CAERLLYSI MUSIC IS A FAMILY RUN CONCERN FORMED BY WILL OVER A DECADE AGO TO HELP PROMOTE PROGRESSIVE ROCK. IT IS A NON PROFIT MAKING CONCERN AS IS PROGROCKWALES THAT WILL SET UP ON HIS OWN  MUCH LATER  WITH ALL MONIES GOING TOWARDS MAKING NEW MUSIC AND HENCE THE CREATION OF THE INDEPENDENT CAERLLYSI LABEL , MORE LATELY HE IS ALSO  NOW  INVOLVED IN THE CREATION OF WHITEKNIGHT RECORD LABEL HELPING DEVELOP AND PROMOTE  OTHER PROGRESSIVE ROCK ARTISTS MUSIC.

NEW ; YAK -  QUEST FOR THE STONES JUNE 2015 ; COMMENT FROM THE BAND The Music of YAK is instrumental, melodic and according to the reviews it is mostly being categorised in the genre of Symphonic Progressive Rock. 

So what's it actually like then? - Well here is how two prog site reviewers have described the music

"For the uninitiated, the music of YAK harkens back to the golden age of 70s’ symphonic rock from pioneers like Camel and early Genesis; as well as the solo albums of Steve Hackett (which is amazing considering there is no guitarist). Martin emulates the emotional sustained guitar tones of artists like Steve Hackett and Andy Latimer beautifully. I needed to refer back to the CD sleeve to see if the line “Martin Morgan plays Fernandes guitars” was listed somewhere in the notes". - Joe Shingler who reviews for Prognaut.com

...and this one...

"At this moment in time there is an abundance of great prog bands and music around. However, only very few capture the essence of the genre enough to allow  listener to become immersed in the mood or atmosphere of the music's intention. Journey of the Yak is one of the few. For the lovers of Steve Hackett from Acolyte to Spectral Mornings  will find this album a dream to listen to. No mean feat when you consider the scarcity of guitar on this album. Martin Morgan's wicked pitch bending and clever keyboard voicing has all but the most critical nerd fooled into thinking that he has a Strat in there somewhere. When i first listened to this album i kept waiting for the singing to start and after i listened to these crafted pieces for the second and third time i was glad that it didn't. So many band are making albums now that brim with fantastic musical events yet marred by poor vocals, especially non- English speaking bands. Yak's music stands up on it's own and does not need the accompanyment of vocal and lyric. It's nice too to hear real drums as so many musicians now place reliance on the virtual/software technology to represent their rhythm. Dave Speight on drums along with Gary Bennett playing bass make a huge difference to the album taking the soundstage away from being of the modern manufactured sound. It can be heard that a great deal of attention to detail has been made especially to the careful selection of Mellotron sounds portrayed via Martin Morgan's Kurzweil." - Steve Petch who reviews for Progmeister.com

So hopefully you now have some idea what YAK sound like

Tracks Listing

 

1. Quest for the Stones

2. Vale of Aeternum

 

Musicians

 

- Martin Morgan / keyboards

- Gary Bennett / bass

- Dave Speight / drums

 

 

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