Cyan - Pictures From The Other Side CD + 5.1 / hi-res DVD
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23-TMRSE 1123
“Magenta’s Robert Reed and Camel’s Peter Jones join forces once again with new Cyan album, ‘Pictures From The Other Side’.
The album contains 6 songs, including the epic 17 minute track ‘Nosferatu’. The CD is accompanied by a DVD with a full 5.1 surround mix of the album and a live acoustic performance of songs from
‘For King And County’.
Cyan was originally formed by Robert Reed (Magenta) when in school, back in 1983. After recording some demos at a local studio, the band went their separate ways. Years later, those demos led to release of ‘For King And Country’ on the Dutch SI music label. It was the first of three Cyan albums released in the 1990s before the project was shelved and Rob went on to form Magenta.
20 years later Rob Reed, along with a killer line-up, decided to brush off the cobwebs and successfully release a completely re-worked version of the ‘For King And Country’ album.
Cyan has since performed at the 2023 Night Of The Prog festival in Germany, and at the 2022 Summers End and Fusion festivals in the UK.
Rob Reed:
“I remember that the first Cyan album ‘For King And Country’ was written when I was still in school with a band I formed with some school friends. After I left school, we went our separate ways and it was several years later that I was approached by the record company. After the success of the first album, they wanted a follow-up so I wrote new material for what became ‘Pictures From The Other Side. It was more song-based, but included a couple of long epics.
Obviously, I was influenced by the classic Prog of Genesis and Yes when writing this originally, but I was also listening to a lot of other bands of the time like It Bites, Simple Minds and Marillion.
It’s been great to finally hear this material played by this line up, it’s a completely different album. Re-written, re-recorded and re-arranged. Hopefully I’ve brought to the album, everything I’ve learnt in my career."
- LabelTigermoth Records
- UPC5060153431392