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YES and projects with several Yesmen	Jon Anderson	Chris Squire	Steve Howe	Alan White
Geoff Downes	Trevor Horn	Tony Kaye	Peter Banks	Patrick Moraz
Bill Bruford	Rick Wakeman	Trevor Rabin	Billy Sherwood	Igor Khoroshev Oliver Wakeman
Benoît David	Asia	CIRCA:	Anderson & Wakeman	Others associated with the band

Bruford has retired from performance. He continues to run his Summerfold and Winterfold labels, although with no immediate plans for further releases. He focuses now on teaching, research and speaking engagements. To an interviewer in 2009, he said that he plays practices drumming, but not as much as he used to, in order that he can still teach.

His last live work was an occasional job playing in Soul House, backing singer Ann Bailey (has done sessions for Martine McCutcheon, Damien Wilson, Donna Summer). The band played a Surrey, UK gig in May 2009 and had another in Apr 2010, with Bailey (lead vocalist), Bruford (drums), Tom Cheek (bass), Andy Smith (keys), Jim Cheek (sax), Tom Walker (guitar), Sonia Griffiths (backing vocals), Kate Cameron (backing vocals), Matijn Van Galen (trumpet). (The 2009 line-up, who can be seen on YouTube, was mostly the same, but with Graham Brierton on bass instead of Cheek, and Elliot May on backing vocals instead of Griffiths.)

Re-issues and archival releases

Some of the early sessions for the Listen Now album [...] involved Bill Bruford + Phil, [Brian] Eno and me (not sure about Eddie [Jobson] though he certainly played on other sessions).  These tracks were never used though I believe Phil still has the 24-track masters somewhere.  Every now and then we talk about what we might do with them.  We haven't come up with an answer yet.

Dust is a collection of rarities from Adrian Belew. While once planned as a boxset, instead the collection of 85 tracks is being released as a series of downloads ("Dust particles") available from StoreBelew. Some of these features Bruford and Levin, including "Dust" (unreleased 1983 King Crimson song from sessions for Three of a Perfect Pair) and "Manhattan/Neurotica" (recorded by Belew/Bruford/Levin in 1982). At one stage, it was announced that the set would include an early version of "Heartbeat" and other outtakes from Beat.

UK
News about archival and remastered UK releases is under Jobson. Jobson has also been playing UK, King Crimson and Bruford material live—see here.

Other news
Bill Bruford's Earthworks' "Footloose and Fancy Free" is available on Microsoft's Rock Band Network for download and play on Rock Band. This is the first jazz piece for the game. The piano part is played by the 'guitar' in the game, while the saxophone part becomes a 'vocal' part, as can be seen in this YouTube preview.

The album has 8 demos and then clips from the finished pieces, including "Lingo" (released on Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich), "Original Sin" (released on Bruford Levin Upper Extremities) and material from If Summer had Its Ghosts and the Earthworks albums Earthworks, All Heaven Broke Loose, A Part, and Yet Apart and Sound of Surprise, plus an additional, previously unreleased demo, entitled "Banyan".

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I recently prepared the syllabus for and taught a short course in Musicianship for Drummers at the ACM in Guildford, and have also participated in the MA course in Music Performance there. However, I think I'm going to throttle back on all that in favour of research studies at Surrey University music department.

Since Back Against the Wall, Kaye has been working on multiple projects with Billy Sherwood, some also including further Yesmen and mostly covered here. These chiefly include CIRCA:; their thidd album (And So On) is now out. Kaye also guested on John Wetton's new solo album, produced by Billy Sherwood: see below.

Kaye's "End of Innocence" is a 46 minute orchestral interpretation of the events of 9/11. It is now available on YouTube. He first mentioned the project in May 2007 in his MySpace blog. In an interview published Mar 2008, Kaye talked further about the project, saying:

I’m working on an instrumental album based on the events of 9/11. My wife [Daniela Torchia] co-wrote and sings on one of the songs. It’s mostly orchestral and I’d like to have an actual orchestra perform it, but they are very expensive.

In a Dec 2008 interview on Yesfans.com, Kaye said:

It's an orchestrated work. I started writing it the day after 9/11 happened, and went into the studio and started writing a piece that actually musically follows what happened that entire day. [...]

it has 'Floyd-ey' YES-like moments [...] Band moments. [...] I keep reviewing and re-doing things, and it's getting closer to what I hear in my head. I think it's very different to do an orchestral album without an orchestra; Because of the purity of what it is. I'm a big fan of Trevor [Rabin], and what he's achieving now. But you see, he has the money to do it right, to get that purity of sound. [...]

to be totally authentic, I think to have a one-hundred piece orchestra is the way to go. But it's really a work in progress, and of course the subject matter is rather difficult [...] because of the intensity and the gravity of what it was [...]

Some of it is more melodic, it has Floydian rock and roll moments which kick-up the symphonic parts. [...]

I actually go between liking it and sort-of not liking it, which is why I keep going back to re-vamp it. It IS pretty dark and intense subject matter. I like playing inspirational music, but I also like to play with a song; With the lyrics, which this doesn't have. It's purely instrumental. It's not finished, not quite yet, but it's getting there. [...]

Some of it is pretty complex, and some of it is quite simple. It balances-out.

Banks guests on one track ("Midnight Blues") of Muso & Proud (DB0002), the second album by dB-Infusion, now out. The band, who have previously opened for Oliver Wakeman, is led by Danny Berdichevsky (ex-Requiem, Swing Duo; guitars), with Gonzalo Carrera (Whimwise, ex-Karnataka, Wild Turkey; keys), Ollie Usiskin (Christopher Lee; drums), Steve Stephenson (percussion) and Lakis Economou (bass). Other guests on the album include John Helliwell (Supertramp; sax), Hugh McDowell (ex-ELO, iCon; cello), John Etheridge (ex-Soft Machine, Soft Machine Legacy; guitars), John Hackett (Steve Hackett; flute) and Mornington Lockett (ex-Stanley Clarke; sax). See details in the Yescography. Banks guested live with dB-Infusion in London a few years ago. He was previously planning a number of projects with Carrera, including live work in London, although these plans stalled.

Harmony in Diversity and Self-Contained
Harmony in Diversity was an improvisational trio with Peter Banks (guitar, MIDI guitar), Nick Cottam (Pulse Engine; bass) and Dave "Jick" Speight (drums). The new trio were compiling an album; Speight's MySpace reported, "The latest HiD live album is currently being mixed and will feature live recordings captured in the UK and Eastern Europe in 2006/2007." However, this never emerged.

Flash & re-releases
Banks and former Flash road manager George 'TheMiz' Mizer, through their production company AdequateSounds, are trying to arrange a release entitled In Public, an archival 16-track recording of a complete 1973 Flash concert recorded by the Record Plant. Banks blogged in Apr 2008 about the album, describing it as "a forth coming CD called FLASH "In Public" we have had many offers for a JAPAN release but this is worth a wider release. So we shall see what comes ." An edited version of one track ("There No More", a.k.a. "Room with a View", originally 18 min.s long) can be heard on Banks' MySpace page. Ray Bennett (now on guitar) and Colin Carter (vocals) are continuing with their Flash reunion, without Banks.

