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Geoffrey Downes (born 25 August 1952) [1] is an English keyboardist who gained fame as a member of the new wave group the Buggles with Trevor Horn, the progressive rock band Yes, and the supergroup Asia . Born in Stockport, Downes moved to London to pursue a music career. In 1977, he formed the Buggles with Horn and enjoyed success with their ...
Sep 30, 2021 · As an early exponent of the 1980s’ new synthesizer tech, Geoff Downes first came to prominence alongside future super-producer Trevor Horn as part of new-wave duo The Buggles. But his early influences, remarkable keyboard skills and classical training soon conspired to make him the ‘go-to’ keyboard maestro for some of rock’s hardest hitting, longest running, and most respected bands.
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Geoff Downes' gear and equipment including the Yamaha CP-80 Electric Grand Piano, Roland Fantom G8 Workstation, and Roland VP-770 Vocal and Ensemble Keyboard.
Dec 13, 2012 · Here's a photo of Geoff Downes posing in front of his 1983/84 keyboard rig: Note the addition of the Memorymoog on the left (ontop of the CS-80), PPG Wave 2.2 (underneath the Fairlight keyboards), Prophet remote keyboard. and a Novatron (instead of the white 'Tron he used on the previous tour). Also, there appears to be a SCI poly-sequencer to ...
Jul 12, 2023 · Yes emerged with the album 'Mirror to the Sky' in 2023, which is in line with 2021's 'The Quest' with its emphasis on orchestration. Keyboardist Downes explains the importance of this aspect and more in the continuing success of a band like Yes.
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Wetton Downes’ iCon Trilogy of Studio Albums Re-Released with Bonus Tracks. The John Wetton Estate and Geoffrey Downes are pleased to announce the re-release of the iCon Trilogy of albums, now remastered with bonus tracks in six panel digipacks.
But before the new duo could finalize their plans, Asia would surface once again in 1989. Although Wetton and Palmer toured parts of Europe with a string of guitar players and a new keyboard player, John Young, Geoff was brought back into the fold when Geffen got serious and authorized the release of a new best-of collection, THEN AND NOW.
