Profile description of Staircase Secrets:

STAIRCASE SECRETS is a Singer-Songwriter / Alternative / (Folk-) Rock band, formed by A.C. and J.C. van Rey.

Our aim is to achieve the highest possible level of timelessness, profundity, musical richness and variety - and sometimes mere fun! We try to combine the grandeur of progressive rock with the down-to-earth attitude of alternative and grunge, the pure nativeness of ancient celtic folk with the glamorous gestures of rock, deep melancholy with exuberant playfulness... but ALWAYS creating songs saturated with MUSIC.

For more information please visit staircasesecrets.bandcamp.com

Band biography:
STAIRCASE SECRETS started out making music back in 1994 under the name of “Suleimann&Sane”, being inspired by bands like Simon & Garfunkel and Supertramp, but incorporating a vast range of other musical influences into their compositions, from metal to jazz, from progressive to epic film scores.

Due to a constant lack of proper equipment, they made their first recordings in the basement of J.C.’s former home on an old cassette recorder. (This would change 5 years later by finding a private producer who provided much more professionalism in recording the songs.) Always being open for new musical aspects, Staircase Secrets set a first foot on electronic ground in 1997, realizing that this lead to totally new possibilities in expressing themselves musically. However, they have never lost touch to their musical foundation, being a mixture of alternative, folk and songwriter music. Since 2004 Staircase Secrets are recording and producing their music themselves.

From 2005 on, the band also appeared under the name “Gondwana Gibbon Gods”, later simply “Gondwana Gibbon”, followed by the final change to “STAIRCASE SECRETS” at the beginning of 2007.

While all albums until 2008 include a (sometimes intentionally ludicrous) mixture of serious songs and humurous, playful or experimental tracks, the album "A Traveller's Tales" marked a significant change towards more earnest and consistent tracks. Music, lyrics and artwork have a more or less common theme and atmosphere for each album ever since. Certainly the follow-up album "The Darwin Knife" (2010) is the most mature and elaborate output so far.

STAIRCASE SECRETS are:

Jonathstan Chester van Rey: lead vocals, guitars,drums
Alistair Cougar van Rey: guitars, keyboards, vocals, artwork and production

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