Other news
In an interview in Record Collector (circa Oct 2006), Banks says, "I have almost enough material for a solo album too, but I'm not sure I want to release one, as I burned myself out on the previous one. If I did, it'd be live-in-the-studio with my wish-list of players. It's been suggested to me to do an album of Yes pieces, but why? I don't want to repeat something I did 200 years ago."

He said in the aforementioned Nov 2006 interview that he wanted to write another book: "not a biography, about music in general and the way I view it now and the way it was. I'm pretty opinionated and want to get it out of my system."

Peter Banks has a MySpace page. This may feature some archival recordings Banks has, including The Syn live in the 1960s.

Recent work
Moraz played a one-off show in Mar 2011 at Bergen Community College. This was about 1.5-2 hours long and the set included a version of "Soon", the intro to "Sound Chaser", "Jungle Alien", "Symphony of the Trees", "Gentle Storm", "Rite of Passage", and a new piece written for the concert and dedicated to his wife, as well as improvisations. Moraz' set-up consisted of a grand piano, two keyboards, a computer and various percussion instruments. Three guest musicians also made brief appearances. The night before, Moraz did a free lecture/demonstration at the same venue. He next played a show in Sarasota, FL in May 2011.

At the Bergen show, Moraz talked of an upcoming CD and performed a piece from it. Moraz's website lists two forthcoming solo releases, due 2011: World Wide Human Interface Live from Abbey Road (which, to quote the site, "was complet[el]y performed and recorded live, entirely on his own in 1987, at Abbey Road Studio #2") and Pianissimoraz, the latter described as "Piano Solo New Recordings and Special Selections 2011" and as "A classical solo piano CD, composed by Patrick Moraz of some new pieces for "enhanced" piano and some creative excerpts for acoustic piano". Neither appeared in 2011, but the former, as Live at Abbey Road (Floating World Records), is now due 27 Feb 2012 in the UK. The promo for the album says:

[...] Moraz [...] recorded this material live at the legendary Abbey Road studios in 1987. The session lasted exactly one hour, with the first eleven tracks being performed entirely in one recording. All keyboards and instruments, music and themes, arrangements, electronic orchestrations, drums and percussion playing and programming, sounds sampled, loops composed, sequences and twiddly bits are played by Patrick Moraz.

A WAY TO FREEDOM seems to be taking a long time to come out. It's not the lack of material, but more about the inherent inertia which has surrounded the project from the beginning. I have lots and lots of recorded material already, but I never seem to be able to put the finishing touch to the production as a whole.

His website also says Moraz is working on a piece entitled "EcoCantata", "an homage to our planet", for a soprano-alto-tenor-bass choir. His site goes on, saying Moraz is "progressing in the compositional development, production and "finition" of a "Futuristic Ballet" and other works featuring electronic arrangements as well as innovative, rhythmic instrumentation and acoustic orchestrations."

In the Oct 2010 Classic Rock Presents... Prog, Moraz says:

I am so busy right on many projects. They vary from rock to classical. Right now, I'm working with some extraordinary musicians in Tampa, Florida. Moreover, there are various reissues being planned. And I'm currently writing my autobiography, when I will reveal the truth of what happened with Yes.

Moraz and Ronnie Ciago (Facebook) (ex-CIRCA:, Brand X, worked with Bill Ward, Mick Taylor, Jaco Pastorius, Robert Downey Jr.; percussion) have been working on an album together; one piece with Ciago appeared on Moraz's solo album Change of Space. Ciago said on Facebook in late Sep 2011: "there is also 2 Moraz & Ciago cd's due out in the next few months, Patrick Moraz & Ronnie Ciago "Live On The Radio" and The new studio cd ( Moraz & Ciago ) with known guest musicians."

Plans were moving forward for 2012 US touring involving Moraz, Ciago, John Goodsall and Percy Jones. Goodsall, Jones and Ciago worked together in Brand X. The set list being proposed was to have included a suite from Relayer, plus material from Moraz' The Story of i, Refugee and Brand X. However, in Dec 2011, Moraz withdrew from the plan citing a lack of time available in the summer due to other plans. The door has not closed entirely on the possibility of later tour dates; meanwhile, the others are now moving forward with keyboardist David Sancious (ex-Jon Anderson) instead for live dates this year.

Moraz played on sessions for bassist Dave LaRue (The Dixie Dregs, John Petrucci) for a second solo album which has yet to appear.

Longer term plans
Moraz has talked of multiple further projects, but many of these appear to be some way from producing any output. He has plans for a third "Future Memories" show, which he discusses in a new interview on a forthcoming DVD release of the first two "Future Memories" TV programmes (see below). Moraz has also been working on an album with Michel Sanchez (Deep Forest) for some time. A report circa Feb 2005 said that Moraz has two electronic albums close to completion, one of which seemed to be the one with Sanchez. It is unclear whether the other was A Way to Freedom, with Armen or some other project.

Moraz has expanded "Modular Symphony (1st Movement)" from his 1987 Human Interface album into an entire piano conerto, which he intends to release at some point according to a Mar 2005 interview.

Although he has no immediate plans, in his Mar 2005 interview, Moraz talked of his willingness to do a video or film project based on his solo album The Story of i. In his NftE interview (Jan 2001), he said, "I've also been writing and researching some stories. I'd like to do a movie of THE STORY OF I either in 3-D computer graphics, an animated version, or the real thing. I have also written a couple of other movie scripts; one is a science fiction story and the other is about the life and times of a composer who lived three hundred years ago." In an earlier interview (Oct 2000), he said: "I have just about 30 other projects that I have already composed, I've composed hundreds of pieces of music in the last 9 years. [...] I have also, maybe, studying to get a commission for a symphony orchestra perhaps in europe for next year [2001]." At some point, he has been planning to do a charity Christmas album.

In the 2005 interview, Moraz mentioned too his desire to do some live shows with flautist Syrinx to play music from their album Coexistence/Libertate, although again there are no specific plans at present. Moraz has said he may collaborate with Annie Haslam in the future.

Re-releases and previously unreleased archival material
In an Oct 2006 interview with the Francophone Yes fanclub, Nous Sommes Du Soleil, Moraz was asked whether there might one day be a release of a Dec 1987 live-in-the-studio performance in support of Human Interface. Moraz replied yes:

Oui, celui-là j’en ai le master sur DAT et je vais le mastériser avec Jean Ristori dans les semaines à venir. Bien que la partie électronique de la musique soit très similaire à l’album de studio de « Human Interface », ayant tout joué « live » en direct,  avec l’aide d’ordinateurs et de « midi » cependant, le son lui, est plus « urgent », peut-être un peu moins sophistiqué que sur l’album de studio, et les tempi sont dans certains cas plus rapides ! Et puis les lignes improvisées sont évidemment différentes de celles de l’album de studio. [...] J’ai retrouvé des enregistrements inédits de pièces pour pianos préparés que j’avais enregistrés ultérieurement et que j’ai mis en bonus sur le CD.

Other news
Moraz guested on a space-themed concept album entitled Seeking Major Tom by actor William Shatner (Star Trek, worked with Ben Folds), also featuring Steve Howe. See details on main page. He is also guesting on a forthcoming covers album by Nektar, also featuring Howe, Rick Wakeman and Geoff Downes. See details on main page.

