YES Aurora is out now: recorded, mixed and mastered at Curtis Schwartz Studio

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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 new album Aurora, released 12 June 2026 via InsideOutMusic / Sony Music.

YES’s new album Aurora is out now, released 12 June via InsideOutMusic / Sony Music.

I am very pleased to have worked across key stages of the project here at Curtis Schwartz Studio, from recording through to the final stereo, 5.1 Surround and Dolby Atmos mixes, as well as mastering across the digital, CD, vinyl and Blu-ray formats.

Aurora is the third YES studio album in a row to have involved the studio, following The Quest and Mirror to the Sky. Working again with Steve Howe and the band has been a real privilege.

This was a full album project in the best sense: detailed recording, careful editing, stereo mixing, immersive Dolby Atmos and 5.1 surround work, mastering, and final delivery. It is exactly the sort of record I love working on: ambitious, musical, intricate, and made with real care.

It has also been lovely to see the studio’s involvement mentioned in the official announcement and in early coverage from YES, Prog Report and Rockum.

For artists, producers and labels looking for recording, mixing, mastering or Dolby Atmos album mixing in a private residential studio near London, the full Aurora case study gives more detail about the process.

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Further reading: YES official announcement | Prog Report | Rockum

Curtis Schwartz

Curtis Schwartz is a producer, mixer, recording engineer and composer based in Sussex, England. He runs Curtis Schwartz Studio, a private residential recording and mixing studio known for high-end production, stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos mixing, mastering, and its 9-foot Hamburg Steinway D Spirio concert grand.

Curtis has worked across records, production music, television and film for more than four decades. His credits include YES, Steve Howe, Sezen Aksu, Stacey Kent, Bee Gees, Suede, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Go West, Cutting Crew, John Taylor, Gwilym Simcock and many others.

As a composer, Curtis has written extensively for KPM/EMI and West One Music, with work used internationally across television, advertising and broadcast media. His studio continues to attract artists, labels and composers looking for a calm, highly musical environment where records can be recorded, mixed, mastered and properly finished.

https://www.curtisschwartzstudio.com
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