Geoffrey Downes - Shadows And Reflections

Geoffrey Downes - Shadows And Reflections
Жанр: Art-rock/electronic
Год выпуска диска: 2003
Производитель диска: Russia
Продолжительность: 56 min
Трэклист:
1. Shadows (22:23)
2. Reflections (33:19)
Доп. информация:
Клавишник, принимавший участие в таких группах, как Yes, Buggles, Asia.

Biography

Geoffrey Downes
Born = birth date and age|1952|8|25 Stockport, Cheshire, England
Instrument = Keyboards
Genre = Rock, progressive rock
Occupation = Musician, Songwriter
Years_active = 1974-present
Label = Geffen Records /Voiceprint Records
Associated_acts = Buggles, Asia, Yes, Trapeze
URL = [ geoffdownes]
Geoffrey Downes (born 25 August 1952) is an English rock keyboard player, songwriter, and producer. He is best known as the keyboardist for the bands Asia, Buggles, and also his stint with Yes in 1980. When he was a keyboardist for the Buggles, he would play multiple keyboards to achieve a New Wave technopop sound. He was once entered for the Guinness Book Of Records for performing with most keyboards (28) on stage in one performance.
Biography
Downes was born in Stockport, Cheshire, England, the son of musical parents. His father was a church organist and his mother a pianist. He also took up the keyboards and played in a succession of local bands. He attended Stockport Grammar School before studying at music college in Leeds. After graduating he moved to London, where he played sessions and composed advertising jingles.
In 1976, he met Trevor Horn while auditioning for pop singer Tina Charles' band. They continued to work together, eventually forming the Buggles in a successful attempt to have a hit single (Video Killed the Radio Star). It was Island Records' first number 1 in the UK, and the video of the song subsequently became the first ever to be played at the launch of MTV in August 1981.
The success of The Buggles led to Downes and Horn joining Yes for one album (Drama) and the associated tour. Downes was the first member of the band to have completed a music degree. Yes then split at the beginning of 1981. Downes subsequently joined forces with Yes' Steve Howe, Carl Palmer (from Emerson, Lake Palmer) and John Wetton (from King Crimson) to form Asia in 1981. Asia was an immediate worldwide success upon the release of their eponymous début record in 1982, and has formed the backbone of Downes's career since then. For many years, he has remained the only founding member of the band. In recent years, Downes has since teamed up with John Wetton again in a separate project under the 'Icon' banner.
In addition to recording and touring with Asia, Downes has also recorded a number of solo albums and collaborated with many other artists, including Glenn Hughes, Trapeze in 1991 for a tour that produced the live album Welcome to the Real World, and a brief appearance on Kate Bush's Sat in Your Lap. In 2005, he joined Yes drummer Alan White's eponymous band White.
He has also worked extensively as a producer with such acts as Mike Oldfield, Thompson Twins and GTR. As a songwriter, he has written for such acts as diverse as Agnetha Fältskog (of ABBA) and the rapper, Styles. He is credited as a co-writer on Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe due to Howe re-using some musical ideas from Asia.
In 2006, Downes reunited with the original members of Asia for a series of tours that have continued into 2008.
Ride the Tiger
Ride the Tiger was a project involving Downes and Greg Lake. The pair had worked together during Lake's brief stint in Asia and subsequently recorded material together. Drums on the sessions were by Lake's former band mate in King Crimson, Michael Giles. Nothing was released at the time, although some tracks later turned up on Lake's anthologies From the Beginning—The Greg Lake Retrospective (1997) and From the Underground Vol. II—Deeper Into the Mine. Some of the material from the project was re-worked by Asia (Love Under Fire on Aqua) and by ELP (Affairs of the Heart on Black Moon).
