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Welcome to the newly redesigned official Ken Elkinson website. More prolific than his favorite band Steely Dan in the 1970’s, Ken is happy to announce the release of his 9th CD project - Opal (the dance remix). While just a small CD single to tide fans over until next year (more on that below), it makes up for its size in power. Opal (the dance remix) features two amazing trance/techno remixes of Ken’s 2004 track “Opal” by prominent LA-based DJ Aaron Arce.

In other Ken Elkinson news, Ken’s Christmas CD Generations of Yuletide was nominated under the Best Holiday Album category in the 2009 Zone Music Awards. For those of you not in “the know,” – the Zone Music Reporter is essentially the Billboard Magazine for instrumental music, and their awards are the instrumental music equivalent of the Grammys. Ken is in great company next to other nominees Enya and Stanton Lanier amongst others.

Ken’s last solo piano CD Link was a big success in the radio airplay department, reaching #52 in total airplay out of 2,800 instrumental music CD releases in 2009. For those mathletes out there, that puts Ken in the top 2% for overall radio airplay. If that is not enough to make you stalk Ken, you can also hear his entire CD Link on American Airlines, Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific along with various tracks on several other large international airlines.

We leave you with the breaking news that Ken will be releasing his first non solo piano project early next year. A big fan of the mottos “go big or go home” and “size is everything” – Ken is releasing a 6 CD (3 double CD) box set of ambient/electronica entitled Music for Commuting on January 4, 2011. The project will feature 60 new original tracks from Ken, and then later in the year or in early 2012 will be followed by a 20 track outtakes CD. You thought you were busy.

As always, you can buy all eight of Ken’s prior releases Midnight Conversation, Revelry, Opal, Cue, Borrowed Tracks, Generations of Yuletide, Link and Hatikva right here at www.kenelkinson.com as well as Amazon.com, iTunes and CD Baby. Those with savvy sleuthing skills can still find a “discounted” Opal if they know where to look. All Ken will say on the matter is that he beat Radiohead to the punch by about 4 years.