Biography

DBA is the musical collaboration between the legendary Geoff Downes & Chris Braide who joined forces as the result of their close friendship and passion for music. They have produced 4 critically acclaimed studio albums & 1 live album with a new studio album due in September 2023 The band is Chris Braide, Geoff Downes, Dave Bainbridge, Andy Hodge and Ash Soan. Chris is an award winning British singer-songwriter-pianist who enjoys enormous success writing and producing music for film scores, advertising campaigns & works closely with artists including Sia, Lana Del Rey, Hans Zimmer, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce, Paloma Faith, Britney Spears & Marc Almond. He was first signed as a solo artist by Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart and was a founding member of The Producers with Trevor Horn and Stephen Lipson. Chris was the winner of 'Best original composition’ with Hans Zimmer & Sia at the 2020 Music & Sound awards Geoff can be found where ever musical history is made, from the first video ever shown on MTV, The Buggles’ Video Killed the Radio Star, Geoff continues to gain acclaim & break musical ground. He is a founding member of Asia whose album of the same name was the biggest selling in the world in 1982. Together with vocalist/bassist, the late John Wetton, they propelled the band’s global success. With the legendary YES, Geoff joined for the critically acclaimed album ‘Drama’ in 1980 and then re-joined for ‘Fly From Here’ in 2011. He continues to tour with both YES and Asia.