YES announce forthcoming album Aurora

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Written By Curtis Schwartz
Album artwork for YES’s forthcoming 2026 album Aurora, showing a vivid Roger Dean-style fantasy landscape beneath the northern lights.

Artwork for YES’s forthcoming album Aurora.

YES have announced their forthcoming album Aurora, due for release on 12 June via InsideOutMusic / Sony Music.

I am pleased to have been involved across key stages of the project, from recording through to the final stereo, 5.1 Surround and Dolby Atmos mixes, as well as mastering.

It is especially nice to see that the official announcement, along with early press coverage, has mentioned my involvement in the project, including pieces from YES, Prog Report and Rockum.

For artists, producers and labels looking for recording, mixing, mastering or immersive audio work, you can read the full Aurora case study or get in touch directly.

Read the Aurora case study
Discuss a project

Further reading: YES official announcement | Prog Report | Rockum

Curtis Schwartz

Curtis Schwartz is an American composer, producer, sound engineer and multi-instrumentalist. Originally from Los Angeles (born in Vienna, schooled in UK and France), he is a music maker whose music blends Hip-hop, Rock, Pop, Dance and Jazz.

Curtis started his first rock band aged 14 as guitarist, vocalist and songwriter - and signed his first publishing deal aged 17.  This introduced Curtis to the world of London recording studios - the perfect environment for his passion for music-making and to work with much more experienced record producers from whom to learn his craft.

Aged 21 Curtis started his own recording studio devoting all his time to composing, producing and recording albums for a wide range of artists and record labels.  He is a master with all things related to Pro Tools and his beloved Apple computers.

Credits include:

Stacey Kent, The Beegees, Suede, Go West, Gwilym Simcock, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Steve Howe, Snowy White & The White Flames, ITV News Theme music, Bros, Cutting Crew, John Taylor, Evelyn Glennie, Matt Redman,  Jimmy Ruffin, Keith Mansfield, Dick Walter, The Studio Kings, Wop Bop Torledo, Lush, Vivienne Westwood, Nine Below Zero, Bushido, The Armoury Show, Attacco Decente, Asia, Dee C Lee, The Impossible Gentlemen, Trish Clowes, Christine Tobin and Julian Arguelles.

http://curtisschwartzstudio.com
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