DAYMOON arises in the early 90s as an attempt by Portugal-based, German multi-instrumentalist Fred Lessing tobring together the musical complexity of the 70s with the intimate approach of a singer-songwriter and the variety of sounds of 80s and 90s world music. After a few years as a solo studio project, the band eventually became a full-fledged studio and stage act in 2007, and comprises today Portuguese, German and Brazilian musicians. In their stage shows, the bands brings alive its concept album ALL TOMORROWS, produced by Andy Tillison (The Tangent / PO90) for a musical e lyrical journey through a highly personal vision of the various meanings of the word ‘Love’.
DAYMOON is something very special on the progressive rock scene. This band knows the meaning of the words irony, they have a sense of humour and their leader Fred Lessing certainly knows how to write good and strong lyrics. They also share several characteristics with other high quality prog bands: the Daymoon musicians can play well, the compositions are intricate, well-structured, make use of the odd time signature, feature loads of acoustic and electric instruments and – as suspected – some unusual harmonic changes. Originally, the band started out as Fred on his own with a little help from friends from near and far, but eventually a true band developed featuring some of Portugal’s finest young – and perhaps not-quite-so-young-anymore – players that enable Fred Lessing’s truly personal music to live and breathe, very much like an unexpected but very welcome hot date. (Thomas Olsson, musicologist at Lund University (Sweden))
Discography:
All Tomorrows (2011)
Daymoon line-up:
Fred Lessing – electric & acoustic guitar, flute & woodwinds, lead vocals
Rodrigo Caser – electrix guitar
Paulo Catroga – keyboards, acoustic guitar, vocals
Joana Lessing – keyboards, percussions, vocals
Nno Mar – bass guitar
Andre Marques – acoustic & electric drums, keyboards, vocals
Adriano Pereira – woodwinds & reeds, keyboards, percussion, acoustic guitar, vocals
Links:
Daymoon official website
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