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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 Jon Davison	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 practices drumming, but not as much as he used to, in order that he can still teach.

Archives
In a Jul 2008 blog, Bruford said: "I think Voiceprint is about to release a live Gong album from the short time I was with them, but you'd have to check their website". As yet, there has been no announcement from Voiceprint or successor Gonzo. Bruford played with Gong for a few months in late 1974. An example set from Dec 1974 went: "Invocation", "Master Builder", "A Perfect Mystery", "Never Glid Before", "White Christmas", "Solar Musik Suite", "Flute Salad", "Oily Way", "Inner Temple", "Outer Temple", "Sprinkling of Clouds".

Somewhat. The bands I'm in always tended to be playing new material, which [...] was likely to be recorded for some upcoming album. If that album never got made, then you find that that album is available in stocks... the material is available in some live concert. For example, the Stewart/Berlin/Holdsworth or John Clark group was working on a fourth studio album after Gradually Going Tornado, but it never got made. So there are some demos from rehearsal rooms and things which are just great and several tunes played live that were also very interesting. However, the only minor fly in the ointment back then of course is that the recording... bootleg recordings were pretty low quality. There's usually some guy just sticking up a cassette in a venue somewhere and not terribly great. And we didn't spend a lot of money recording things live all the time.

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.

• CD 1 & 2: October 13th 1972 Live at the Zoom Club, Frankfurt (audio restored bootleg), previously available as King Crimson Collectors' Club #20
• CD 3: October 17th 1972 Live in the studio, Bremen (mono), previously available as KCCC3
• CD 4 & 5: November 10th 1972 Live at the Technical College, Hull (audio restored bootleg), previously available as a download from DGMLive
• CD 6: November 13th 1972 Live at the Civic Hall, Guildford (audio restored soundboard), previously available as KCCC24
• CD 7: November 25th 1972 Live at New Theatre, Oxford (audio restored bootleg), previously available as a download from DGMLive
• CD 8: December 1st 1972 Live at Green's Playhouse, Glasgow, (audio restored bootleg), previously unreleased
• CD 9: December 15th 1972 Live at the Guildhall, Portsmouth (audio restored bootleg), previously unreleased
• CD 10: January 1973: "Keep That One, Nick" - The Larks' Tongues in Aspic Recording Session Reels: "first takes of every piece recorded for the album interspersed with studio talk between band members & engineer"
• CD 11: January/February 1973: The original album mix 30th Anniversary Edition, the US Promo EP (transferred from vinyl) and the US radio advert
• CD 12: January/February 1973: Alt Mixes: Steven Wilson's alternative Larks' Tongues in Aspic plus David Singleton's Session Reel Essentials
• CD 13: January/February 1973: Larks' Tongues in Aspic, new stereo mix by Wilson and Robert Fripp
• Disc 14: DVD-A: album in 5.1 MLP Lossless & DTS Surround Sound album mix, plus 38 min.s film performance previously unreleased, original album 30th anniversary mix, 2012 alternate takes & mixes in 24/48 hi-res stereo, 2012 stereo mix in 24/48 & 24/96 hi-res stereo
• Disc 15: Blu-Ray: content as per DVD-A with all stereo tracks in 24/96 hi-res plus hi-res stereo of "Keep That One Nick", hi-res mono tracks "Live in the studio", 24/96 transfer of original vinyl pressing, film footage of band performing "Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part I" as broadcast on Beat Club

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.

A cover of "Starless" previously praised by Bruford is due on Cover 2 Cover, from Neal Morse/Mike Portnoy/Randy George. The covers album, now out, includes 7 new track from 2012 sessions, and 5 tracks (including "Starless") recorded in 2008 and previously released only on a fan club album.

UK
Eddie 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. These chiefly include CIRCA:; their third album (And So On) is now out. Kaye also guests on a Supertramp tribute album, a forthcoming Doors tribute and in The Prog Collective and The Fusion Syndicate, both led by 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.

We are deeply saddened to learn about the passing of fellow bandmate and founding Yes member, Peter Banks. He was a huge piece of the fabric that made Yes what it is, and our thoughts, sincere condolences, and prayers are with him and his family. Peter, we shall miss you greatly.

YES

We are shocked and above all saddened to hear that Peter Banks has passed away. As lifelong YES fans, we can't express what a life-changing experience it was when Peter agreed to play on the forthcoming Days Between Stations album. On first meeting Peter (over the phone) we couldn't stop gushing praise over his incredible playing, and what an amazing (and unexpected) honor it was to have YES's founding guitarist agree to play with us. Peter was modest, self-effacing ("I'm just a bald old geezer"), witty, and just generally a nice guy. Flash forward a couple of months to when we first heard Peter's tracks: slack jaws, heads shaking, we stared at each other wide-eyed and grinning from ear to ear at what Peter had played. Inventive, unpredictable, virtuosic and passionate, Peter had really played his heart out. My association with Peter was much, much too brief (in my mind, I was already imagining his contributions to our next album) [...] Peter we love you, we miss you and we will always honor you!

Peter was in good spirits, and he text Sepand [Samzadeh] that he will call him the last weekend to catch up. He never made it!

Banks and Mizer were finishing putting together a release called In Public, an archival 16-track recording of a complete 1973 Flash concert recorded by the Record Plant. Mizer has now finished the mix and is looking into how best to release it.

Harmony in Diversity was an improvisational trio with, latterly, Peter Banks (guitar, MIDI guitar), Nick Cottam (Pulse Engine; bass) and Dave "Jick" Speight (drums). There had been work towards compiling a live 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." There are also earlier, unreleased sessions involving Banks and the first Harmony in Diversity drummer, Andrew Booker (Sanguine Hum, Henry Fool).

