The Flying Caravan

The idea of The Flying Caravan arose in Antonio Valiente´s mind, a musician from Alicante, born in 1970. Antonio began playing the guitar at age 13 having Mark Knopfler as his main musical influence and using fingerpicking as his preferred style. Since he was 18, he has learned technique and modern harmony with different teachers. From 2000, Antonio has been focusing on the idea of developing his own compositions, and after four years of work Juanjo Sánchez (keyboard} and Keeng {The Satellites) joined the project that would finally take shape as The Flying Caravan. However, it was when Izaga Plata (vocals–Head Over Hell) entered back in 2014 that she and Antonio developed the melodies and lyrics that would make up the album. With the arrival of Pedro Pablo Molina (bass player-El Interior), Lluís Mas (drummer-Pyramidal, Adam Giles Levy) and Juanjo´s return to the band, the project got established. The band recorded “I Just Wanna Break Even” at the Facultad de Bellas Artes of the UMH in Altea (Alicante) between May and August 2017 with Daniel Montiel as a recording engineer and Lluís Mas and Antonio Valiente as producers, after several recording sessions and a two-year production period. The audio mixing and mastering were carried out at Lluís Mas (Oriental Desert Studio Audio). The album features the extraordinary collaborations of Manolo Salido (sax-M Clan, Loquillo), Juan Carlos Aracil (flute- El Bicho, Tino di Geraldo) and Jorge Aniorte (voice-Liverpool Band).