Circa (band)

Circa: is an English-American Progressive-Rock-/AOR-Band, composed of former members of Yes and Yes the former studio musician Jimmy Haun. She has so far released one album and a live DVD.

History

As a Yes in the "classical " occupation consisting of Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman and Alan White, were shelved in 2004 due to health problems Andersons, the remaining band members continued to work on solo and side projects. So Chris Squire briefly his reformed 60s band The Syn had joined Alan White called his band project to life White and Steve Howe returned to the reformed original line- Asia.

Billy Sherwood, who had worked with Chris Squire since 1990 ( Union) (as Chris Squire Experiment and Conspiracy ) was from 1996 to 2001 member of Yes ( listen to the Yes albums Open Your Eyes and The Ladder), had planned in the spring of 2006, a new collaboration with several members of the group, including also the first former Yes guitarist Peter Banks.

As he began, together with Tony Kaye to write first songs were also Alan White and Jimmy Haun, Sherwood had met in his first band Lodgic and was later also be heard on the Yes album Union, the new formation at.

The following year (2007), the debut album was released Circa: 2007, on the two songs are included that Sherwood had originally co-written with Trevor Rabin for Yes .. It all band members was made ​​in cooperation, it was produced by Billy Sherwood.

From the pictures of the first live performance of the Group on 23 August of the same year also the DVD was CIRCA: LIVE compiled, published in February 2008. It contains live versions of all the songs on the debut album and a 40 - minute medley of songs from almost every album by Yes Yes (1969 ) to The Ladder (1999).

On 30 July 2008 the band announced that Alan White Circa: has left. He wanted to concentrate in the following on its parent group Yes. He will be replaced by Jay clamps, which had already played for Conspiracy and World Trade. The first album with Jingles - Circa: HQ - appeared in 2009.

Style

Circa: play melodic rock with AOR impact. The songs of the band are between one and ten minutes, which are quite typical for this genre lengths. The musical style of the band is similar to Conspiracy: Again, find polyphonic vocal arrangements and sparse progressive rock elements. Also can draw comparisons with other bands and albums, where Sherwood was involved and is.

Discography

• 2007 • Circa: 2007 (CD)
• 2008 • CIRCA: LIVE ( DVD)
• 2009 • Circa: HQ ( CD)