Recent work
Moraz has two archival solo albums out. Pianissimoraz (Floating World Records) is now out in the UK; the album was billed as previously unreleased recordings from 1992, and is described as "A classical solo piano CD, composed by Patrick Moraz of some new pieces for "enhanced" piano and some creative excerpts for acoustic piano". However, this is wrong. The album is mostly a compilation of tracks (remastered) from Windows of Time and ESP, plus one track from Resonance and just one previously unreleased piece, "Pure Love". Live at Abbey Road (Floating World Records), is now out 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.

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.

Other news
Moraz guested on a space-themed concept album entitled Seeking Major Tom by actor William Shatner (Star Trek), also featuring Steve Howe. See details on main page. He also guests on a forthcoming covers album by Nektar (also featuring Howe, Rick Wakeman and Geoff Downes), performing Toto's "Africa". See details on main page.

He also guests on organ on the Confessions of the Dan Sheehan Conspiracy album, due later this Spring. The recording band were Dan Sheehan (guitars, vocals, synths), Gian Rosado (bass, vocals), Dave Mason (drums, vocals; since left the band) and Simon Kono (guitar, vocals); Andy Krikun also guests. Tracks include "I'll See You There", "The Ever Pleasant Notion", "Have a Nice Summer", "Shown the Light", "Something in Return", "Eleventh Hour", "Forevermore", "Tu Mochila Esta Abierta" (instrumental) and "Dark Summer", with Moraz guesting on the last 2. The album is being mixed by Bob Both (worked with James Brown).

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

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

Horn produced and co-wrote material for Yes's Fly from Here—see main page. Yes now again includes Geoff Downes. Downes played with Horn in Buggles reunions in 2010 and 2011 (see immediately below) and has continued to work with Horn in other contexts. 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 contributed parts for their forthcoming album, although he is not a full-time member of the band. 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!!!

Producers Official website; Facebook; Twitter; YouTube
Producers consists of Trevor Horn (bass, vocals), Steve Lipson (Twitter; working with Ultravox, Ronan Keating, worked with Grace Jones, S Club 7, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Annie Lennox, Will Young; guitar), Lol Crème (Art of Noise, ex-10cc, worked with Yes, Seal; guitar, vocals, keys) and Ashley 'Ash' Soan (Sinéad O'Connor, Adele, Will Young, Rick Wakeman's English Rock Ensemble, ex-Del Amitri, ex-Squeeze, worked with Seal, Robbie Williams; drums). The band's debut album, Made in Basing Street, was released in the UK on The Last Label (LAST1), an imprint of ZTT. A release date of 28 May 2012 in the UK was announced, but the album was put back to 25 Jun. A Japanese release on Sony Japan followed in Oct and a German release came 23 Nov on India Media Group. There was a limited edition (1000 copies) 180g vinyl release in Dec on India/Big Lake Music.

The band played a short UK tour in Mar, followed by various dates in the UK and Japan in Jul-Sep. They also made numerous radio and TV appearances in the UK promoting the album. In a Mar 2012 interview, Soan described the album as "prog-pop" and said some of the material "wouldn't go amiss on a Yes album". The album also involves former member Chris Braide (Tumblr; DBA, Malmo, worked with Lana del Rey, Paloma Faith, Leona Lewis, written for Cheryl Cole, Glenn Tilbrook, Clay Aiken, Will Young, Kylie Minogue, Pixie Lott, S Club 7; keys, vocals) and Geoff Downes (DBA, Yes, Asia; keys) on every track, while Ryan Molloy ("Jersey Boys", ex-"Jerry Springer—The Opera", worked with the Eurhythmics' Dave Stewart, Sting), vocalist in the 2004-7 Frankie Goes to Hollywood reunion, contributes several vocals. The album was mostly recorded at Horn's Sarm West Studios, and is named after the street where Sarm West is located in London, although initial writing sessions were at Horn's Hook End Studios. All songs were written and produced by Braide/Crème/Horn/Lipson/Soan. Tracks (and see this track-by-track commentary by the band):

"Freeway" (5:14), a song about driving into California's San Fernando valley, based on an original idea by Crème and Horn; available on the band's Soundcloud and on YouTube; an alternate version to the b-side of The Producers 2007 single "Waiting for the Right Time" (4:15), based on an original riff by Crème "Your Life" (6:26), based on an original riff by Crème, and a title by Braide, with lyrics by Horn about his experiences following his wife's accident; guitar solo by Lipson "Man on the Moon" (4:02), based on an original idea by Braide "Every Single Night in Jamaica" (5:16) "Stay Elaine" (3:44), mainly written by Braide "Barking Up the Right Tree" (3:21), based on a guitar chord sequence by Soan and an accompanying upright bass line by Braide, and a lyric mainly by Crème "Garden of Flowers" (4:14), the last song written for the album (summer 2011), based on an idea by Horn about his wife; radio edit available on the band's Soundcloud and on YouTube "Watching You Out There" (5:35), mainly written by Braide with Lipson; the lyrics are thematically a continuation of the concept of the DBA album Pictures of You, "of a fan watching his idol fall from grace. A Bolan type figure who has it all, is beautiful but loses their way in the glare of fame." (as Braide discussed here) "You & I" (5:47) Trevor Horn: lead vocals (3), vocals (1, 5, 8), Vocoder (5), backing vocals (2, 6, 7, 10), acoustic guitar (3), bass (all), marimba (8) Lol Crème: vocals (7), backing vocals (1-4, 6, 8-10), keys (4), guitar (1-3), electric guitar (5-10), acoustic guitar (6, 7, 10), nylon guitar (5), bass (3), marimba (1, 8) Steve Lipson: electric guitar (1-6, 8-10), acoustic guitar (1-4, 6-8, 10), mandolin (2, 7), slide guitar (7), bass (4), percussion (2), backing vocals (1, 6), programming (1, 3-6, 8-10) Ash Soan: acoustic guitar (7), drums (1-6, 8-10), percussion (4, 6, 7, 9, 10) Chris Braide: vocals (1, 2, 7, 9, 10), keys (1-7, 9, 10), acoustic guitar (2, 4, 6, 10), drums (7), glockenspiel (3), backing vocals (3, 4, 6, 8) Geoff Downes: keys (2-9), organ (all), Rhodes (2-4, 8), piano (3-9) Ryan Molloy: vocals (1, 3, 4, 6), backing vocals (2) Kirsten Joy (Twitter; ex-BBC's The Voice): backing vocals (1) Kate Westall (Twitter): backing vocals (1) Luís Jardim (worked with Yes, Asia, ABC, Seal, Grace Jones, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Björk, Robbie Williams): percussion (3, 7) Lucy Monaghan: giggle girl (6) Simon Bloor (worked with Spector): glockenspiel (8)