Moraz-Bruford news, including a new archival release, Music for Piano and Drums: Live in Maryland, is under Bruford.

Moraz is one of many musicians to appear in Dianna Dilworth's documentary film about the Mellotron, "Mellodrama: The Mellotron Documentary".

Trevor HornOfficial site; SPZ website; ZTT Records website; Official Facebook

Horn has re-united with Yes. He produced and co-wrote material for the band's new album, Fly from Here—see main page. Yes now again includes Geoff Downes. Downes played with Horn in The Buggles reunion in 2010 (see immediately below) and has continued to work with Horn and, as a Feb 2011 Classic Rock Presents... Prog interview with him says, "will be collaborating further with Horn, focusing more on songwriting and playing on Horn's production work than in a band situation." An Apr 2011 interview describes Downes as "working on a project with former Yes band mate turned record producer, Trevor Horn". These seem to be a reference to Downes joining The Producers: he played with them at a Mar 2011 show and has recorded parts for the forthcoming album. In a Jul 2011 blog, Downes said:

I had [...] started working with Trevor again on the ‘Lost Buggles Gig’ which we performed at the Supperclub in London [...] as well as working in the studio with him on other things, adding some keys parts to his ‘Producers’ project amongst others. So there was quite a Buggles reformation going on, amidst Trevor working with Gary Barlow & Robbie Williams in the same studio complex. I must say working with Trevor again in the studio after such a long period was truly inspirational. [...] we got on like a house on fire. It was just like the old days – The Buggles were back!!!

The Buggles
In the last few years, Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes have re-visited The Buggles on a number of occasions. They appeared together as The Buggles at the 2004 Produced by Trevor Horn concert and then played the band's first-ever full live set in 2010 (see next paragraph). They performed next at the British Music Experience on 25 Oct 2011, with Horn (bass, lead vocals), Downes (keys) and co-founder Paul Robinson (drums) joined by Steve Lipson (The Producers, worked with Grace Jones, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Annie Lennox; electric guitar), Lol Crème (The Producers, Art of Noise, ex-10cc, worked with The Buggles; guitars), Julian Hinton (worked with Seal, Olivia Safe, Don Black, Sarah Brightman; keys) and three backing vocalists (Kirsten, Holly and Kate). The performance was preceded by a question and answer session with Horn and Downes; set: "I am a Camera" (intro)/"Two Tribes" (instrumental), "Video Killed the Radio Star" (backing vocalists joined on stage), "Living in the Plastic Age", "Slave to the Rhythm" (with Alison Moyet (Yazoo) providing lead vocals), "Elstree", "Rubber Bullets" (lead vocals by Crème), "Space Oddity", "Johnny on the Monorail (A Very Different Version)", "Check It Out" (lead vocals by Kirsten/Holly/Kate). Downes' tweeted this picture of the band. That's, left to right, Hinton, Lipson and Robinson on the back row, and then the men on the front row are Downes, Crème and Horn, with the girls in between. Hans Zimmer (ex-The Buggles, "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Kung Fu Panda") was in the audience.

• "Living in the Plastic Age"
• "Video Killed the Radio Star"
• "Kid Dynamo"
• "I Love You (Miss Robot)"—with Downes on backing vocals
• "Rubber Bullets" (originally by 10cc)—with Crème on lead vocals
• "I'm Not in Love" (originally by 10cc)—with Braide on lead vocals
• "Slave to the Rhythm" (originally by Grace Jones)—with Alison Moyet (Yazoo) on lead vocals
• "Only You" (originally by Yazoo)—with Moyet
• "Don't Go"—as "Only You" above
  
• "Clean, Clean"—with Woolley and Horn sharing lead vocals
• "Elstree"
• "Astroboy (and the Proles on Parade)"
• "Johnny on the Monorail (A Very Different Version)"
  
• "Super Heroes" from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"—with Richard O'Brien ("The Rocky Horror Picture Show") on lead vocals
• "The Time Warp"—as "Super Heroes" above
  
• encore: "Hard to Handle" (originally by Otis Redding)—with Gary Barlow (Take That) on lead vocals
• encore: "Check It Out" (originally by will.i.am/Nicki Minaj and which samples "Video Killed the Radio Star")—lead vocals by one of the backing vocalists and Horn; also joined by Debi Doss (sang on The Age of Plastic, worked with Mike Oldfield, The Kinks, Dave Gilmour, Steve Hackett, Michael Jackson; backing vocals)
  
• 2nd encore: "Video Killed the Radio Star"—with a raffle-winning member of the audience on lead vocals (James Woods), supported by Doss

Front of house was by Gary Langan (ex-Art of Noise, worked with Yes, The Producers). Support was from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and a performance of Propaganda's "Duel" (originally produced by Horn) by Claudia Brücken (Onetwo, ex-Propaganda; lead vocals), Paul Humphreys (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Onetwo; keys), an unidentified guitarist and Horn (backing vocals).

In a blog entry in Jun 2005, Downes described a discussion with Horn, "about a new Buggles album we've been talking about for some time". At the Produced by Trevor Horn concert, Horn said his original idea had been a low-key Buggles tour. Downes also previously hinted at the possibility of live Buggles work, saying in an interview in early 2004: "The Buggles was much more a studio environment idea, which we never actually took on the road. Things may change though". Some news reports described the 2010 show as the band's last-ever live performance: however, the announcement on Horn's website did not explicitly rule out work together at some future time. Asked about the possibility of a new Buggles album in an Aug 2011 interview, Downes mooted the possibility of some more live shows. He talked of "a few isolated shows here and there and maybe do some more writing" towards an album. And, asked in another Aug 2011 interview about whether there will be more Buggles activity, he said, "Yeah, I think so. [...] we've discussed that." At the Oct 2011 show, when an audience member said he had given up on there ever being a third Buggles album, Horn, smiling but emphatically, said, "Good". The compère of the show, Harvey Goldsmith, said at the end that the band would be "back on the road" in 2012. In a Nov 2011 interview in Record Collector, Horn said, "we're planning a tour now and we might put out a new single later this year."

"Check It Out", which samples "Video Killed the Radio Star" and has been covered by The Buggles, is included on Nicki Minaj's album Pink Friday, which has been nominated for the Best Rap Album Grammy.

Producers
The Producers long consisted of Trevor Horn (bass, vocals), Steve Lipson (worked with Grace Jones, S Club 7, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Annie Lennox, Will Young; guitar), Lol Crème (Art of Noise, ex-10cc; guitar, vocals), Chris Braide (Malmo, written for Cheryl Cole, Glenn Tilbrook, Clay Aiken, Will Young, Kylie Minogue, Pixie Lott, S Club 7; keys, vocals) and Ashley 'Ash' Soan (Will Young, Rick Wakeman's English Rock Ensemble, ex-Del Amitri, ex-Squeeze, worked with Enrique Iglesias, Robbie Williams; drums). Braide was the main vocalist, but Horn and Crème sang lead on some songs. The band were, for a period, continuing without Braide, inconsistently under the new name of Us and with Geoff Downes (Yes, The Buggles, Asia) on keys. Downes played a show with the band in Mar 2011 and, in a Jul 2011 blog, spoke of "adding some keys parts to [Horn']s 'Producers' project". (Downes is also working on a separate project with Braide: see under Downes.) However, an anonymous Wikipedia update in Sep 2011 has Braide still associated and as having recorded vocals for a song entitled "Garden of Flowers" for the project in 2010. In a Nov 2011 interview in Record Collector, Horn referred to the band as "a six-piece", which would seem to imply both Braide and Downes. A debut album, entitled The Path of Sydney Arthur, is due Mar 2012 (according to an Oct 2011 news report and Downes at a Yes concert in Nov 2011). Most of The Producers are now also in The Buggles (see section above).

