Knight Area is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

band which was formed in 2004 by brothers Joop and Gerben Klazinga.

Biography

Knight Area originally started as a solo project of Gerben Klazinga. After the release of the debut album The Sun Also Rises in 2004 the decision was made to form a band.
Musically, the band is a cross-over between retro-prog and neo-prog.

After various gigs throughout Europe and NEARfest

NEARfest

The North East Art Rock Festival, or NEARfest for short, is a multi-day event celebrating the resurgence of progressive and eclectic music in the United States and around the world. The event is held annually in early summer in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, approximately one hour north of Philadelphia...

 in the USA, the second album Under a new Sign was released in 2007.

Originally, the band contained 7 members but due to personal circumstances, it was reduced to a 5 piece formation. In this line-up the band released their concept album Realm of Shadows and their double live album Rising Signs from the Shadows.

In 2011 the band released their 4th studio album Nine Paths which has been mixed by Neil Kernon

Neil Kernon

Neil Kernon is a musician/record producer/mixer/recording engineer - from London, England.He has worked with a number of artists over the last 30 years, but may be best known for his work with Hall & Oates on three of their most important albums - 1980's Voices, 1981's Private Eyes, and 1982's H2O...

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On one track there is a special guest appearance of Charlotte Wessels

Charlotte Wessels

Johanna Charlotte Wessels is the lead vocalist of the Dutch symphonic metal band Delain. She was previously a member of gothic metal band To Elysium, before the band's split...

 from the Dutch prog metal band Delain

Delain

Delain is a Dutch symphonic metal band. The band was founded by the ex-keyboardist of Within Temptation, Martijn Westerholt.-Founding:Delain was founded by Martijn Westerholt and Charlotte Wessels. Westerholt is the ex-keyboardist and brother of one of the founders of Within Temptation, Robert...

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Discography

Album title	Year	Label
The Sun Also Rises	2004	The Lasers Edge
Under a new Sign	2007	The Lasers Edge
Realm of Shadows	2009	The Lasers Edge
Rising Signs from the Shadows	2010	No label
Nine Paths	2011	The Lasers Edge

Current line-up

• Mark Smit - Lead vocals/keyboard
• Gerben Klazinga - Keyboards
• Mark Vermeule - Guitars/backing vocals
• Gijs Koopman - Bass/Moog Taurus
  Moog Taurus
  The Moog Taurus is a foot-operated analog synthesizer designed and manufactured by Moog Music from 1974 or 1975 to 1981. Commonly called the Taurus I, it has a 13-note organ-style pedal board similar to the pedal keyboard of a spinet organ.-History:...
  
  bass pedals
• Pieter van Hoorn - Drums/backing vocals

External links

• Official home page
• Knight Area on My Space
• Prog Archives