------------------------------------------------------- JUNE 1975 ------------------------------------------------------- Source: Circus Magazine Yes Man Says No To Kidnappers Yes keyboardist Patrick Moraz was the victim of a bizarre kidnap attempt in Sao Paulo, Brazil, recently. Moraz was abducted as he was leaving a local television station after completing an interview. He walked toward a car identical to one in which he had arrived, but when he opened the car door a show of hands reached out to pull him inside. Friends who had accompanied Moraz to the TV studio quickly pulled him into his own waiting car. The would-be kidnappers then chased Moraz' car for five hours before finally giving up. "Kidnapping is a big trend now in Brazil, it's sort of a fashion," Moraz told 'Circus' by telephone from the safety of his Geneva recording studio. There are a lot of gangsters kidnapping people for ransom or for political reasons. I don't think the reason was anything political. Maybe I was the wrong person. Maybe it wasn't me they were after. Moraz had gone to Brazil to record some local percussionists for an upcoming solo album based on a book he is writing. "I went to Brazil because I was sure I could find just the kind of percussionists I wanted," explained Moraz. "I always wanted to use Brazilian percussionists because they're much more sophisticated and interesting than all the rest of the percussionists. Their sound is much wilder, in a way. It's got the jungle, those magic kinds of rhythms. Moraz left Sao Paulo with more than three hours of Brazilian percussion on tape, which he will mix with basic rhythm tracks being laid down by drummers Alphonse Mouzon and Andy Newmark. Yes' original drummer, Bill Bruford, will contribute orchestral and symphonic percussion to the LP. The disc will also mark the premier on record of synthesizer-inventor Robert Moog's new polyphonic synthesizer, which Moraz played in New York at the end of the Yes group's last tour. The album is set for release next January, following releases by Yes guitarist Steve Howe and bassist Chris Squire. After completing his solo record, Moraz will join the rest of the band for rehearsals before recording the next Yes album. The album will be cut in December and January for release early next spring, preceding the next Yes world tour. Close Window YesinthePress.com For site comments, inquiries, corrections, or additions, contact yitp@yesservices.com