Curved Air

Curved Air were a pioneering British Rock group formed in 1969 .

Curved Air was founded 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'' and was named by Monkman after the piece ''A Rainbow in Curved Air'' by contemporary Composer Terry Riley .

The line-up experienced frequent changes, members being Eddie Jobson (later Roxy Music , Frank Zappa and Jethro Tull ), Stewart Copeland ( The Police ) and Tony Reeves (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 , electronic sound, which resulted in a mixture of progressive rock, Folk Rock , Fusion with classical elements.

The band's groundbreaking 1969 debut , ''Air Conditioning'', reached no. 8 in the UK Albums Chart , and was the first ever Picture Disc . 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.

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