollenweider & Friends - The Magical Journey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhswAadCgvY
4 stars 2022: Andreas Vollenweider - Slow Flow & Dancer - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ltAy74hX4-wHNI32JkIwBcUAn5v59LGyk


There's just one more Swiss artist to go now before the cuckoo clock strikes midnight tomorrow, and they'll no doubt make a very Welcome addition to round off this blog. Smile
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Switzerland's answer to YES with a singer who sounds remarkably like Chris Squire!

4 stars 1979: Welcome - You're Welcome - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8RL8Qwu3Is&t=2s


Five months, forty artists and over one hundred albums later, that's all folks!



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My Top 14 Swiss Prog Albums:-

5 stars 1976: Alpha to Omega - A Life - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0qs1n0n7lQ
5 stars 1980: Circus - Fearless, Tearless and Even Less - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mxOxS4a5tTP4K7dsKH-08jqx2AoA_k55g
5 stars 2019: Clepsydra - The Gap - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAqKXPz16tg
5 stars 1982: Dragonfly - Dragonfly -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iOTX-g3khQ
5 stars 2017: Ertlif - Relics from the Past: Unreleased Recordings 1974-1975 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVwfikT3Mbc
5 stars 1979: Flame Dream - Elements - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0-1lxoI7Ww
5 stars 1979: Kashmir - Alarme! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw704P_Mi7M
5 stars 1975: Magic Spell - Is There Anywhere a Gas Station? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?
5 stars 1969: The Shiver - Walpurgis - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS6Dp1RVVwo
5 stars 1981: Sicher -  Sicher - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHz5VmRgB88



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Top 12 Swiss Rolls of Honour

5 stars 1976: Alpha to Omega - A Life - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0qs1n0n7lQ

4 stars 1977: Circus - Movin' On - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxJ0zOleXBs
4 stars 1978: Circus - All Stars Band Live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPL63ZeT2Qs
5 stars 1980: Circus - Fearless, Tearless and Even Less - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mxOxS4a5tTP4K7dsKH-08jqx2AoA_k55g

5 stars 2019: Clepsydra - The Gap - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAqKXPz16tg

5 stars 1982: Dragonfly - Dragonfly -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iOTX-g3khQ

5 stars 2001: Ertlif - Illusions - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbVbL5Z3SDc
5 stars 2017: Ertlif - Relics from the Past: Unreleased Recordings 1974-1975 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVwfikT3Mbc


4 stars 1978: Flame Dream - Galatea - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17ZX2dbo_9k
5 stars 1979: Flame Dream - Elements - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0-1lxoI7Ww
5 stars 1981: Flame Dream - Out in the Dark - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52-YiwokMO0

5 stars 1979: Kashmir - Alarme! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw704P_Mi7M

5 stars 1975: Magic Spell - Is There Anywhere a Gas Station? (Symphonic Prog  Switzerland) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpZWmccEP00

5 stars 1969: The Shiver - Walpurgis -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS6Dp1RVVwo

5 stars 1981: Sicher -  Sicher - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHz5VmRgB88

4 stars 1979: Welcome - You're Welcome - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8RL8Qwu3Is&t=2s


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