The band began as a low-key, live, covers project, but then began recording a debut album in Dec 2006 at Hook End Studios. In Mar 2008, they announced they had finished mixing it and that release under the title Studio 1 would follow on Stiff Records (sister label to ZTT). Album tracks for Studio 1 were to be: "Freeway", "Waiting for the Right Time", "Watching You Out There", "Your Life" (Horn on lead vocals), "Barking Up the Right Tree", "You and I", "Stay Elaine", "Man on the Moon" (Braide on lead vocals), "Music From BelAir" (inspired by Horn's time as a homeowner in California). A song entitled "Seven" (in 7 time about an escort agency, with Horn on Vocoder) was played live; I presume it is included in that list under some other name. However, by Jun 2008, the band were back recording and the album was entitled Watching You Out There and to be released on a different label. Braide then left the group and the band, under the leadership of Horn and Crème, changed their name to Us (or US) with an album due called The Path of Sydney Arthur, a concept piece based around the fictional life story of a man born on the same day as the first Moon landing; an associated short video promoting the new album name appeared on MySpace. "You and I" was confirmed for The Path of Sydney Arthur. It was unclear how much of the material or recordings for Studio 1 was to be carried over to The Path of Sydney Arthur given Braide's departure, but some of the Braide co-written material has been expected to be used. In a late 2009 interview, asked about The Producers, Horn said: "we are called 'Us' now. [...] We are just finishing off an album". Braide then re-joined for what was described as a one-off show by The Producers in Oct 2009, and then for another show in Jan 2010 (approximate set: unidentified song, "Freeway", "Man on the Moon", "Rubber Bullets" (originally by 10cc), "Your Life", "Watching You Out There", "Slave to the Rhythm" (with guest vocalist; originally by Grace Jones), "Space Oddity" (originally by David Bowie), "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (originally by Tears for Fears), "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (originally by Yes), "I'm Not in Love" (originally by 10cc), unidentified Producers song, "Video Killed the Radio Star" (originally by The Buggles), encore: "Freeway" again). On stage, the band said they were still working on an album and they were aiming for a 2010 release, suggesting a return to the original line-up.

In a Jul 2010 interview, Soan said, "In between the last three [Will Young] shows I dropped into Sarm Studios to see how an album I'm making with Trevor Horn, Steve Lipson and Lol Creme is getting on. [...] The music is, dare I say it, slightly progressive and it sounds very much like a Trevor Horn production." The Dec 2010 issue of Classic Rock Presents... Prog says, "TREVOR HORN WILL finally release his space rock project, US, in 2011, a project he's been working on for three years." In the article, Horn goes on the explain the album is, in part, about the nature of time. Listed as Trevor Horn and The Producers, the band were one of the acts at an exclusive London charity show in Mar 2011 with a new line-up of Horn, Crème, Lipson, Soan and Downes. Tony Hadley & Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet), playing "Gold" and "Through the Barricades", and Alison Moyet guested. The Nov 2011 Classic Rock Presents... Prog then announced that the band was now called Producers (no "The"), the line-up is Horn, Braide, Crème, Lipson and Soan, and the debut album's due Mar 2012. However, the article then continues:

And perhaps most intriguingly of all, [...] [Horn] will final[ly] issue his space-rock concept album about the meaning of Time, mooted back in 2010 and said to be a combination of pop melody, ambient atmospherics, prog technoflash and musicianly virtuosity.

The debut single was "Barking Up the Right Tree" (3:21; Crème on lead vocals, Horn on double bass), backed with "Freeway" (5:55; Braide on lead vocals), out on Stiff Records (CDBUY270). The single was co-written and co-produced by all five of the band. A number of songs could be heard on their their MySpace page, which has since disappeared, and at the Stiff Records website. Gary Langan (ex-Art of Noise, worked with Yes) has mixed and engineered for the band. The band is managed by Luke Mitzman (Lipson's stepson).

Lipson, Crème, Soan and Langan all commonly appear on Horn's productions. For example, they all worked on Escala's eponymous debut; Horn and Lipson worked together on Jeff Beck's new album; Soan appeared on the Horn-produced Aviv Geffen; and Horn, Soan, Braide and Crème are all on Robbie Williams' Reality Killed the Video Star. Horn, Crème, Braide and Soan were all in The Buggles line-up for their Sep 2010 show (see above).

Production and solo work
Trevor Horn did a film score in 2007 for the drama/comedy "Take Me Home Tonight" (named after the Eddie Money song, and formerly known as "Kids in America") from Rogue Pictures, but said in a May 2008 interview that he wasn't particularly interested in doing many more films. After some delay, the film, starring, co-written and co-executive produced by Topher Grace, was released Mar 2011 in the US. The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star" is also used in the film. A soundtrack album is out, with period songs including "Video...", but no original content.

Horn has been working with Seal again, producing the 11-track Soul 2 (Reprise Records/Warner Bros. Records), out in most of the world, but due 13 Jan 2012 in the US. A sequel to Soul, Soul 2 again sees the singer covering classic romantic soul songs. Tracks produced solely by Horn, recorded in London and Los Angeles, are: "Lean on Me" (originally by Bill Withers), "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (Rose Royce), "Love T.K.O." (Teddy Pendergrass), "Oh Girl" (The Chi-Lites), "Ooo Baby Baby" (The Miracles), "What's Goin' On" (Marvin Gaye), "Wishing on a Star" (Rose Royce) and "Ain't Nothing But a House Party" (The Showstoppers). Further tracks on the album—"Backstabbers" (The O'Jays), "I'll be Around" (The Spinners), "Let's Stay Together" (Al Green) and "Love Won't Let Me Wait" (The Delfonics)—are produced by the Canadian David Foster (worked with Jon Anderson, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince, Beyonce Knowles) and Horn, with Jochem van der Saag (worked with Andrea Bocelli, Eric Benét, Katherine Jenkins) as co-producer. "Let's Stay Together" was the debut single (streaming audio at Seal's SoundCloud page), released 30 Sep, and followed by "Wishing on a Star" on 2 Nov; both are digital-only. Also on the album are Julian Hinton (worked with The Buggles, Olivia Safe) who provided keys, programming, arrangements, orchestrations and conducted.

