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Rob Reed's first band, CYAN was formed in 1984 while he was still at school. Rob met Nigel Voyle whilst recording the second Cyan CD "Pictures From The Other Side" and he took over lead vocals for that recording. Christina was a guest on this, singing backing vocals. Rob Reed then produced and played keyboards on the debut CD by the "Fyreworks" that attracted the interests of "F2 Music" who eventually signed the band.
The demise of SI Music took the
project to the next stage. F2 Music asked Rob Reed if Cyan would like
to sign to them. Rob was impressed with their dedication to music and
was happy to sign to the label, releasing a third Cyan CD called "The
Creeping Vine" that sold extremely well and featured Christina on backing
vocals again. |
MAGENTA Revolutions
1. Children Of The Sun [19:00] 2. Opus 1 [0:51]
3. The White Witch [20:23] 4. Man The Machine [24.56] 5. Opus 2
[1:16] In 1999 Rob started the writing of an album that was to become the debut Magenta release "Revolutions". Rob wanted to do something new, something bigger and more conceptual. "Current Prog bands were always scared and shy about admitting influences of the great bands of the 70’s and I wanted to come clean and admit and celebrate these influences and hopefully create something as worthwhile as these classic bands" said Rob. Clearly he has done so. How? "To do this, all I had to do was to give priority to melody rather than technical showmanship, something I have always tried to do with all my work although many current Prog bands seem to forget about it."
Along with Mostly Autumn and IQ they provide some of the best classic progressive music with a modern twist around today Jason Ritchie, www.getreadytorock.com
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