CURVED AIR

'Curved Air' were a pioneering British rock group formed in 1969 by:

★ Francis Monkman (keyboards, guitar)

★ Darryl Way (electric violin, vocals)

★ Sonja Kristina Linwood (vocals)

★ Florian Pilkington-Miksa (drums)

★ Rob Martin (bass).
The group evolved from the band ''Sisyphus'' [1] and was named by Monkman after the piece ''A Rainbow in Curved Air'' by contemporary composer Terry Riley.
The line-up experienced frequent changes:

★ Ian Eyre (born 11 September, in Knaresborough, Yorkshire) took over on bass for the second album

★ Mike Wedgwood (born Michael Wedgewood, 19 May 1950, in Derby, Derbyshire) took over on bass for the third;

★ later members included

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★ Eddie Jobson (later Roxy Music, Frank Zappa and Jethro Tull)

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★ Stewart Copeland (The Police)

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★ Tony Reeves (born Anthony Reeves, 18 April 1943, in London), ex-Greenslade, Colosseum, John Mayall).
Only Sonja Kristina continuously remained as member. Monkman, member of Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, was later to play with John Williams in a group called Sky.
The musicians developed from quite different artistic backgrounds, classic, folk, and electronic sound, which resulted in a mixture of progressive rock, folk rock, and fusion with classical elements.
The band's groundbreaking 1970 debut , ''Airconditioning'', reached no. 8 in the UK Albums Chart, and was the second picture disc released - the first being by the band Saturnalia in the previous year. In 1976 the band recorded their last studio album and then eventually split . Intermittently since then, the group, particularly in its original line-up, has re-joined for periodic concerts, one of which in 1990 gave rise to another live album.

Contents

Discography

Albums

Singles

Artists

External link

Discography

Albums

★ "Airconditioning" (1970) including the renowned piece "Vivaldi"

★ "Second Album" (1971) including the biggest hit "Back Street Luv"

★ "Phantasmagoria" (1972)

★ "Air Cut" (1973)

★ "Live" (1975)

★ "Midnight Wire" (1975)

★ "Airborne" (1976)

★ "Lovechild" (recorded 1973, released 1990)

★ "Live At The BBC" (1995)

★ "Alive, 1990" (2000)

Singles

★ "It Happened Today" / "Vivaldi" / "What Happens When You Blow Yourself Up" (1971)

★ "Back Street Luv" / "Everdance" (1971) UK#4

★ "Sarah's Concern" / "Phantasmagoria" (1972)

★ "Desiree" / "Kids to Blame" (1976)

★ "Baby Please Don't Go" / "Broken Lady" (1976)

★ "Renegade" / "We're Only Human" (1984)

Artists

★ Sonja Kristina

★ Darryl Way

★ Francis Monkman

★ Florian Pilkington-Miksa

★ Rob Martin

★ Ian Eyre

★ Mike Wedgwood

★ Eddie Jobson

★ Kirby Gregory

★ Jim Russell

★ Phil Kohn

★ Stewart Copeland

★ Mick Jacques

★ Tony Reeves

★ Alex Richman

External link

★ www.curvedair.com