Soul 2 chart positions:

Horn produced Robbie Williams' Reality Killed the Video Star. Performers included Horn, Ash Soan (ex-Rick Wakeman's English Rock Ensemble, Us, ex-Squeeze, worked with Escala), Anne Dudley (Art of Noise, ex-ABC; strings arranger, conductor), Chris Braide (ex-The Producers), Tim Weidner (worked with Yes, Dead or Alive, Escala), Steve Lipson (Us, worked with Frankie Goes to Hollywood) and Bruce Woolley (ex-Tina Charles, ex-The Camera Club, ex-Grace Jones). Horn produced "Shame", a subsequent single by Williams and Barlow (Take That); Soan also played on the track. The song is one of two new tracks on Williams' In and Out of Consciousness: The Greatest Hits 1990–2010 (Virgin). The collection also includes three songs from Reality Killed the Video Star.

Other news
Horn produced and played some keys on parts of Paul McCartney's 1989 solo album, Flowers in the Dirt. The whole of McCartney's solo discography is being successively re-released through his new label, Concord Music Group, with new bonus material, although details for the Flower in the Dirt re-release are some way off.

A Jul 2004 article in The Independent reported Horn as saying "that he knows he will have to give up producing some day because the hours are "just crazy"." The article goes on to quote Horn directly: "It's a tough game being a record producer. I've always worked very hard and very intensively. I've never left anything to chance." In a May 2008 interview, Horn said that his children and running the business (since his wife's accident) takes up most of his time, but that he still likes making records.

Horn heads up the SPZ Group, the entertainment business which includes two record labels, ZTT (MySpace page) and Stiff Records; Sarm Studios (who operate recording studios and manage record producers and engineers); Perfect Songs (music publishing company); Music Bank (backline hire and rehearsal studio facilities); and The Workplace (a London business centre).

Rabin is also currently recording material for an upcoming instrumental solo album. The new music—which he describes as, “jazzier than rock, with a bluegrass Dobro kind of feel”— features him playing nearly every instrument.

Talking to Innerviews back in late 2003, Rabin said he hoped to record a new solo album soon. He said, "I've got quite a lot of material together that I'm happy with. When I get enough together I'll start to do an album." In an Aug 2002 interview for Notes from the Edge, he said:

I've got enough material for about half an album at least [...] I just haven't got time to get around to it.

I think I'd sing on it, but it would be far more instrumental. The previous solo albums were very much singer-songwriter efforts with me delivering a lyric and performing as a guitar player [...] Now, I think it would be a little more eclectic and a lot more natural maybe. It wouldn't stick to a certain genre. I wouldn't do what I'm expected to do. I think it would be a lot freer.

Film scores etc.
Rabin's latest score is for the short documentary film "The Movement", produced and directed by Kurt Miller. The film tells the story of a man paralysed in a skiing accident. The film also uses music by the Foo Fighters, U2 and k.d. lang.

Rabin did the score for "I am Number Four". This Walt Disney/DreamWorks film, directed by DJ Caruso, is now out. Regular collaborator Gordon Goowdin conducted the Hollywood Studio Symphony. A full score release is out on Varèse Sarabande (302 067 090 2). Tracks: "Welcome to the Jungle" (1:56), "#3 Ashed" (:50), "Who We Are" (3:03), "Water Vision" (:59), "Getting to Know Sarah" (3:28), "OK We'll Stay" (3:05), "Finding Henry" (2:31), "VI to the Rescue" (3:42), "IV and Sarah Escape" (1:50), "Pack Your Things" (1:37), "Mog Shop and Feed" (1:00), "Henry Dies" (1:25), "Hit Me with Your Lumen" (2:49), "Forest Fight" (2:28), "Going to a Party" (1:29), "Darkroom Lumenary" (1:07), "Rising from the Ashes" (1:00), "Warehouse Search" (3:14), "Commander Mog Explodes" (2:30), "Quarterback Intuition" (1:07), "We Know Where to Go" (3:07). The music is produced by Rabin and executive produced by Robert Townson. Additional music was by Paul Linford. In Dec 2010, Jon Anderson described Rabin as "working with Spielberg", which appears to have been a reference to "I am Number Four", executive produced by Spielberg.

The Renny Harlin-directed "5 Days of War" has been released theatrically in Georgia (as "5 Days of August") and on DVD in Europe. A theatrical release in the US came in Aug. Rabin did the score for this film about the Russo-Georgian War of 2008; the score was recorded by regular Rabin collaborator, Steve Kempster.

Rabin's previous score was for "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. A score album is out (digital only); tracks: "Sorcerer's Apprentice" (3:14), "Story of the Prime Merlinian" (4:02), "Note Chase" (0:38), "Dave Revives Balthazar" (2:41), "Classroom" (1:24), "The Urn" (1:39), "The Grimhold" (1:39), "Morgana Fight" (2:59), "The Ring" (1:43), "Walk in the Rain" (0:42), "Merlin Circle" (2:01), "Dave has Doubts" (0:53), "Becky and Dave on Rooftop" (1:23), "Car Chase" (3:53), "Seeing Veronica" (0:55), "Story of Veronica" (1:43), "Horvath Made Off with the Grimhold" (1:12), "Kiss from Becky" (0:33), "Bull Fight" (2:10), "Balthazar Saves Veronica" (1:12), "Sorcerer's Apprentice Suite" (2:28), "Fantasia Original Demo" (4:21). The music was orchestrated by Tom Calderaro/Gordon Goodwin/Dave Reynolds and conducted by Don Harper. The mixer was Steve Kempster, producer/arranger Paul Linford, music editor Robbie Boyd, and ProTools recordist Larry Mah. At the 26th Annual ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards on 23 Jun, Rabin was awarded in the Top Box Office Films category for "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". The film soundtrack also included the song "Gold Coast" by Grouplove, including Trevor's son, Ryan, on drums.

Just got hired by Cleopatra Records to produce 2 records at the same time. 1 is a Tribute to Supertramp. [...] The 2nd will be an original record and include various artists from the prog genre. I'm going to write and track all the material and once again... go for the wish list. I'll post on the status of both projects as they progress.

1. "What was the Question" — the first track recorded, as Sherwood announced on Facebook on 17 Dec 2010
   
2. "Counting the Cables" — on 19 Dec, Sherwood, on Facebook, described this: "Wrote song 2 last night [...] inspired by the Wikileaks story."
3. "Living in the Now" — on 24 Dec, Sherwood described recording vocals for this song
   
4. "Delta Sierra Juliet" — about an infamous incident in 1978 in which an Australian pilot reported seeing a UFO and was then lost; the song by Sherwood and Jimmy Haun (worked with Yes, ex-CIRCA:, ex-Yoso) was originally written for an abortive album project in 1991 of the same name by the original incarnation of The Key; this new version has guest vocals by John Wetton (Asia, ex-UK, ex-King Crimson)
5. "Neutral Ground" — preview video available on YouTube
   
6. "Free World on Fire"
7. "Made of Stars"
8. "Going Under the Radar"
9. "Just Breathe"

Sherwood produced and performed all the instruments. He is also credited as writing the whole album.

