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Oct 12, 2026 · 54 min · 13 segments
Geoff Downes and Chris Braide talk about *Trauma*, the new Downes Braide Association album, and how the project has evolved since the first DBA record in 2012. They discuss the difficult circumstances…
Geoff DownesGuest
Chris BraideGuest
Jason BarnardHost
Well, the concept, really, the idea of trauma came about because the decade that we are in seemed particularly traumatic.
Going right back to COVID, and then through to the unrest, and the perpetual wars that we seem to be in, and then family bereavement, lost my mother, and all these sort of major things happened.
still traumatic, isn't it? I mean, the world is pretty traumatic at the moment, that's for sure.
There is a resilience element to it as well, though, that comes through, despite everything that's going around.
Well, the concept, really, the idea of trauma came about because the decade that we are in seemed particularly traumatic.
Going right back to COVID, and then through to the unrest, and the perpetual wars that we seem to be in, and then family bereavement, lost my mother, and all these sort of major things happened.
still traumatic, isn't it? I mean, the world is pretty traumatic at the moment, that's for sure.
There is a resilience element to it as well, though, that comes through, despite everything that's going around.
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