The Deccan Traps Album

VÖ 29. November 2024

VÖ 29. November 2024

The Deccan Traps Album

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The Deccan Traps:

Ricardo Afonso – Vocals
Neil Fairclough – Bass Guitar/Backing vocals
John Dagnall – Piano/Guitar/Drums/Backing vocals
Lois Dagnall – Backing vocals
Johnny Heyes – Guitar
Neil Edwards – Piano/Hammond/Keyboards
Andy Treacey - Drums

The beginning

Neil Fairclough, Lois Fairclough, John Dagnall, Neil Edwards, Andy Treacey and Johnny Heyes met at Music College in early 1990’s Manchester. In addition to becoming lifelong friends, they have worked together on and off ever since.
The Deccan Traps project began when Neil F, Lois, and John started writing songs together over a decade ago. As Lois is Neil’s sister and now John’s wife, the chemistry was immediate. Between them, they had a shared passion for rock, funk, jazz, and classical music, having grown up listening to everything from Queen and Rainbow to Stevie Wonder and Weather Report to Mozart and Prokofiev. However, they were writing epic rock songs and wanted to create an epic rock band with the guys, not only to record but to play live. Only one thing missing…
Ricardo
Big songs needed a big singer; enter Ricardo Afonso. Ricardo was born in Angola, Africa but grew up in Portugal. After singing in local bands, Ricardo made the move to London to take up the lead roll of Galileo in Queen’s musical We Will Rock You at the Dominion theatre, London and blitzed the role of Judas in Andrew Lloyd Webbers rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar at the Barbican.
Neil had been the touring bass player for Queen + Adam Lambert since 2011, a position he still occupies today. Through some mutual friends, Neil reached out to Ricardo and following a meeting in a back street pub in London, it was immediately obvious that Ricardo was not only a phenomenal vocalist but also the musical soulmate that they were looking for. The Deccan Traps was born.

Recording

Initial recordings with the now completed line-up began at Parr Street, the legendary Liverpool recording studio, but shortly after disaster struck when Ricardo suffered a career ending medical problem with his vocal cords. It looked like The Deccan Traps was over before it had begun.
Ricardo returned to Portugal to recuperate and reassess his options. In between tours, the rest of TDT continued recording the backing tracks, backing vocals and solos, with the sad realisation that eventually, they would have to find a new singer. The recordings were nearing completion and as Ricardo knew the material better than anyone else, John called him for advice about who to approach to sing. It was a call that changed everything.
Unbeknownst to the rest of The Deccan Traps, Ricardo had been secretly, slowly, and patiently working with a vocal specialist in Portugal to bring his voice back so he could complete the recordings. It worked. He flew into Liverpool and after an incredibly hardcore vocal recording session (9 tracks in two days!), the songs could be completed. The guys put finishing touches to the recordings, rehearsing in Manchester ready to launch in the early part of 2020 after Neil completed the Queen + Adam Lambert tour in the Far East. Then the pandemic hit…
With Ricardo in Portugal and the rest of the guys split between Manchester and London, rather than being defeated by the disappearance of gigs and international travel and postpone release, TDT decided to release some of their music as singles, one track at a time with a video until such time as the completed album could be released and the vision finally realised.
That time is now.

The Deccan Traps Album

The album is released 29th November 2024, exclusively on CD (including digital download) with plans for vinyl in the pipeline. It includes five singles: Moonlight, Sun & Moon, The Great Divide, Chain Me (To The Wall) and Live It Up.
The album also includes previously unheard songs, Spellbound, Until You Love Me, Are You Ready To Rock, Beautiful and Dream of a Thousand Nights.
Dream of a Thousand Nights features an epic guitar fanfare and an introspective, bluesy guitar solo played by none other than Queen legend, Brian May. Brian also contributes his voice to beautifully narrate one of the most iconic passages from cosmologist Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot speech at the closing of the song. TDT were delighted to have the words authorised by Ann Druyan, Carl Sagan’s wife and cosmological partner.
The Deccan Traps always intended for their debut to be a complete piece of work which would include individual artwork for each track and credits in the accompanying booklet.

Track Listing:

Sun & Moon
Chain Me (To The Wall)
Spellbound
Until You Love Me
The Great Divide
Are You Ready To Rock
Moonlight
Live It Up
Beautiful
Dream Of A Thousand Nights (feat. Brian May)

Fotos

Hier gibt es Promofotos The Deccan Traps.

Videos

Auf dem YouTube Kanal von The Deccan Traps sind die folgenden Videos aus dem Album veröffentlicht.

Sun & Moon

Chain Me (To The Wall)

The Great Devide

Moonlight

Hörprobe

Hier gibt es eine Hörprobe des Songs "Dream Of A Thousand Nights (feat. Brian May)" exklusiv für Mitglieder mit persönlichem Account, welcher uns freundlicher Weise von The Deccan Traps zur Verfügung gestellt wurde. Vielen Dank!

The Deccan Traps

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