Sherwood is planning a streaming live show with a band playing music from his solo repertoire, along similar lines to the recent New Year's Eve CIRCA: show. On Facebook in Jan 2012, he described:

Playing ["What was the Question"] for the 1st time at a rehearsal next week for what what will become the "Billy Sherwood" solo band... bound for a ustream concert. [...] I need to learn the guitar parts, quickly !! We plan on playing the entire "What Was The Question ?" CD as well as other songs from my solo works... building a 2 hour show

Tribute albums & related
In a Dec 2011 Facebook post, Sherwood said:

Just got hired by Cleopatra Records to produce 2 records at the same time. 1 is a Tribute to Supertramp. Creating my wish list of players/artists/singers already.

In an Apr 2008 interview, Sherwood said he is working on a tribute to The Police, saying, "I was planning on kind of inviting just like great guitar players to come on and play some great solos and play over the top of the stuff and keep the music kind of pure." However, further news on this has yet to emerge.

The Human Experimente is a King Crimson-related project from Jeffrey Fayman (Globus, ex-Empire) with Robert Fripp (King Crimson). They released a digital single of "21st Century Schizoid Man" with Maynard James Keenan (Tool; lead vocals) in late 2009. An album now appears to be forthcoming, with Sherwood joining the collaboration. On 14 Jun 2011 on Facebook, Sherwood said he had just finished mixing "21st Century Schizoid Man" with Fripp, Keenan, Gregg Bissonette (ex-Steve Vai, ex-David Lee Roth, ex-Toto, ex-Ringo Starr; drums) and Matt Bissonette (ex-Brian Wilson, ex-David Lee Roth, ex-Ringo Starr; bass), presumably a new mix of the prior single. Then in Jul on Facebook, he talked of mixing a version of "Epitaph" with Fripp, himself on drums and 5-string bass, and Fayman (drums).

In Jan 2012, Sherwood described on Facebook starting a tribute album to The Black Keys for Cleopatra Records, with himself on bass and drums, and guests including Walter Trout and Albert Lee.

In Sep 2011, Wetton described doing "Eminence Front" by The Who for another tribute album on Cleopatra Records. Although not stated, the involvement of Sherwood would seem a reasonable guess.

Other news
Sherwood produced, mixed, co-wrote and performed (electric guitars, drums, percussion, bass) on Raised in Captivity (Frontiers Records, FR CD 522; distributed through EMI in North America and King Records in Japan), the latest solo album by John Wetton (Asia, UK, ex-King Crimson; vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, keys). The album made #79 in the US Billboard Heatseekers chart. There are 11 tracks, 9 co-written by Sherwood. The Japanese release adds adds "Face to Face" (no relation to the Yes song) and a new version of "After All" in support of the Japanese Tsunami Relief Fund (a song originally on Wetton's solo album Arkangel). Cover art is by Mike Inns, who has previously worked with Wetton. Tracks:

1. "Lost for Words" [Wetton/Sherwood] (4:59) feat. Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple; guitar solo)
   
2. "Raised in Captivity" [Wetton/Sherwood/Fripp] (6:10) feat. Robert Fripp (King Crimson)
   
3. "Goodbye Elsinore" [Wetton/Sherwood] (4:44) feat. Steve Hackett (Squackett, ex-GTR, ex-Genesis; guitar solo), Geoff Downes (keyboard solo)
4. "The Last Night of My Life" [Wetton/Sherwood] (5:54) feat. Alex Machacek (UK, UKZ, worked with Terry Bozzio; guitar solo)
5. "We Stay Together" [Wetton/Sherwood] (4:27) (bonus track in Europe/North America only)
6. "The Human Condition" [Wetton/Sherwood] (5:23) feat. Tony Kaye (Hammond organ)
   
7. "Steffi's Ring" [Wetton] (2:37) feat. Downes (keyboard solo)
8. "The Devil and the Opera House" [Wetton/Sherwood/Palmer-James] (6:51) feat. Eddie Jobson (UK; violin); co-written with Richard Palmer-James (ex-Supertramp, worked with King Crimson)
9. "New Star Rising" [Wetton/Sherwood] (4:34) feat. Mick Box (Uriah Heep; guitar solo)
   
10. "Don't Misunderstand Me" [Wetton/Sherwood] (3:44) feat. Kaye (Hammond organ)
    
11. "Mighty Rivers" [Yoav Goren/Gil Talmi/van Giersbergen] (5:21) feat. Anneke van Giersbergen (worked with iCon, Globus; duetting vocals) and co-written by her with the Globus team; also features the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Choir — available as a free download

See details in Yescography. Sherwood said of the project:

I was very inspired to work with John, being a huge Wetton fan I thought back to the things that always grabbed me about his works and tried to capture the essence of it in these new tracks. John is incredibly prolific and fast... I can relate to that and so we created the template of the entire record within the 1st 10 days of working together. [...]

John being the singer, wrote the lyrics... I tossed out a few song titles that he liked, he took the titles and built entire sets of lyrics around them. We would sit together with an open mic and sketch out melodies, I'd give him a mix of that, he would return the next day ready to record the entire song... I was very impressed with his determination and drive to make headway. What he returned with was always amazing and sounded great. The man writes very interesting lyrics... I'm sure you will agree when you finally hear the record.

[...] We spent 30 ish days together working every single day with the exception of the day I had to go to the L.A. NAMM show. Everyday we worked we moved forward... positive forward motion, with ease and probably the most fun I have had producing another artists record. I think the emotions of the record reflect what a great time we had making it.

Wetton added to this description on his Guestbook: "Roughly half of the songs had titles before I left these shores, and the basic ideas were there, but the other half were as Billy outlined." Wetton also described the album on his Guestbook in Jan 2011: "it's very me, but there's a large slice of edgy 21st Century Americana in there, along with my folky Brit Celta, and Billy's input is enormous." He's also described the project as "Battle Lines II" in style and as being very "dark", and Battle Lines was originally to have been called Raised in Captivity. An Oct 2011 interview with Wetton had this:

I’m very pleased with the response to RiC. It was made from scratch to completion in one month, so it is a lot rougher around the edges than previous solo albums, but the feel and intensity are much more instant and accessible.

[...] the record was made primarily with just the two of us [Wetton & Sherwood], with soloists added later. I played keyboards, acoustic guitar, plus all the vocals.  Billy took care of electric guitars and drums and we shared bass duties. Billy’s production captures the essence of the energy of RiC and his musical and engineering skills highlight the extremely melodic textures of the music.

Wetton played solo dates in England and Japan in Jan 2012, with further dates possibly to follow later in the year. The live band were John Mitchell (guitar, vocals), Martin Orford (keys, vocals) and Steve Alexander (ex-Duran Duran, ex-Jeff Beck; drums), with a set covering Raised in Captivity, and Wetton's other solo albums and Asia. The one UK date and the Osaka show included only "Steffi's Ring" from Raised in Captivity.

Wetton has guested on many of Sherwood's tribute project and Sherwood is a long-time fan of Wetton's work in King Crimson, UK, Asia etc. In an interview around Apr 2010, Wetton said:

Billy and I have been doing lots of stuff together already, mainly for the cover or tribute albums he was doing a few years ago. I was very impressed by the way he did these [...] I saw something in him apart from being the producer. He’s a prog fanatic and kept sending me all sort of songs. So [...] it’s time to do a solo album again and in October I will hook up with Billy to see what will happen.