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Mixed by Lipson (1-3, 6-10), Heff Moraes (1), Robert Orton (1-6, 9, 10), Tim Weidner (1, 5-9). Recorded at Sarm Studios, Notting Hill, London (all); Sarm West Coast, LA (2, 8); Capitol Studios, LA (5). Mastered by John Davis and Tim Young. Artwork design by Mark Jessett; photos by David Bailey and Steve Moulin.

A 2CD deluxe version (LAST10) has a bonus disc with the following tracks:

1. "Your Life (extended version)" (7:40)
   
2. "Garden of Flowers (alternative)" (5:53)
   
3. "Seven" (3:50), lead vocal: Horn
4. "There's Only So Much You Can Do" (3:29)
   
5. "Freeway (12" extended version)", followed, after a space, by a hidden instrumental version of "Two Tribes" (12:06 in total)
   

The Japanese release had two additional tracks: "Broadway" (instrumental, written by Braide/Crème/Horn/Lipson/Soan) and "Freeway" (live). The latter appears to have been recorded at the Big Feastival appearance on 1 Sep (see below) with Molloy on lead vocals. The German release is 14-tracks on a single CD: the same basic 10 tracks plus the last four tracks from the 2CD deluxe release (but not the hidden track, "Two Tribes").

A 12" vinyl of "Garden of Flowers" b/w "Freeway (12" extended version)" (on The Last Label) was available from independent stockists in the UK in connection with Record Store Day. The deluxe edition was at #170 in Music on UK Amazon (29 Jun). It made #26 in the UK Independent chart (1 Jul) and #3 in the Independent Breakers chart (releases on independent labels by artists who have never made the UK top 20).

The album release was preceded by a 6-date English university tour 1-8 Mar (a format suggested by Trevor's brother, Ken Horn). Electronic press kit here. They then played 2 nights in Japan in Aug. The band would like to do further touring: in a Mar 2012 interview, Soan said, "We've got plans to do as much [touring] as we can, to be honest". He went on, "maybe we could do a support tour of an act", and "if the right festival tour came up, we'd do it." The band next played Jamie Oliver's Big Feastival on Alex James's farm, Oxfordshire, 1 Sep, with the quartet joined by Ryan Molloy (vocals), Kate Westall (vocals), Rosie Adediran (vocals) and, I think, Peter Gordeno (Depeche Mode, worked with George Michael, Gareth Gates, Emma Bunton; vocals, keys). The set included "Rubber Bullets", "Watching You Out There" (lead vocal: Molloy) and two Frankie Goes to Hollywood numbers (lead vocals: Molloy), "The Power of Love" and "Relax", the latter for which the band were joined by James (Blur; bass) and Oliver (drums).

The 2 dates in Japan (5-6 Aug in Tokyo, 2 sets both nights) were billed as "Trevor Horn feat. Lol Creme & Ash Soan/Producers" with an altered line-up of Horn (vocals, bass, guitar), Crème (vocals, guitar, bass, keys) and Soan (drums), but no Lipson. Instead, frequent Horn collaborator Phil Palmer (ex-Spin 1ne 2wo, worked with The Buggles, Robbie Williams, David Sylvian, Bryan Adams, Tina Turner, Eric Clapton, Pet Shop Boys) was the main guitarist. Also new to the band were Gordeno (vocals, keys) and Simon Bloor (who played on the album; guitars, keys, shaker). From the UK tour were Kirsten Joy and Kate Westall on additional vocals and Julian Hinton (worked with Seal, Olivia Safe, Don Black, Sarah Brightman; keys). Front of house sound was by Tim Weidner, who regularly engineers for Horn; Graham Archer was also involved on the tour. (Crème, Soan, Joy, Westall and Hinton were all in the band for the 2011 Buggles show, while Crème, Soan and Palmer were all in the band for the 2010 Buggles charity show.) One set was broadcast on Fuji TV Next, a premium cable channel in Japan. The set did not actually include any Producers numbers: "Video Killed the Radio Star" (lead vocal: Horn), "Two Tribes" (instrumental), "Kiss from a Rose" (lead vocal: Gordeno), "Rubber Bullets" (lead vocal:  Crème), "All the Things She Said" (lead vocals: Joy/Westall), "Downtown Train" (lead vocal: Gordeno; originally by Tom Waits, but covered by Rod Stewart on Storyteller, produced by Horn), "Slave to the Rhythm" (lead vocal: Joy), "Living in the Plastic Age" (lead vocal: Horn), "The Dean and I (lead vocal:  Crème), "Yes Medley: Fly from Here Part II/Soon (abbreviated)/Owner of a Lonely Heart" (lead vocals: Horn on "Fly from Here Part II: Sad Night at the Airfield", Joy on "Soon", Westall on "Owner..."; Horn played acoustic guitar on "Sad Night...", with Palmer on acoustic then electric guitar, and Crème on 5-string bass), "Prayer for the Dying" (lead vocal: Gordeno), "I'm Not in Love" (lead vocal: Gordeno), "Johnny on the Monorail (A Very Different Version)" (lead vocal: Horn), encore: "Check It Out" (lead vocals: Horn/Joy/Westall), "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (lead vocal: Gordeno; second day only). Prior to the Japanese dates, the same line-up played a show as The Trevor Horn Orchestra in London on 26 Jul 2012.

