Whoever has Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, Chris Rea or early Genesis albums in the front rows of their collections must also listen to the Colours of the Desert, it is absolutely the Precious Metal of the Year. Metal Hammer(Germany) 　　 　　Established in 1995, The Skys are Lithuania's No. 1 proggers. Colours... features a host of guest stars including Dave Kilminster (Roger Waters' band) and Anne - Marie Helder (Mostly Autumn, Panic Room). Key to the band's appeal is the male - female vocal interplay, and a musical approach that's both expansive and ethnic. Nuostabus! (Lithuanian for 'amazing'.) Geoff Barton, founder of Kerrang! Magazine 　　 　　The progressive map is filled more and more, here are some nice sounding, happy as well as gloomy band from Lithuania. Sweden Rock Magazine 　　 　　I can only compliment the musicians of The Skys. They recorded a strong album Colours Of The Desert that will especially be enjoyed by people who fancy Pink Floyd, Eloy, RPWL and Hawkwind. Background Magazine (The Netherlands) 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　The Skys is the most recognized Lithuanian band abroad. 　　The band had many solo gigs and participated in various festivals in Europe, Canada and USA 　　The Skys shared the stage with Rick Wakeman (ex-YES), Blues Brothers, The Exploited, Delirium, John Young Band, Arena... 　　Band has many international awards including "Best International band from New York International Music Festival 2004, USA. 　　The Skys music received TV and radio airplay on hundreds of radio stations across Europe, USA and Canada with interviews in Netherlands, Poland, UK and "album of the week" in Austria, A-list in Norway, 12 weeks in top 30 charts in Poland, charts in Lithuania. 　　Many high quality press articles were published about the band in major music press. The Skys album reviews showed up in USA, Canada and Europe receiving very high evaluation including Classic Rock Magazine, album of the month by Metal Hammer and Sweden Rock Magazine among hundreds of others. 　　During its years of existence the band released four albums: "Civilized" (1997), "Dreams" (1999), "Postmodern Game" (2004) and "Colours of the Desert" (2011), featuring: 　　 　　Dave KILMINSTER (Roger Waters band) - guitar; 　　John YOUNG (ex-Scorpions, Bonnie Tyler) - keyboards, bac vocs, producer; 　　Snake DAVIS (Eurythmics, P.McCartney, Ray Charles, James Brown, etc.) - sax; 　　Martin Beedle (Cutting Crew, Sarah Brightman, etc) - drums; 　　Tony Spada (Holding Pattern) - guitar; 　　Anne Marie HELDER (Mostly Autumn, Panic Room) - bac voc. 　　 　　New album “Journey Through the Skies” will be released on 6th of November. The album features: Snowy White, Rob Townsend, Kyla Wight and many more. 　　The Album recorded in Mamas Studio (Vilnius, Lithuania) and Liscombe Park Studios (London, UK) famous for URIAH HEEP and ASIA recordings.Mixed by Steve RISPIN (Tina Turner, Elton John, Asia, Tankard, etc Mastered at Abbey Road Studios by Christian Wright. 　　In 2004 The Skys were signed to Sutaras Record label for album "Postmodern Game". In 2010 The Skys signed exclusive digital distribution deal with Cinderella Records. "Colours of the Desert" also rereleased via Out of the Box Records and Legacy Records as well as Dr. Music Records for German Market. In 2011 The Skys signed a publishing contract with Apollo Live