Tag Archives: DBA

DBA (DOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION) – Halcyon Hymns

April 23, 2021

Magical Thinker 2021 Masters of melody and melodrama venture towards the end of days to bring back hope and glory It’s been almost a decade since and Chris Braide embarked on a joint journey which, charting the course between pop … Continue reading →

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DBA (DOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION – Live In England

January 8, 2020

Magical Thinker / Cherry Red 2019 Preserved for posterity in audio and on video, a humble concert debut of a pop-prog ensemble who defy vanity. Even though the stage didn’t seem off-limits to DOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION, and Chris Braide never … Continue reading →

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Geoff Downes And Chris Braide Release Live Album

September 21, 2019

Even though DBA, or DOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION, had been designed as a studio-only project, in September of 2018 and Chris Braide decided to take their oeuvre to the stage, their first concert taking place in, of all places, Sheffield Green, … Continue reading →

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DBA (DOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION) – Skyscraper Souls

December 28, 2017

Magical Thinker 2017 Higher and higher, prog-pop purveyors turn routine into a journey of a lifetime. “Can we escape our own mind games?”: this question from the title track of and Chris Braide’s third joint venture is a key to … Continue reading →

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DBA (DOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION) – Suburban Ghosts

February 1, 2016

X2X 2015 Socially conscious pop duo reveal their progressive colors on an album number two – in a retro kind of way. It’s all about memories. They start to flow with the “I came across a photograph” line that anxiously … Continue reading →

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