The touring band for the Mar 2012 tour were Horn, Crème, Lipson and Soan, assisted by 2 keyboardists and 3 supporting vocalists. The vocalists were Joy, Westall and Holly Petrie (Twitter; worked with Andrea Boccelli, The Squad), all of whom sang with The Buggles at the Oct 2011 show. The keyboardists were Hinton and Mike Gorman (Jim Mullen Organ Trio, worked with Boy George, Mica Paris, Tom Robinson, Guy Barker). Langan was the live sound engineer. Each show was part of series of events in association with music students at each institution, including a Q&A with the students and one or two guest vocalists were picked to sing on the encore of "Video Killed the Radio Show". Most of the shows were for students only; some had limited tickets available to the public. The band's YouTube channel hosts footage. Approximate set for 6 Mar: "Video Killed the Radio Star" (originally by The Buggles; lead vocals: Horn), "Two Tribes" (Frankie Goes to Hollywood; instrumental), "Rubber Bullets" (10cc; lead vocals: Crème), "Slave to the Rhythm" (Grace Jones; lead vocals: Petrie or Joy), "Freeway" (The Producers), "Barking Up the Right Tree" (The Producers), "The Dean and I" (10cc), "Garden of Flowers" (Producers; video here), "I'm Not in Love" (10cc; lead vocals: Westall), "All the Things She Said" (t.A.T.u.; lead vocals: Petrie), "Check It Out" (Nicki Minaj), "Space Oddity" (David Bowie), "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (Tears for Fears), "Video Killed the Radio Star" (with guest singer from the university). Horn described in the Mar 2012 interview that, with Braide now in the US, he had to sing some songs that, on the album, Braide does; Horn also describes the tour as "totally philanthrophic". A tour trailer video is on YouTube.

The band were finishing work on the album and rehearsing in Feb 2012; previous recording work took place in Dec 2011 and over the last 5 years (see below for full history). In a Mar 2012 interview, Crème described the album writing process, saying they all "muddled in" and it was a "group activity". Horn describes how some songs began with a riff from a particular member, saying Crème had two riffs which both became songs, while Crème describes another song beginning with a chord sequence on acoustic guitar from Soan. In part 2 of the interview, Crème describes how some of his ideas for the album go back some years, even pre-dating 10cc, including the riff in "Freeway" that he first used on the 1970 Hotlegs album, Thinks: School Stinks.

As The Producers, the band long consisted of Horn (bass, vocals), Lipson (guitar), Crème (guitar, vocals), Braide (keys, vocals) and Soan (drums). The band was formed by Horn and Lipson (who originally came up with the idea) and Crème to provide a live alternative to their usual studio work; they then brought in Soan and Braide. 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 on occasion. 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 had 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", possibly implying both Braide and Downes.

The original idea for the band was as a low-key, live, covers project (with material reflecting the band members' pasts and songs they liked), a 'pub band'. The group first assembled for one evening in Lipson's studio. (A Jun 2012 Sunday Times article says: "They [Producers] started talking about recording an album 10 years ago, and again when they played a gig at Wembley, a Prince's Trust event to honour Horn's 25 years as a producer. But it wasn't until 2006 that they got started on it, [quoting Horn] "because of the tragedy [of his wife's accident]. I think that sort of pushed us into it. Everybody getting together turned out to be therapeutic".) Horn then suggested that, as they were getting on so well, they record their own material. They then began recording a debut album in Dec 2006 at Hook End Studios; Horn describes in the 2012 EPK how they "wrote ten songs in a couple of weeks", while Crème says in the Mar 2012 interview that most songs on the album were written in a 2-3 week period. Horn then sold Hook End and recording moved to Sarm Studios. In a Apr 2012 interview for BBC Radio Scotland, Horn said, "We more or less made the album in two weeks, five years ago, in January." He then went on to explain that the modern demands of releasing and marketing an album (so as to reach a significant audience) was "daunting" for them, delaying them. Lipson has described the album as recorded "basically live" in Apr interviews. In the Mar 2012 interview, Soan explained that the album took so long to finish because of everyone's busy schedules. The band appear to have written more material than used on the album. 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 & 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" was played live and appears on the deluxe version of the final album. 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 "in 2009 due to my relocating to LA" (as he explains here) 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 said, "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. 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.

Along the way, the band released one single: "Barking Up the Right Tree" (3:21; Crème on lead vocals, Horn on double bass), backed with "Freeway" (5:55; Braide on lead vocals), on Stiff Records (CDBUY270). The single was co-written and co-produced by all five of then band members. A number of songs could be heard on their their MySpace page, which has since disappeared, and at the Stiff Records website. 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 Emotion & Commotion; 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 a 2010 show, while Lipson and Crème were there for a 2011 show, and The Buggles' set contained elements from The Producers' usual set (see above).

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. They performed next at the British Music Experience in 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 Joy, Holly Petrie and Kate Westall). 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). The set reflected prior shows by The Producers (also including Horn, Lipson, Crème and, on occasion, Downes—see above) as much as The Buggles' back catalogue.

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 [2011]." In an interview around Dec 2011, Horn said The Buggles will tour in 2012. In an early Feb 2012 tweet, asked about more Buggles shows, Downes said, "Hoping for some more shows later this year [2012]". And in an online chat in Jun 2012, he said: "Buggles quiet at the moment". In a Dec 2012 interview with BBC Radio Wales, Downes said he had talked about doing another Buggles album with Horn, but that Horn is often busy with other projects. "It's something that's always there," Downes concluded, also mentioning that he had talked with original Buggle Bruce Woolley who had suggested getting together too. Asked about working again with Horn in a Jan 2013 video interview, Downes said, "Hopefully we'll do some more stuff together in the future, y'know, maybe some Buggles, maybe some Yes, or whatever." When the follow-up question asked about The Buggles, he replied: "We're still talking about it. Maybe one day it might come to fruition." And in a Mar 2013 interview, again asked about The Buggles, Downes said:

I am still in touch with Trevor and that is something that is always going to be there. There's not much in touring because the whole concept of the Buggles was a studio creation. But if the opportunity arose in the future and Trevor and I have the time, then I would probably consider it.

