Yak recording new album - "Quest for the Stones"
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Topic: Yak recording new album - "Quest for the Stones"
Posted By: yaksongs
Subject: Yak recording new album - "Quest for the Stones"
Date Posted: February 04 2012 at 06:21
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A small taster of the next YAK album - this is the intro to the title track of the album set to some fantasy images Hope you approve, Martin from YAK ------------- www.yaksongs.com |
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 04 2012 at 06:27
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We appreciate your link Yak, but could you please post in the right section in future? Perhaps here? http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=19" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=19 ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: yam yam
Date Posted: September 14 2012 at 19:16
This sounds great! - I believe the title track was actually finished back in May this year, and clocks in at 23 minutes. Haven't heard it in full yet though. 
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Posted By: yaksongs
Date Posted: September 16 2012 at 03:40
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Hi yam yam, thanks for having a listen - yes you are correct, this track has been fully written & is about 24 mins - as it happens I just started laying down the other track on this album (The Vale of Aeternum) last night - that's only 19 minutes though - eheh - Hoping to get these done before 21st Dec - clearly... ------------- www.yaksongs.com |
Posted By: yam yam
Date Posted: May 16 2015 at 19:36
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And Martin has posted on facebook today that the album is getting very close to being delivered. He has uploaded this 2-minute sampler of it on to that site: https://www.facebook.com/yaktunes/videos/10153307268664919/" rel="nofollow - https://www.facebook.com/yaktunes/videos/10153307268664919/ . Sorry I can't embed it here...maybe it will be on YouTube soon, and then I can embed it! Sounds damn fine in any case...looking forward to this release very much now!  Edit: In fact 1000 copies of the album are due in around 5 days time according to an earlier facebook post, and a page is to be set up from where donations to http://www.towerhillstables.com/" rel="nofollow - Tower Hill Stables Animal Sanctuary (owned and run by Martin and his partner Fiona Oakes) can be made in exchange for a copy of the album.
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Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: May 17 2015 at 00:47
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Martin, this is fantastic news! Wonderful, I am happy and eager for your new album release now. Your instrumentals have complex instrumentation with so many layers yet sounding so effortless easy lisrtening, mesmerizing with most beautiful feel good releasing coming downs. I love your music!    |
Posted By: yam yam
Date Posted: May 17 2015 at 23:07
LOL Sonia! The title track of that particular album is probably my favourite instrumental of all time.  Maybe I should pose on here with my official YAK mug!...At the time of purchase in August 2011 (not long after I joined this site) it was only the second one in existence: https://www.facebook.com/yaktunes/posts/125255864236917" rel="nofollow - https://www.facebook.com/yaktunes/posts/125255864236917 . It still works too - no leaks whatsoever so far! Would probably fetch three figures if I auctioned it on eBay...but I'm actually thinking of ordering the left-handed version of it now as well - just to make up a full set. 
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Posted By: yaksongs
Date Posted: May 20 2015 at 17:17
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Thanks both ! - I have uploaded the album sampler to youtube as well & here it is :) Hope you like :) ------------- www.yaksongs.com |
Posted By: yaksongs
Date Posted: June 08 2015 at 09:48
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Album is now in stock with 200 sales so far http://www.yaksongs.com/qfts.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.yaksongs.com/qfts.html ------------- www.yaksongs.com |
Posted By: yaksongs
Date Posted: June 30 2015 at 08:45
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Review from http://progmeister.com/yak-quest-for-the-stones" rel="nofollow - Progmeister ------------- www.yaksongs.com |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: June 30 2015 at 23:22
That's good to hear.......I also have enjoyed the Yak album and often mention it on the forum when keyboard based albums come up. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: yam yam
Date Posted: July 22 2016 at 10:49
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A secret stash of six more of the fine YAK mugs that I mentioned above has been discovered, and apparently they are ambidextrous, so you don't need to specify the left-handed version if you are that way designed by your maker. Full details on https://www.facebook.com/yaktunes/photos/a.10150332116639919.389103.31519184918/10154323383534919" rel="nofollow - facebook . They are just 8 GBP each plus postage, and all proceeds go towards helping to look after the 400 or so residents of the marvellous http://www.towerhillstables.com/" rel="nofollow - Tower Hill Stables animal sanctuary which Martin runs with his partner Fiona. All money received from YAK CD sales goes towards helping the animals too, so if you haven't got the new album yet...
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Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: July 22 2016 at 11:11
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"Quest for the Stones" is a little vague as an album title. They shoulda called it "Quest for Keith Richards' Drug Stash". I'm sure we'd all travel through mystical lands and do battle with terrifying foes with that objective in mind.
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Posted By: yam yam
Date Posted: July 23 2016 at 19:16
Whilst this topic is still fresh here for a few days, I thought I'd post this little-viewed (sadly it's only had 272 views in more than 2 years) original Tower Hill Stables Animal Sanctuary video, set to the wonderful 'Journey Of The Yak' track. It will give anyone who purchases some YAK music an insight into the tremendous work that goes on at the sanctuary - and that by purchasing this music they themselves will be supporting.
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