[...] I’m hoping it will turn out to be something in the vein of my album ‘Battlelines’…that will be our main aim.

In Oct 2010, Wetton said on his guestbook: "Right now, 9 embryonic new songs, arrangements being worked out, list of available players, seeing Billy tomorrow night [this was at the Yoso show in London]." One fan that month reported: "Had a qwik chat with Billy S last night at the London Jazz Club [11 Oct] [...] Next up [...] is the JW solo album [...] he confirmed a kind of Battlelines feel is on the cards."

Sherwood produced, engineered and mixed the second album from Mars Hollow (Facebook page), World in Front of Me (10T Records), now out. The band are John Baker (worked with Christian Love; guitar, lead vocals), Kerry Chicoine (ex-Ryo Okumoto; bass, lead vocals), Jerry Beller (ex-Ryo Okumoto; drums, vocals), Steve Mauk (ex-Lily White; drums, vocals). The album is co-produced by Mars Hollow. Sessions began Nov 2010 for a release after late May 2011. In mid-Dec, the band said they were "hard at work finishing up our sophomore album (hopefully in time for RoSFest [20-22 May 2011] but we'll have to wait and see how it goes; so far we're blazing thru the overdubs)". In late Feb 2011, Sherwood described mixing the album, which he then described as being largely complete on 13 Mar. The album was mastered by David Javu Morse (worked with David Bowie, Alice in Chains, Frank Zappa). The band talked to me about making the album and more in an interview here. Tracks:

1. Walk on Alone (12:31)
2. Voices (6:24)
3. Weapon (6:52)
4. What have I Done (5:56)
5. Mind Over Matter (2:28)
6. Prelude (1:48)
7. World in Front of Me (11:19)
   

See details in the Yescography. Mars Hollow opened for CIRCA: on two shows in Sep 2011 in Mexico and another in Oct in California.

Kurt Michaels (MySpace) has recorded his third solo album, Soaring Back to Earth, with guests including Billy Sherwood, Michael Sherwood and Tom Brislin. The album was released in Jul 2011. Tracks:

1. Give Yourself Time
2. Time to Let Go
3. It's Our Time
4. Does This Come Up for You?
5. Words on a Page
6. Let's Try
7. Make Me Whole Again
8. Will You be There?
9. Didn't Get to Say Goodbye
10. The Epilogue: Hearts & Thoughts

All songs were written by Michaels. The album was produced by Michaels and Steve Vining. The album is performed by Michaels (guitar, guitar & keyboard synth, lead & backing vocals), Vining (bass (2, 10), keys (10), backing vocals), B. Sherwood (drums (1-9), bass (1, 3, 4, 6)), M. Sherwood (keys (1, 3, 4, 6, 9), string arrangement (9)), Brislin (keys (2, 8)), Jim Gully (keys (5, 7, 9)), Christ Andronis (bass (5, 7, 8, 9)), Len Syzmanski (percussion).

Sherwood is mixing and producing Paranormal by Breathe, with David Hussey (ex-Genesis tribute band Gabble Ratchet; vocals), Adam Malin (keys), Danny Bryle, Jim Wilson and Scott Connor (ex-Yoso, ex-Gabble Ratchet, Genesis tribute band Squonk). Sherwood is also performing "a few solos" on the album. In Jul 2011 on Facebook, he talked of starting the first mix of the album, while in Aug he mentioned tracks entitled "The Flying Dutchman" and "When We Changed You". Mixing continued into Sep, including the 15-minute "At Childhoods End", with Sherwood in Oct saying, "I'd say we are more than half way complete with their project." By Jan 2012, Sherwood said this on Facebook:

we are about 3/4ths completed. Very interesting record, deep lyrics and music, very orchestral and dynamic, in the way old school Genesis was done... I think anyone into prog will dig this record when it is finished.

Sherwood is also mixing and performing on Crusher Jones' Bold Little Stranger, with Jeff Collins (ex-Gabble Ratchet, Squonk, ex-Foam Rubber Sole; producer, vocals, guitars, bass, keys, co-writer), Connor (vocals, drums), Rob Tucker (ex-Stew, ex-Foam Rubber Sole; keys, vocals, co-writer), Sherwood (guitars, bass, keys), Rich Alferi (bass on 1 track), Katie Collins (vocals on 1 track), Joel Valder (ex-Foam Rubber Sole). Tracks: "Hi Hello Hooray", "Whiskey Goes Down", "Bold Little Stranger", "Going Back to Louisville", "Thank You for Trying to Kill Me", "Field of Crosses", "Supertonic", "Heaven is on the Freeway", "Slumber Yard - A Lullaby for the Losers", "The Day the Sun Burned Out", "Darling One", "Across Sand and Sea", "Crestfallen".

Sherwood is working with the Sonic Reality music software development company, founded by Dave Kerzner (working with Steven Wilson, worked with Jon Anderson), including with Sonic Elements, a.k.a. the Sonic Reality Progressive Rock Project. The project entails plans to release various pieces of music with various guests, some covers (including of Yes, Genesis and Rush), some original, but where some of the instrumental tracks are also available through Sonic Reality's sample libraries. With other Yesmen involved, see on the main page for details.

Sherwood is guesting on a new project by Edison's Lab (Facebook page). He sings on one piece (so far) entitled "Up from the Underneath" and plays keys on "17/8" (which can be heard on their MySpace page). Nigel Briggs' debut solo EP, Unwind, was recorded with Sherwood at 4tune Studios. Tracks: "Unwind", "One Last Touch", "Not Quite Enough", "Give It Up for You".

Sherwood also guested as a vocalist on 2-3 tracks of concept album Elinoire (YouTube preview) from German band, Flaming Row, now out. The band is led by Martin Schnella (guitars, bass, keys, vocals) with Kiri Geile (co-writing), Niklas Kahl (drums) and Marek Arnold (keys, sax). Other guests include Brendt Allman and Gary Wehrkamp (vocals) from Shadow Gallery, Ali Neander (Rodgau Monotones; guitar) and Jimmy Keegan (Spock's Beard; vocals).

Sherwood played guitar on a forthcoming download-only instrumental track by Leon Alvarado. He is also mixing a forthcoming album from Tymbral.

Having previously mixed their latest album, Sherwood played with Bando do Sol at a live show in Sorocoba, Brazil on 28 Aug 2010; audience ~5000+. They played with a 50-piece orchestra (Orquestra Sinfônica de Sorocaba) and the show was to be filmed for DVD release. The first hour was to be without Sherwood and feature the band's new album. Tracks with Sherwood: "Cut the Ties" (originally by CIRCA:), "Confess" (Conspiracy), "To Seek the Truth" (Yoso), "All Good People" (Yes), "Africa" (Toto), "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (Yes), "Roundabout" (Yes), "My Sweet Lord" (George Harrison), bass solo (excerpts from "Lessons to be Learned" (The Big Peace), "You're Not the Only One" (World Trade's Euphoria), "Oneirology" (Oneirology)). Further shows in Brazil may follow.

