About DAYMOON

Led by Portugal-resident German multi-instrumentalist Fred Lessing, transgressive non-dance combo DAYMOON aims to delight the world with an incoherent concoction of music from the across the past four millennia, or so. The band started out in the early 1980s under the lame moniker of Dead Landscape, and eventually disbanded in 1984 as their kind of music was not in demand in the Portuguese music market at the time. Fred and friends went on to record four demo albums, that never got recorded properly though. Finally, a new live version of the band emerged in 2008 to perform among others at the widely regarded Gouveia Art Rock festival in 2009.

Since then, the band has released five studio albums:

ALL TOMORROWS (2011). Post-produced and mastered by Andy Tillison of The Tangent and PO90. Released on now-defunct Russian prog label Mals.
FABRIC OF SPACE DIVINE (2013). Scientific-philosophical concept album released again on Mals.
CRUZ QUEBRADA (2016). Cancer fund-raiser, autobiographical. Released on German label Progressive Promotion Records.
EROSION (2021). Social and heavily political concoctions, mixed and mastered by Vince Welch of US prog act Bent Knee. Self-released.
WEDNESDAY (2026). No-frills no-drums eclectic delight. Released on Dutch label OOB Records.


What some people wrote about Daymoon:

Alain Bourguignon (Plus PROG de Vous): 'Fizzy as a fine sparkling wine'

Jon Neudorf (Sea of Tranquility): 'Erosion is a thoughtful and deeply creative work; an example of just how good prog rock can be. Highly recommended.' (4.5 out of 5 stars)
houseofprog.com: 'Probably my album of the year so far, an album that will forever remain within easy arm’s length from the turntable' (95%)

Nick Hudson (Progarchives.com) 'I find it (Erosion) not only my favourite Daymoon release, but one of my favourite albums of 2022.' (4 out of 5 stars)

Prog magazine: 'Fabric Of Space Divine makes Yes' makes Tales From Topographic Oceans sound like easy listening. The market for their work may be limited to open-minded physicists, but Daymoon's brave creativity should be applauded.'

Eclipsed magazine: 'Consistently defies categorisation. Classic prog motifs meet folklore or snippets of dialogue, along with dissonant sounds reminiscent of Zappa albums, but there are also plenty of catchy moments. Fascinating, because extremely unorthodox.'

About the DAYMOONauts

Callsign: Roseiro, LAVÍNIA
Website: www.imdb.com/pt/name/nm11984740/?ref_=ttfc_fcr_3_190
Current continent: Europe
Current country: Portugal
Instruments: Vocals, tuned & untuned percussion, acoustic guitar, keyboard, melodica
Relevant past and current artistic projects: Daymoon (PT), Custom Circus (PT). TV and theatre actress. Unreleased music: Dispatch Note (PT), Death Cabaret (PT)

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Callsign: Olsson, THOMAS
Current continent: Europe
Current country: Sweden
Instruments: Electric guitars, synth guitar, amplifiers and effects
Relevant past and current musical projects: Daymoon (PT), Dr. Krollspell (SE), Mänsklig Aktivitet (SE), Isildurs Bane (SE). Unreleased: Percussion Power, Chairmen of the SmörgåsBored (PT)

Callsign: Chagas, PAULO
Website: paulochagas.weebly.com
Current continent: Europe
Current country: Portugal
Instruments: A wild variety of woodwind instruments
Relevant past and current artistic  projects: Miosótis (PT), Daymoon (PT), Mispel Bellyful (PT), CSR (PT), Ensemble MIA (PT), Nó (PT), Trupe Fictícia (PT). Numerous albums released with solo works and compositions, as well as a wide range of collaborations with renowned jazz musicians. Artistic Director of improved-music festival MIA in Portugal. Author of several fiction, non-fiction and poetry books.

Callsign: Markham, JEFF
Website: www.broadjam.com/jeffmarkham1
Current continent: North America
Current country: USA
Instruments: Piano, Rhodes MkII 73key, FerroFish B4000, Moog Voyager, Korg Radius, Bass, Vocals
Relevant past and current musical projects: Daymoon (PT), 5:30 Band (USA), Solo

Callsign: Calabrese, LUCA
Website: lucalab.jimdofree.com
Current continent: Europe
Current country: Italy
Instruments: Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Pocket Trumpet, Live Electronics, Synth, Sample, Loops
Relevant past and current musical projects: Isildurs Bane, Richard Barbieri, Daymoon, Grice, Italian Instabile Orchestra

Callsign: Soares, TIAGO
Current continent: Europe
Current country: Portugal
Instruments: Vocals, 1-string violin, untuned percussion
Relevant past and current artistic projects: Daymoon. TV and theatre actor

Callsign: Lessing, FRED
Current continent: Europe
Current country: Portugal
Instruments: Electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, wind instruments, saz, tuned & untuned ethnic & non-ethnic percussion, mostly untuned vocals
Relevant past and current musical projects: Daymoon (PT), Mispel Bellyful (PT), Miosótis (PT), Project Creation (INTL); Unreleased: Chairmen of the SmörgåsBored (PT-SE), SP’AM (PT), Flora Majora (INTL), Ghost Particle Project (INTL), Por Ter Lido Mal o Mapa (PT), Soundtrack for Death Cabaret stage show (PT)