{"id":13178,"date":"2020-06-01T18:01:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T18:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=13178"},"modified":"2020-06-01T18:02:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T18:02:07","slug":"yes-founding-member-jon-anderson-signs-with-blue-elan-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2020\/06\/01\/yes-founding-member-jon-anderson-signs-with-blue-elan-records\/","title":{"rendered":"YES Founding Member JON ANDERSON Signs with Blue \u00c9lan Records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

 For music fans everywhere, a new album by legendary Yes singer Jon Anderson is cause for celebration. But Anderson\u2019s grand and glorious new solo album, 1000 Hands<\/em>, is quite unlike any other record \u2013 it\u2019s an event, one which the singer\u2019s loyal legion of fans across the globe have been wildly anticipating for three decades. <\/p>\n\n\n\n


1000 Hands<\/em> will be Anderson\u2019s first release via his new partnership with Blue \u00c9lan Records. The album will be available digitally as well as on CD and a deluxe 180-gram double vinyl package on July 31 and can be previewed HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cI\u2019ve spent long periods of time making some records, but I\u2019ve never taken a journey quite like this one,\u201d says the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. \u201cTo say that 1000 Hands<\/em> has been a long time in coming would be quite an understatement, but I\u2019m thrilled that it\u2019s finally a reality and that my fans will now be able to hear it. And I think they\u2019ll be delighted to hear music that\u2019s timeless. It\u2019s one of the best things I\u2019ve ever done.\u201d 
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Of the label\u2019s new signing, Blue \u00c9lan President Connor Pasich commented, \u201cTo have an artist of Jon Anderson\u2019s caliber as part of our label family is exciting for all of us and to be able to be part of his musical legacy is priceless.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n


Anderson began the album (originally called\u00a0Uzlot<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 \u201cit means a lot of us\u201d) nearly 30 years ago, working with a group of musicians that included Yes drummer Alan White and bassist Chris Squire. However, due to his heavy touring commitments with Yes, Anderson had to put the record on the back burner. \u201cBefore you knew it, I started getting involved in other projects and tours, and years went by,\u201d he explains. \u201cI would listen to the tapes from time to time and think, \u2018This could have been a great album! One day I\u2019ll finish it.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Grammy-nominated producer Michael T. Franklin (Bruce Hornsby, Brian Wilson, Roger McGuinn) had at one point begun working on orchestrations for the album, but once again Anderson\u2019s jammed schedule required the project to be put on hold. Finally, a year and a half ago, Anderson and Franklin got the album back on track and were determined to see it through. \u201cOur ideas still matched,\u201d Anderson says. \u201cMichael knew everything I wanted to do and how I wanted the music to sound, so we agreed to go for it.\u201d\u00a0
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Setting up shop in Franklin\u2019s Solar Studios in Orlando, Florida, Anderson laid down backing vocals to his original lead tracks, and Franklin called in an astonishing array of rock and jazz luminaries to fill out the songs: fellow Yes alum Steve Howe, Ian Anderson, Jean-Luc Ponty, Billy Cobham, Chick Corea, Steve Morse, Rick Derringer, Jonathan Cain, and the Tower of Power Horns are just a few of the guests on\u00a01000 Hands<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cThat\u2019s where the title\u00a01000 Hands<\/em>\u00a0comes from, all of the brilliant musicians who played a part in making the record,\u201d Anderson says. \u201cMichael acted like something of a casting director, bringing so many great players. It was really exciting to hear the record open up and become what I had always envisioned.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The sessions turned out so well, in fact, that Anderson decided to include four new songs on the album, with brand-new lead vocals. \u201cJon is such a remarkable writer and singer,\u201d raves Franklin. \u201cHis newer songs were fabulous, and they fit seamlessly with the rest of the album. Everything came together beautifully.\u201d
Anderson\u2019s celestial voice \u2013 one of the most recognizable sounds in rock \u2013 is in stunning form throughout\u00a01000 Hands<\/em>, an album that features some of his most breathtaking compositions. Bookended by the starkly beautiful acoustic ballads \u201cNow\u201d and \u201cNow and Again,\u201d the record features electrifying new prog masterpieces (\u201cActivate,\u201d \u201cCome Up\u201d), glorious poly-rhythmic wonders (\u201cWDMCF\u201d) and delightful reggae pop (\u201cFirst Born Leaders\u201d). Listeners will be mesmerized by the cavalcade of sumptuous vocal harmonies on the frisky \u201cRamalama,\u201d and they\u2019ll be singing along merrily to the horn-driven funk of the aptly named \u201cMakes Me Happy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For more information, please visit:https:\/\/www.jonanderson.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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