Atmospheric prog in the spirit of the great bands of the 70’s with a good melodic and rhythmic sensibility.

The One is a bandproject by the dutch musician/producer Timothy van der Holst. Growing up in the 80’s listening to the records of Yes, King Crimson & Genesis he was infected by the magic of these prog bands. He described his music as atmospheric prog in the spirit of the great bands of the 70’s with a good melodic and rhythmic sensibility.

Together with the British musician/lyricist Frank ‘Fish’ Ayers he started writing new music in his studio for his first album. Playing most instruments by himself, but with a great help of the Dutch guitar player Edwin in ‘t Veld and British singer Max Gilkes he developed his sound in his studio. For some of the music he asked the help of American guitarplayer Fernando Perdomo, dutch guitarplayer Luca Giordano and singer Maarten Teekens.

Frank ‘Fish’ Ayres literally wrote the lyric