"We didn't actually plan to make an album, and certainly not to make it this big," says singer Manou, still seeming a bit baffled when it comes to why and how the rather private project with husband Sebastian Eder, ex-guitarist of prog-metallers Avalon, eventually turned into a band with a remarkable line-up and the debut "Six Dusty Winds". "We started writing together and eventually these ten, twelve songs were ready. Which we also wanted to record, but more or less just for us. Sebastian then pre-produced the songs. Because we both always have high standards, the whole thing should be well recorded." So it made sense to ask a proven star drummer with Grammy-winning production skills: "We both listen to a lot of Joe Bonamassa; at that time we often played something from Rock Candy Funk Party, a joint project of him and Tal Bergman, who is active there as a drummer and producer. We thought Tal would be just the right guy and contacted him, very profanely, via his homepage.