Production and solo work
Trevor Horn did a film score in 2007 for the drama/comedy "Take Me Home Tonight", 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 2011 in the US. It is now out on DVD. 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. Credits for the score are: composed by Horn; music editor: Jeff Carson; music coordinator: Ian Broucek; music consultant: Steven Baker; recorded & mixed by Tim Weidner, Robert Orton; digital recordists: Tim Weidner, Chris Waugh, Kurt Read, Steve Bartek, Robert Orton, Graham Archer, Jamie Muhoberac, Mark Lewis; performed by Jamie Muhoberac, Lol Crème, Curt Bisquera, Ash Soan, Trevor Horn, Steve Bartek, Tim Pierce, Steve Lipson, Liz Constintine (works with Trevor Rabin); score recorded at Sarm West Coast.

Horn produced some of Renato Zero's forthcoming album, Amo - Capitolo 1 (59:46 duration), out 12 Mar 2013. It entered the Italian chart at #1. Tracks:

1. "Chiedi di Me" [Renatozero/Incenzo/Renatozero/Madonia] (4:13)
   
2. "Una Canzone da Cantare Avrai" [Renatozero/Madonia/Renatozero] (5:07)
3. "Il Nostro Mondo" [Morra/Fabrizio] (4:21)
4. "Voglia D'Amare" [Renatozero/Madonia/Renatozero] (4:11)
5. "Angelina" [Renatozero/Madonia/Renatozero] (4:05)
6. "Lu" [Renatozero/Madonia/Renatozero] (3:58)
7. "i '70" [Renatozero/Madonia/Renatozero] (4:12)
8. "Un'Apertura D'Ali" [Giancarlo Bigazzi] (4:33)
9. "La Vacanza" [Renatozero/Madonia/Renatozero] (4:27)
10. "Oramai" [Renatozero/Madonia/Renatozero] (4:59)
11. "Tutto Inizia Sempre da un Sì" [Renatozero/Madonia/Renatozero] (4:37)
12. "Vola Alto" [Renatozero/Madonia/Renatozero] (4:13)
13. "Dovremmo Imparare a Vivere" [Renatozero/Madonia/Renatozero] (2:38)
14. "La Vita Che Mi Aspetta" [Morettini/Angelosanti] (4:12)
15. "Chiedi di Me (P Galeazzi Remix)" (4:17), iTunes only bonus track
    

Horn produced 4 tracks (1, 2, 11, 12), Danilo Madonia (worked with The Moody Blues, Eros Ramazzotti, Fiorella Mannoia) produced 4 (and co-wrote 10 of the songs with Renato Zero), and Celso Valli (worked with Eros Ramazzotti, Andrea Bocelli, Vasco Rossi) produced 5; Madonia and Valli have worked with Renato Zero before. The Horn-produced tracks were arranged by Julian Hinton, with Horn (bass), Ash Soan (drums), Hinton (orchestral arrangement & conducting, piano, keys, programming &, except on "Chiedi di Me", organ), Simon Bloor (organ on "Chiedi di Me"), Phil Palmer (ex-Spin 1ne 2wo, worked with Producers, The Buggles, Robbie Williams, David Sylvian, Bryan Adams, Tina Turner, Eric Clapton, Pet Shop Boys; acoustic & electric guitar) and Luis Jardim (percussion). The orchestral contractor/fixer was Isobel Griffiths; 1st violin: Everton Nelson. They were initially mixed by Tim Weidner, engineered by Weidner and Bloor, with additional engineering by Graham Archer; the final mix was by Maurizio Parafioriti. Recordings were at Sarm Studios. Zero tours in support of the album in Apr/May. "Chiedi di Me" was the lead single, released 1 Mar on its own and then 12 Mar as a 12" mix b/w "Madame 2013".

Horn is also one of a number of producers and performers on Higher (Rhino Records/Warner Music Entertainment), out 1 Oct, from vocal group The Overtones (Lachie Chapman, Mike Crawshaw, Darren Everest, Mark Franks, Timmy Matley). Also producing on the 13-track album are Walter Afanasieff (worked with Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Boyz II Men) and Future Cut (worked with Olly Murs, Lily Allen). The album peaked in the UK chart at #6 and at #19 in Ireland Tracks:

1. "Loving the Sound" [written by Thornally/Green], debut single
   
2. "Perfect" [Eevin], produced by Horn, lead vocals by Matley, drums by Ash Soan (Producers), acoustic guitar by Tim Weidner (worked with Yes, Producers), electric guitar by Phil Palmer (worked with Producers), percussion by Frank Ricotti/Graham Archer (worked with Producers), percussion/keys/programming by Peter Gordeno (worked with Producers), keys/vocal and orchestral arrangement by Julian Hinton (worked with Producers), bass/keys/backing vocals/electric guitar by Horn
   
3. "Higher" [Chapman/Crawshaw/Everest/Franks/Matley/Booker]
4. "Runaround Sue" [DiMucci/Maresca], produced by Horn, lead vocals by Matley/Chapman/Crawshow/Everest/Franks, drums by Steve Rushton, percussion by Ricotti, keys by Gordeno, electric guitar by Palmer, vocal and orchestral arrangement by Hinton, double bass/electric guitar by Horn
   
5. "Reet Petite" [Gordy/Carlo], produced by Horn, lead vocals by Chapman, drums by Rushton, electric guitar by Palmer, keys by Gordeno, double bass by Al Gare, percussion by Ricotti/Archer/Simon Bloor (worked with Producers), keys/programming/vocal and orchestral arrangement by Hinton, programming/sound FX/electric guitar by Horn
   
