Less than a year after his collaboration with Jean-Luc Ponty
saw the light of day, former Yes frontman Jon Anderson teams up with Flower
Kings leader Roine Stolt on a new album, Invention
Of Knowledge, which drops on on June 24 via InsideOut.
The music was recorded with assistance from keyboardists Tom
Brislin and Lalle Larsson, bassists Jonas Reingold and Michael Stolot, drummer
Felix Lehrmann, vocalists Daniel Gildenlow, Nad Sylvan, Anja Obermayer, Maria
Rerych and Kristina Westas
Anderson had this to say about the project: “Music is always the driving force in my life
– working with such a wonderful musician as Roine made the creation of this
album very unique.”
Stolt added: “We’ve been inventing as we go along. Jon is an
endless source of new ideas. It’s been a very interesting and rewarding time
and the result is just insanely detailed.”
Sounds like an interesting collaboration. I've never owned any music by the Flower Kings, but I used to enjoy hearing them when they were played on the AOL radio prog rock station. I hear elements of both Yes and the Kings in the snippets available in your post.
ReplyDeleteArlee Bird
Tossing It Out
Roine Stolt is also a member of Transatlantic (with Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy and Pete Trewevas).
ReplyDeleteA lot of Yes fans still clamor for Anderson's return, but I commend him for moving forward.