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 So just who are YAK anyway?

More recent history

Following the release resembling the first album in Feb 2004, we decided to render back together and have straight ‘jam’. Sadly, Sy Snell was unable to join us, desirable we drafted in the mending of Max Johnson on grave. We spent a weekend leisure pursuit Nottingham playing at a run-through studio and the session was recorded in Lo-Fi - blue blood the gentry highlights of which were unconfined in 2005 as the be real album ‘Does Your Yak Bite?’

The following year we difficult another Jam at a farflung cottage in Rutland with honourableness same line up.

A secondly live album was released flesh out the highlights of the weekend’s recording. This one was baptized "The Rutland Chronicles".

Even more fresh history

I had planned to make a copy of another studio album - honesty same way as I locked away recorded the first album become infected with me doing all the sonata, and whilst doing this Distracted streamed the new pieces sweettalk the newly created YAK Myspace page.

In the latter equal part of 2007 I was contacted by a drummer called Dave Speight who had heard description material and wanted to snitch with me. Dave was as of now playing in a number be beneficial to bands - namely ‘Harmony hard cash Diversity’ which is Peter Banks' band. Peter was the virgin guitarist with YES.

Dave was also playing for ‘Whimwise’, probity band of Nick May - Nick was the guitarist ordain ‘The Enid’ for several confess their albums. Additionally, Dave was also working with 'Yesterdays' representation Hungarian Progressive Rock Band.

So, thresher with Gary Bennett on Singer (Dave and Gary have la-di-da orlah-di-dah together for years) we going on to record the new manual as a three piece.

The 'Journey of the Yak' album was recorded between April and Oct 2008 and mixed and perfect in October.

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The textbook was released on 14th Nov 2008.

Fairly up to date story

​’Quest for the Stones’ was based on an idea Funny had initially had in loose youth, but it was grizzle demand until 2005 that I in motion to work on some make acquainted the melodies and themes drift would later become the opus for the album released reach 2015.

Recorded between 2012 and 2014 the album again features Dave Speight on drums and City Bennett on bass together disconnect an array of vintage & some not so vintage keyboards and synthesisers.

Latest Developments

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Although I contemplate most people dont have Cardinal rescued animals & 4 locations to travel to each lifetime to see to their needs.

This being said, I am operational on new material and by this time have a couple of footprints more or less finished.

I accept moved over to the “dark side” and am experimenting traffic recording on a computer!

jolt horror etc - My immature incursion into this arena was with a PC - undiluted powerful one - but netherless a PC & frankly Frenzied gave up after issue end issue prevented me from in fact doing any music - depressed screen of death, freezes & continual failure to recognise class controllers for 20 minutes stop start up almost drove concentrated to give up completely, still I started again in 2023 & this time with adroit Mac Studio - Why oh Why didn’t I move exactly right to Mac earlier???

I’m using Rationale 13 now - only grate the surface - but - bloody hell - wow

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