6. "Groovin'" [Cavaliere/Brigati]
7. "Unforgettable" [Gordon]
8. "Love Song" [Chapman]
9. "The Glory of Love" [Hill]
10. "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" [Spector/Mann/Weil], produced by Horn, lead vocals by Matley/Chapman, drums by Soan, keys by Gordeno, electric guitar by Lol Crème (Producers), acoustic & electric guitar by Palmer, percussion by Ricotti/Archer, keys/programming/vocal and orchestral arrangement by Hinton, bass/bass pedals/acoustic & electric guitar by Horn
11. "When You Say My Name" [Chapman/Matley/Robson/Hector]
12. "Keep Me Hanging On" [Dozier/Holland/Holland], produced by Horn, lead vocals by Matley/Chapman/Everest, drums by Soan, programming/keys by Bloor, programming by Weidner, electric guitar by Palmer, percussion by Ricotti/Archer, keys/programming/vocal and orchestral arrangement by Hinton, bass by Horn
13. "Call Me Up" [Franks/Matley/Erfjord/Michelsen/Davis/Burton/Bernardis]
    

All the tracks produced by Horn were recorded and mixed at Sarm Studios, London, engineered by Archer (with assistance and additional engineering by Bloor) and mixed by Weidner.

Horn also produced one track on the debut album from Dog Is Dead (Facebook), All Our Favourite Stories (Atlantic), released 8 Oct 2012. The band consists of Robert Milton (lead vocals, guitar, bass), Paul Roberts (a.k.a. Rob White; guitar, vocals), Joss Van Wilder (keyboards, guitar, vocals), Lawrence 'Trev' Cole (saxophone, bass, vocals) and Daniel Harvey (drums). Tracks:

1. "Get Low" (4:06)
2. "Do the Right Thing" (4:26)
3. "Teenage Daughter" (4:12)
4. "Talk Through the Night" (3:38)
5. "Two Devils" (4:42)
6. "Hands Down" (4:20)
7. "Glockenspiel Song" (4:21)
8. "Heal It" [Milton/Cole/Libor/van Wilder/White] (3:29), produced by Horn at Sarm Studios, London, assisted by Bloor, who also performed cello and keys; co-production by David Kosten; additional production arrangement and mix by Charlie Hugall
   
9. "River Jordan" (3:58)
10. "Any Movement" (4:11)
    

Horn did vocal production for the track "Wonderful Life" on Estelle's new album All of Me, released Feb 2012. The track was produced by Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis (ex-The Fugees, worked with Destiny's Child, Justin Bieber) and Jeymes Samuel, recorded by Tim Weidner and Graham Archer (partly at Sarm West and Sarm West Coast), and mixed by Weidner and Serge Tsaiant. The album made #20 in the US (#9 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Chart) and #20 in Australia.

Horn is working with Seal again, producing forthcoming new album Let Yourself. Seal re-signed to Perfect Songs and had a 2 week writing period in Horn's Los Angeles, CA studio booked for Oct 2012. Stewart Copeland (ex-The Police, ex-Animal Logic, ex-Curved Air) said that month on his Twitter feed that Horn and Crème are working with Seal on a project and had a picture of them together, with some implication that he was involved too. In Apr 2013, Seal said on Twitter that the new album will be released in about Jun, and that tracks include "Let Yourself", "Do You Ever" and "Laying with an Angel".

CD1:

1. ‘you are warmly invited to come inside’
2. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: "Two Tribes (Keep the Peace)" *
3. Paul McCartney: "Spies Like Us (Art of Noise Remix)" **
4. Godley & Creme: "Cry (Extended Remix)" *
5. Instinct: "Swamp Down (12" Mix)" **
6. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: "Julia's Song (Extended Version)" *
7. 808 State Vs. Art of Noise: "Moments in Love (Massey Mix One)" **
8. Thomas Leer: "Heartbeat (Extended Mix)" *
9. ‘bassline interlude’ **
10. Act: "Chance (Whammy Mix)" **
11. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: "War (Coming Out of Hiding)" **
12. Propaganda: "Dr Mabuse der Spieler (An International Incident)" *

CD2:

1. Scritti Politti: "Absolute (Version)"
2. Art of Noise: "Close Up"
3. Propaganda: "Sorry for Laughing (12" Mix)" **
4. Das Psych-Oh! Rangers: "He He Radical (Episode 2)" *
5. ‘piano interlude’ **
6. Nasty Rox Inc.: "What Is It (Live Instrumental Wonder)" **
7. Mint  Juleps: "Every Kinda People (Parts I, II and III)"
8. Anne Pigalle: "Hé Stranger (Parts I, II and III)"
9. 808 State vs. Art of Noise: "Moments in Love (Massey Mix Three)" **
10. ‘the flash forward’
11. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: "Relax (Man has a Sense for the Discovery of Beauty, Part I)" **
12. ‘zang tuum interlude’
13. Art of Noise: "Close Up (Hop)"
14. Propaganda: "Dr Mabuse (Special Instrumental Mix)" *
15. ‘cadenza’

* previously unreleased on CD; ** previously unreleased

I've had something on the burner for a long time, but I've never really got centered on it [...] I have an electric-guitar concerto. I'm calling it that, which might sound a bit posh, but it's just a classical electric guitar. What I have sketched out is for full orchestra and electric guitar. I've also included four bagpipes, which just sounded so great. It's a great combination, these very legato, almost sitar-ish guitars and the drone of the bagpipes, which is an extraordinary sound. I really want to come to terms with this guitar concerto

I'm also very determined to do a rock album, whatever that means, with singing on it.

"We've been looking at possibly going on the road, and I've got some friends who I know could do justice to it, but I couldn't afford them," Rabin says without the slightest hint of gallows humor. "It would be difficult because it's not just three guitars hacking 12-bar; it's very specific parts, and some of them are quite challenging. They'd have to be integrated, and the sound would have to be right."

