Geoff Downes

We have always tried to treat every album differently and even from day one I think that each Asia album has been approached with care and thought and hopefully that shines through twenty years later. ↗

— Geoff Downes

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I've always been fascinated with the juxtaposition of technology in music, not only in recording, but in the keyboard. It's amazing the way you can apply technology to an art form. ↗

— Geoff Downes

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Ironically I think this is what sparked my interest in and passion for the NOAH, which is capable of creating all these old weird and wonderful sounds. ↗

— Geoff Downes

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Now with Pro Tools, you can play with layers and 100s and 100s of tracks. When we used to do it back in the day, you had one shot, or you would have to wipe it and carry on over that track. ↗

— Geoff Downes

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Still, we view that old material very much like we view the new material so if this gives us a chance to go out and promote it then, yes we will go out and do that. ↗

— Geoff Downes

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The Buggles was much more a studio environment idea, which we never actually took on the road. ↗

— Geoff Downes

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Well, I think that it is complicated in that the first four albums were all with Universal so they have the rights to that and therefore it is a lot easier for them to do that period. ↗

— Geoff Downes

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With NOAH, you can create some stunning, yet original soundscapes. Therefore, as a performance tool, it really comes into its own because you can make one single performance which has a lot of detail. ↗

— Geoff Downes

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