{"id":9538,"date":"2021-08-22T10:04:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T09:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.progradar.org\/?p=9538"},"modified":"2026-08-21T15:59:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:59:53","slug":"magentas-rob-reed-and-camels-peter-jones-come-together-to-resurrect-the-band-cyan-with-reimagined-and-reworked-material-from-the-bands-debut-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/08\/22\/magentas-rob-reed-and-camels-peter-jones-come-together-to-resurrect-the-band-cyan-with-reimagined-and-reworked-material-from-the-bands-debut-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Magenta\u2019s Rob Reed and Camel\u2019s Peter Jones come together to resurrect the band CYAN with reimagined and reworked material from the band\u2019s debut album."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/progradar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-22-at-09.57.46.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"958\" height=\"954\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/progradar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-22-at-09.57.46.png?resize=958%2C954&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9540\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>CYAN features Luke Machin, Pete Jones, Dan Nelson<\/strong><br> <br><strong>New album  For King and Country due out on Sept 24th<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keyboardist and composer Rob Reed, known for his work with Magenta, Kompendium and Sanctuary solo albums, is pleased to announce a brand-new album from Cyan &#8211; <em>For King and Country<\/em>, due out on the 24<sup>th<\/sup> of September 2021. <br> <br>Prior to Magenta, almost 30 years ago, Reed release three albums with his then band Cyan. Out of the ashes of that band, Magenta was borne.? Now, on this new Cyan album, Reed has rewritten, rerecorded and reimagined material from the early days of Cyan, and this time with a brilliant new lineup. The group features vocalist Pete Jones (Camel, Tiger Moth Tales), guitarist Luke Machin (Maschine, The Tangent), and bassist Dan Nelson (Godsticks, Magenta).? The band will be playing their first show at Summers End Festival, Sunday, Oct. 3<sup>rd<\/sup>. <br> <br>The album is available for pre-order here:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/royalavenuemedia.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=9c08770c15d7f9c9a43604f0c&amp;id=1056aaf69f&amp;e=eb93ff9c97\">https:\/\/www.tigermothshop.co.uk\/store\/Cyan-c117062595<\/a><br> <br>Watch the video for the 15-minute opening track and first single  The Sorceror here: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x578hquw9nw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rob Reed on the new album: <em> &#8220;Little did I know in 1983, sitting at the school piano writing these songs, that almost 40 years later those same songs would sound like they do on this album. I remember the original Cyan, made up of school mates, pooling our money, ?35 to record them at a local 4 track studio with basic equipment. It\u2019s been amazing to finally hear the songs at their full potential, with modern recording techniques and an amazing line up of players.<\/em><br>  <br><em> I\u2019d held off releasing this album because I couldn\u2019t find a vocalist to do it justice. Meeting Pete ticked that box, as soon as I heard him sing the first track. His voice just blends so good against Angharad Brinn, who I\u2019d worked with on the Sanctuary solo albums. Having Luke play the guitar parts was just the icing on the cake. He is such a great player, with technique and feel. What a line up! <\/em><br>  <br>Pete Jones had this to say about the project: <em>&#8220;I had known about the reworking of For King And Country for a while, so it was a great thrill to be asked by Rob to work with him on the project, alongside the other amazing musicians such as Luke and Angharad. The songs are fantastic. They have a youthful and yet vintage quality to them, as well they might, given that they were first done in the early 90s. But with the benefit of Rob&#8217;s experience, they have been reworked into an album which I feel is right up there with the classics. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tracklisting:<br><br>1.The Sorceror<br>2.Call Me<br>3.I Defy The Sun<br>4.Don\u2019t Turn Away<br>5.Snowbound<br>6.Man Amongst Men<br>7.Night Flight<br>8.For King and Country<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Magenta\/CYAN\/TigerMothTales Website<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/royalavenuemedia.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=9c08770c15d7f9c9a43604f0c&amp;id=d2e8ba5167&amp;e=eb93ff9c97\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.tigermothshop.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CYAN features Luke Machin, Pete Jones, Dan Nelson New album For King and Country due out on Sept 24th Keyboardist and composer Rob Reed, known for his work with Magenta, Kompendium and Sanctuary solo albums, is pleased to announce a brand-new album from Cyan &#8211; For King and Country, due out on the 24th of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,8,7],"tags":[4461,1984,4462,1348,129,1002],"class_list":["post-9538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","category-new-album-releases","category-news","tag-cyan","tag-dan-nelson","tag-for-king-and-country","tag-luke-machin","tag-peter-jones","tag-robert-reed"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phnn7q-2tQ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/progradar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-22-at-09.58.09.png?fit=1122%2C730&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9538"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17662,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9538\/revisions\/17662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}