Rabin scored 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" (Walt Disney/DreamWorks, directed by DJ Caruso). Regular collaborator Gordon Goowdin conducted the Hollywood Studio Symphony. A full score release is out on Varèse Sarabande (302 067 090 2). The music is produced by Rabin and executive produced by Robert Townson. Additional music was by Paul Linford. The Renny Harlin-directed "5 Days of War" also had a score by Rabin.

He's also said that it was specifically Brian Perrera at Cleopatra who "was the one who approached me to produce, the idea to do these came from him". Sherwood plays most of the instruments. On Facebook on 30 Jan 2012, he said: "Finished writing all 7 tracks for this original prog project. Drums, bass, keys, vocals completed... guitars this week !!", following up "As soon as I cross the threshold of having it together.... I then reach out to the guests :)" Recording work then continued through Feb and into Mar, with "Buried Beneath" the first track completed. Sherwood delivered the masters to Cleopatra on 2 Apr 2012. Maor Appelbaum was mastering the album on about 4 Apr. Tracks: "The Laws of Nature" (7:19), with Tony Levin (bass, Stick), John Wetton (Asia, ex-UK, ex-King Crimson; lead vocals), Jerry Goodman (ex-Mahavishnu Orchestra; violin), Sherwood (backing vocals, drums, keys, acoustic & electric guitars); on streaming audio here "Over Again" (9:04), with Geoff Downes (keyboard solos), Richard Page (ex-Mr. Mister, ex-Third Matinee, worked with Quincy Jones; lead vocals), Sherwood (backing vocals, bass, drums, keys, acoustic & electric guitars) "The Technical Divide" (7:55), with Chris Squire (bass), Gary Green (ex-Gentle Giant; lead guitar), Alan Parsons (lead vocals), David Sancious (ex-Jon Anderson, ex-Peter Gabriel; keyboard solos), Sherwood (backing vocals, drums, keys, acoustic & electric guitars); described by Sherwood in a May 2012 interview as sounding like "the Beach Boys meets Pink Floyd – with a Yes twist, of course." "Social Circles" (8:03), with Peter Banks (lead guitar), Annie Haslam (Renaissance, worked with Steve Howe; lead vocals), Sherwood (backing vocals, bass, drums, keys, acoustic & electric guitars) "Buried Beneath" (8:11), a song about archaeology; with Steve Hillage (ex-Gong, System 7; electric guitars), Larry Fast (Tony Levin Band, ex-Nektar, ex-Peter Gabriel, ex-Annie Haslam; keys), Sherwood (lead & backing vocals, bass, drums, acoustic guitars) "Follow the Signs" (7:27), with Tony Kaye (Hammond, keys), John Wesley (Porcupine Tree, Sonic Elements, ex-Fish; lead vocals, lead guitar), Sherwood (backing vocals, bass, drums, acoustic & electric guitars) "Check Point Karma" (7:14), with Rick Wakeman (keyboard solos), Colin Moulding (ex-XTC; lead vocals), Sherwood (backing vocals, bass, drums, keys, acoustic & electric guitars) A 2LP release followed on 12 Feb 2013 in the US; tracks: LP1, side A—"The Laws of Nature", "Over Again", "The Technical Divide"; side B—"Social Circles", "Buried Beneath", "Follow the Signs"; LP2, side A—"Check Point Karma", "The Laws of Nature" (instrumental), "The Technical Divide" (instrumental); side B—"Social Circles" (instrumental), "Check Point Karma" (instrumental), "Over Again" (single edit), "Let the World Revolve" (original track previously released on the Supertramp tribute album).

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On 12 Jun 2012, Sherwood tweeted about a video shoot for the project.

Sherwood had also approached Jon Anderson to guest, but he declined to participate. Sherwood explained on Facebook on 1 Apr 2012:

• "Tomorrow Becomes Today", with Peter Banks (guitar solos; "he delivered overdubs a few weeks before he tragically passed away"), Larry Fast (Tony Levin Band, ex-Nektar, ex-Peter Gabriel, ex-Annie Haslam; keys), Sonja Kristina (Curved Air; lead vocals), Sherwood (drums, bass, guitars, synths); title suggested by Sherwood's 9-year-old son, Ethan.
• "Shining Diamonds", co-written with Steve Stevens (Billy Idol, ex-Bozzio Levin Stevens, worked with Conspiracy, on Sherwood's Steve Miller tribute); with Stevens (guitar), Chris Squire (bass), Patrick Moraz (keys), Sherwood (drums), Alan Parsons (lead vocals)
• "Adding Fuel to the Fire", with Fee Waybill (vocals), Jordan Rudess, Steve Morse (guitar), Sherwood (drums, bass, synths, additional guitars); described as "a very aggressive song".
• "Just Another Day", co-written with Gary Green (ex-Gentle Giant) "back in 2006 when he came to my studio in to record The Wall remake I produced." With Green (electric and acoustic guitars), Tony Kaye (keys), Sherwood (drums, bass, vocals).
• "Memory Tracks", with Roye Albrighton (Nektar; lead vocals), Allan Holdsworth (ex-UK; guitar solos)
• "Are We to Believe", with Colin Moulding (ex-XTC; lead vocals), Mel Collins (ex-King Crimson, worked with Chris Squire; sax), Steve Hillage (ex-Gong; lead guitar), Rick Wakeman (Moog solos), Sherwood (drums, bass, harmony vocals)
• "What Can be Done", with John Wetton (Asia, UK, ex-King Crimson; vocals), Derek Sherinian (keys solos), John Wesley (Porcupine Tree, Sonic Elements, ex-Fish;  guitar solos), Sherwood (drums, bass, additional guitars, synths)
  