The Rain Project
Following the production of GTR's self titled debut album in 1986, Downes began collaborating with Johnny Warman on a number of tracks that would be used for the 'Rain' Project. This was a supergroup that would feature Downes, former 21 Guns and future Asia drummer Mike Sturgis, ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham and GTR members Phil Spalding and Max Bacon on bass and vocals respectively.The project was named after the Downes/Warman/Been Wolfenden song Who Can Stop The Rain? (renamed Who Will Stop The Rain? for inclusion on Aqua). This line-up never released an album, but songs Someday, Tears In My Eyes, Who Can Stop The Rain?, The Higher You Climb, Boys From The Diamond City and Moon Under The Water (the later featuring only Bacon), arose later on Max Bacon's 2002 solo release From The Banks Of The River Irwell. When played on iTunes, the program identifies the album as Asia: The Rain Demos. The songs were later re-recorded with John Payne on vocals and used for Aqua (Who Will Stop The Rain?, Someday) and the Archiva albums (Tears, Moon Under The Water, The Higher You Climb).
Influences and style
In an interview conducted December 2006 [ , Downes said the three players who had inspired him were Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson and especially Dave Sinclair. In the same interview, he identified his favourite Asia tracks as Only Time will Tell, Wildest Dreams, Open Your Eyes and Voice of America.
Discography
Solo albums
The Light Program, 1987
Vox Humana, 1992
Welcome to the Real World with Trapeze, 1993
Evolution, 1996
Hughes/Downes: The Work Tapes, 1998
The World Service, 2000
Shadows Reflections, 2003
The Collection, 2003
Live at St. Cyprian's
Icon (with John Wetton), 2005, Frontiers Records
Icon Acoustic TV Broadcast (with John Wetton), 2006, Frontiers Records
Icon Live - Never in a Million Years (with John Wetton), 2006, Frontiers Records
Icon II: Rubicon (with John Wetton), 2006, Frontiers Records
Yes
Drama, 1980 / expanded and remastered, 2004
The Word is Live, 2005
Buggles
The Age of Plastic, 1979
Adventures in Modern Recording, 1981
Asia
singles
Heat of the Moment
Only Time will Tell
Sole Survivor
Don't Cry
The Smile has Left Your Eyes
The Heat Goes On
Who'll Stop the Rain
Estoy Listo Para ir a Mi Casa, 2001
Albums
Asia, 1982
Alpha, 1983
Astra, 1985
Then Now, 1990
Live Mockva 09-X1-90, 1991
Aqua, 1992; Aqua Special Edition, 2005
Aria, 1994; Aria Special Edition, 2005
Arena, 1996; Arena Special Edition, 2005
Archiva 1, 1996
Archiva 2, 1996
Now - Live in Nottingham, 1997
Live in Osaka, 1997
Live in Philadelphia, 1997
Anthology—The Best of Asia 1982-1997, 1997; Anthology Special Edition, 2005
John Wetton—Geoff Downes—Asia—UK Compilation CD, 1997
The Very Best of Asia: Heat of the Moment (1982-1990), 2000
The Best of Asia Live, 2000?
Aura, 2001
Alive in Hallowed Halls, 2001
Asia/Boston: Winning Combination, 2001
Alive in Hallowed Halls, 2001
Live at Budokan, 2002
Quadra, 2002
Anthologia, 2002/Gold, 2005
Armada 1, 2002
Live Acoustic
Live at the Town Country
Different Worlds
Dragon Attack
History of Asia, 2004?
Live in Buffalo, 2004?
Live in Hyogo, 2004?
Different Worlds, 2004
Silent Nation, 2004
Long Way from Home, 2005 (single)
Phoenix, 2008
EPs
Heat Of The Moment 05 (with John Wetton), 2005
External links
[ Geoff's Official website]
[ Geoff's Official MySpace]
[ Official Asia Reunion website]
[ Geoff Downes discography]
[ Asia on Classic Rock Central] - 1983 audio interview clips with John Wetton, Geoff Downes and Steve Howe

EAC log

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Geoffrey Downes / Shadows And Reflections
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