In Sep 2007, Sherwood was reported to be producing "a number of bands". In a Mar 2008 interview, he said of his home studio, "I do a lot of production work here. I do a lot of writing for Japanese anime' cartoons. I also work for Master Source, which is a large music library. They're featuring me as their artist of the month on their website, which is quite an honor." Sherwood has continued to do a variety of material for Mastersource Music, a music source company, including, according to various tweets, orchestral cues, kids songs and a vocal session with Nancy Ellis. See also the Billy Sherwood Productions MySpace page.

On his MySpace blog in May 2007, Sherwood recounted how he met Malcom McDowell prior to recording Back Against the Wall: "I met Malcolm while doing a session for him and Brian Johnson {acdc singer} BJ wrote a broadway play which he had cast MM in. I did the session". Sherwood's role in this session or any further details are unknown.

Work began late in 2003 on a new World Trade album. In a Jun 2004 interview, Schellen says, "We [Sherwood and Schellen] have recently begun a new World Trade record with Bruce [Gowdy], it truly sounds amazing. [...] [Gowdy] sounds better than ever. The sound is more powerful and explosive than before, with all the hallmark vocals and melodic lead guitars. The partnership is strong and this record is going to be a monster!" It appears the project stalled. In a Jan 2006 interview, Sherwood is asked whether World Trade is now defunct and replies, "It lives on in my mind and in Bruce Gowdy's mind and in Jay Schellen's mind. We talk about it, but life gets busy and it just doesn't seem like it's something we ever focus on. Two of the tracks on the new Conspiracy project [now to be released under another name—see CIRCA: page for details] were written by Bruce and me with the idea that maybe we would start working on a new World Trade record. But Bruce got really swamped, and so did I, and it fell on the back burner. But those two tracks blend in perfectly, so there's a World Trade flavor to the new Conspiracy record." In Jun 2007, Sherwood said, "Bruce and Jay and I always speak of doing another record so, you never know."

In Dec 2009, Sherwood said that, "I got a message from a guy who has a "reissue" label and he wants to reissue "world trade 1" and "world trade euphoria" along with a few bonus tracks and a booklet etc... Should be cool !!"

The original incarnation of The Key—Sherwood, Jimmy Haun (CIRCA:; guitar), Mark T. Williams (drums)—recorded an album in 1991, Delta Sierra Juliet, which was never released. Sherwood has said they hope to release it one day, but in May 2007, Sherwood wrote on his MySpace blog that, "The original "Key" record with myself, Jimmy haun, Mark Williams won't be released, it was on Impact/MCA a now defunct record comapny." To ProgressiveEars.com in Feb 2009, he said the album "is caught up in ownership issues and most likely will never see the light of day". However, the rights to The World is Watching, The Key's 1997 album, have reverted to Sherwood and guitarist Marty Walsh and Sherwood continued that he is "Thinking of sprucing it up and re-releasing it via my on line store". A new version of the album title track is due to appear on Sherwood's next solo album (see above).

Sherwood's first album, Nomadic Sands by Lodgic, with brother Michael Sherwood (worked with Yes, Conspiracy; vocals, keys), Guy Allison (ex-World Trade, Unruly Child; keys), Jimmy Haun (ex-CIRCA:, ex-Conspiracy, worked with Yes; guitars) and Gary Starnes (drums), has been re-released by YesterRock. The album was co-produced by Tom Knox and Toto's David Paich and Steve Porcaro (Chris Squire Experiment, worked with Yes). It was co-mixed and engineered by Tom Fletcher (worked with Yes).

No current info

Oliver's last but one solo album was Mother's Ruin (Progrock Records) and he's been working on a follow-up with his current band called Cultural Vandals. He continued to write material during his tenure in Yes and has decided on 9 songs for the album. He was re-working this material from Jan 2011, only breaking for the Rite of Spring tour with Yes. Manzi and Pearce have also been working on creating a rough mix of the album. Wakeman said on Facebook in May 2011: "The album itself will be a mixture of different styles and lengths of songs but I don't really like to give away song titles or descriptions before an album is released because that way no-one will have any pre-conceived ideas on how it will sound!" In a Sep 2011 blog, he said:

Cultural Vandals is coming along really well. We are currently discussing the options for releasing it which will hopefully be towards the end of the year [2011] or early 2012. I have been working on another project for the last few
months and I hadn't listened to it for a while. I mentioned in my last blog that I always like to let albums sit for a while and then revisit them to make sure that I am happy with them. I sat and listened to it in full yesterday to see what other work was required and it felt really good to me. I can't wait to start recording [...] a finished version

The plan is then to tour Europe in support of the album, and the US and Japan if there is sufficient interest.

In a May 2009 interview, Oliver says:

I have a lot of solo material that I'd like to record too – four very different albums' worth. One will be a rock album, another Celtic rock, the third is a rock opera, and the fourth is made up of piano pieces. I really hope to start recording them before the end of the year [2009]. I like to use a studio in Virginia Water, Surrey, where I have a great relationship with the engineer Karl Groom. I produce my own recordings myself.

In the Jun 2008 interview, Oliver also said that he was "a fair way through a solo project on the piano". Oliver has also started work on a singer-songwriter-style album featuring various musicians he has worked with over the years. Oliver's Enlightenment and Inspiration, originally part of a 3CD boxset but since deleted, has been re-released by Blue Dot Music as a download album through iTunes. Oliver has also now been commissioned to do a new instrumental album in the same style as Enlightenment and Inspiration.

With other acts
Oliver is working on a prog rock album with Gordon Giltrap (worked with Rick Wakeman).

Oliver has been in the Strawbs (with whom both his father and brother Adam have worked). After live dates in 2009, he recorded Dancing to the Devil's Beat, now out, with the band. Oliver played keys and did orchestrations on the album; he also co-wrote "Home is Where the Heart was Ever", the third part of "Pro Patria Suite". The rest of the band is Rod Coombes (drums), Dave Cousins (vocals, guitar), Chas Cronk (bass, guitar, vocals, keys) and Dave Lambert (vocals, guitar). However, with Oliver busy with Yes, he was absent from the band's Oct/Nov 2010 touring, replaced by John Young (Bonnie Tyler, ex-Asia, ex-Fish, worked with Jon Anderson). The Strawbs continued with Young for touring in 2011. As Oliver explained (Apr 2011):

As many of you know I worked with the Strawbs throughout 2009 [...] I was asked to tour with them in Canada and the UK in late 2010 but because the Yes recording schedule was at the same time I had to let the Strawbs know that I wouldn't be available as I was required in the studio with Yes. They therefore had to replace me with John Young for that tour.

They recorded a live album on that tour and their intention this year [2011] is to tour to promote that album and as John was on it, he will be performing keyboards for them this year. I would love to play with them in the future but I guess we'll have to wait and see!

Oliver was replaced in Yes by Geoff Downes. Oliver was on initial album sessions for Fly from Here, but Downes joined the sessions partway and recorded most of the keys on the album, although a small amount of Oliver's playing remains on the album. Oliver also co-wrote one of the songs ("Into the Storm"). The band, with Oliver, had developed further material for the album that then wasn't used, as Howe discussed in a Jan 2012 interview by Anil Prasad. Some of this material was (co-)written by Oliver, as Howe explains:

Any news, additions or corrections, please e-mail Henry Potts. Thanks.