Online on 7 Apr, Sherwood said that he had, "Just finished composing song number 6... taking a break and then starting song 7 for the Fusion Collective." He was also recording bass parts for the album that day. Many of the pieces were written with specific guests in mind. Tracks are:

"Breakfast in America" (3:52), with John Wetton (Asia, ex-UK, ex-King Crimson; vocals), Larry Fast (Tony Levin Band, ex-Nektar, ex-Peter Gabriel, ex-Annie Haslam; keys solo), Sherwood (bass, keys, guitar) "Take the Long Way Home" (5:04), with John Wesley (Porcupine Tree, ex-Fish; vocals, guitar), Sherwood (bass, keys, guitar) "The Logical Song" (4:25), with Mickey Thomas (Starship; vocals), Steve Morse (Deep Purple, Flying Colors; lead guitar), Tony Kaye (Hammond), Sherwood (bass, keys, guitar) "Give a Little Bit" (5:14), with Peter Banks (lead guitar, including a solo where the saxophone solo is in the original song), Richard Page (ex-Mr. Mister, ex-Third Matinee, worked with Quincy Jones; vocals), Sherwood (bass, keys, guitars) "It's Raining Again" (4:51), with Colin Moulding (ex-XTC; vocals), Geoff Downes (keys), Sherwood (bass, keys, guitar, backing vocals) "Crime of the Century" (6:19), with Sherwood (vocals, guitars, keys), Rick Wakeman (piano, Moog), Tony Levin (bass); track completed late Feb "Dreamer" (4:30), with David Sancious (ex-Jon Anderson; Hammond), Annie Haslam (Renaissance; vocals), Sherwood (bass, keys, guitar) "Goodbye Stranger" (6:26), with Sherwood (vocals, bass), Gary Green (ex-Gentle Giant; lead guitar), Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater; keys) "Rudy" (6:23), with Roye Albrighton (Nektar; vocals), Steve Porcaro (Toto, ex-Chris Squire Experiment, worked with Yes, Michael Jackson; piano), Sherwood (bass, guitar) "Bloody Well Right" (5:10), with Joe Lynn Turner (vocals), Dave Kerzner (Sonic Elements, Lo-Fi Resistance, working with Steven Wilson, Simon Collins, worked with Jon Anderson, ex-Giraffe; Rhodes, Wurlitzer solo), Sherwood (bass, guitars) "School" (5:45), with Robbie Krieger (ex-The Doors; lead guitar), Rod Argent (vocals), Sherwood (bass, keys, guitar) "Let the World Revolve Around You" (4:44; also listed as "Let the World Revolve"), with Chris Squire (bass, vocals), Sherwood (bass, keys, guitar), Kaye (Hammond); along similar lines to as on Return to the Dark Side of the Moon, this is an original piece by Sherwood, initially announced as "The Calm Before the Storm"

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Writing the last song for the Shatner project/CD. Called "Alive" it's the final track for the record which has 14 tracks total. With the exception of todays work... the entire record is recorded and written (Bill wrote all the lyrics I've composed the music). We met yesterday to look over all the songs, he is very happy and excited to record his parts (tracking in a week or so...). The conversation turned to "live" and so the idea is we may just take this project to the stage, Bill is motivated to do so and so... we may just go for it !!!

Sherwood is guesting on projects by Paolo Pigni, Leon Alvarado and Edison's Lab, the first two also with Rick Wakeman and the third with Tony Kaye, thus these are covered on the main page here.

The pair are now working with Los Angeles band Checkpoint Charlie (Facebook), who consist of  Brian Aspinwall (vocals), Jorge Sotomarino (lead guitar), Ben Bonomo (rhythm guitar, bass), Ryan Salhany (bass), Mason Amlee (drums). They recorded a 4-track EP in 2011 (tracks: "Sexy Baby", "Tinman", "Vagabond", "Do It") and are now working on a full album.

Guest appearances
Oliver is performing with dad Rick and siblings Adam and Jemma at 2 shows on 15 Jun 2013 in Gloucester: see under Rick Wakeman for details.

Paul Bond (Red Box) has self-released a digital-only single called "Blue", a song from his former band Lodestone Kick, to raise money for the oncology wards at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The song was recorded by Bond (guitar, vocals), Wakeman (keys) and Nick Beggs (Steve Hackett, Steven Wilson, Kajagoogoo, ex-Iona, ex-Steve Howe; bass).

David Mark Pearce, guitarist in Oliver's band, has his own solo project called StrangeAng3ls, out in the UK and rest of Europe, with a line-up of Pearce (guitars, additional keys, backing vocals), Göran Edman (ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, John Norum; vocals), John Payne (Asia Featuring John Payne/ex-Asia; vocals on 3 tracks), Lisa LaRue (keys), CS Brown (Ghost Circus; bass), Mikael Wikman (ex-Vindictiv; drums), and a guest appearance by Oliver. A sample track is available for free download here.

Wakeman has played on a number of tracks for an EP and album from King Friday, with Phil Naro (ex-Talas, worked with Peter Criss; lead vocals), Joe Macre (ex-Crack the Sky, worked with Erykah Badu, Marie Osmond; bass, vocals), Vince DePaul (ex-Crack the Sky, worked with Todd Rundgren; keys), Corey Marbut (guitars) and Joey D'Amico (Crack the Sky; drums). Further guests include Andy Timmons (worked with Olivia Newton John; guitar), Carl Roa (ex-King Friday; guitar), Jim Griffiths (ex-Crack the Sky; 12-string guitar), Ashton Hart (guitar), Carey Ziglair (Crack the Sky; bass). A 5-track EP, Let the Song Begin, was released digitally in 2011, with Wakeman on 2 tracks (piano, keys and synth solo on "Let the Song Begin" and Mellotron and synths on "Down to You"), and a full, 10-track album of the same name was released on iTunes on Melodic Revolutions on 17 Mar 2012, I think containing the EP tracks. Wakeman plays on an additional song on the full album, synth solos on "Still the World".

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