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Wayne Harriss and Stu Medley of Holding Pattern have record collections that are scarily similar. Scary because Steely Dan and 10cc feature heavily. Combine this with years of playing together with Andy Gill as the Perth sub-country jazz/rock three piece Resin and you have the chemistry for some fine tunes which belie the speed at which Motor Eye was made. Purchase the Holding Pattern Album "Motor Eye" at Itunes: Holding Pattern also have a track on the Hidden Shoal Recordings compilation album, "The Least Vestige of Land" available for free download :

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Member Since: 9/3/2006
Band Website: music.hiddenshoal.com/artists/holding-pattern/
Band Members: Holding Pattern are Wayne and Stu in their semi-electronic, experimental jazz-pop guise. Andy is dragged in as session drummer and squashed down onto one track for each of the songs. Wayne wears his producer's hat and engineer's cap for this LP and plays all the bass (Stu's role in Resin) while keeping an archaic Akai sampler on the go. Stu plays guitars (Wayne's role in Resin) and keyboards. Vocal duties are shared. The result is a rather cinematic affair; a musical travelogue that takes your ears from Detroit to Tokyo via Antibes.
Influences: Miles Davis with Bill Evans (I would sell my soul to play piano like Bill evans [stu]), Richard Wright, Koop, Jukka Eskola, Pink Floyd, Talk Talk, Mark Hollis, Steely Dan, 10cc, Brian Eno, Tangerine Dream, Herbert, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Cinematic Orchestra, Ultra Vivid Scene, Air, Blue States, Single Gun theory, Falling Joys, Chad's Tree
Sounds Like: An alternative history of the near future
Record Label: Hidden Shoal Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

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Holding Pattern Name Change

As previously mentioned due to a naming conflict with a US progressive rock band of the same name, Holding Pattern is to change its name to Motor Eye. We'd like to announce that this name change has n...
Posted by Motor Eye on Fri, 11 May 2007 10:49:00 PST