Sound Of Contact
Dimensionaut
Inside Out Music
2013
The seed for this band was planted in 2010. Simon Collins (yeap famous Phil’s son) & Dave “Squids” Kerzner were pretty confident on what they wanted to create. Simon would be on drums & vocals (coincidence huh?!) & Dave on keys. The guys were joined by Kelly Nordstrom on guitars & bass, Matt Dorsey on guitars & bass and two special guests, Wells Cunningham on cello (tracks 1, 5, 7, 10, 11) & Hannah Stobart (The Wishing Tree) on vocals in the song “Beyond Illumination”.
Assuredly, Sound of Contact’s music base is progressive rock, but there’s more than that. Their sound has been nicely embellished with pop-rock, melodic, rock, atmospheric, space rock & dreamy elements. Surely, you will find lots of influences from Genesis, Pink Floyd, The Alan Parsons Project, Marillion, Spock’s Beards and so forth, but what I like in this release is that it doesn’t try to “copy” or “clone” the 70s prog rock music that was defined by the aforementioned & not only bands. The guys have paid extra attention on that field and Simon & Dave, who took care of the production, gave it a fresh, contemporary & full sound. Definitely Chris ‘Hollywood’ Holmes who engineered the album as well as Nick Davis (Genesis, Marillion etc.) who mixed it along with Gavin Lurssen & Reuben Cohen who did the mastering are responsible for the amazing final outcome as well.
“Dimensionaut” may be a concept prog rock album, but it ain’t “too complex” or too “weird” to get it. Simon & Dave have a wonderful taste for good melodies and that’s their trademark which is all over the album. Some may call it somewhat “commercial” for a prog rock album, but I don’t mind at all… given that its refined & catchy melodies can make it appealing. Tunes like “I Am Dimensionaut”, “Not Coming Down”, “Beyond Illumination” & “Only Breathing Out” can easily get some airplay but I don’t see anything bad on that in due course. That’s only for people to bitch about like discontented chicks. The last epic tune, “Möbius Slip”, which lasts about 19 minutes and it is divided in 4 parts (part 1 “The Difference Engine”, part 2 “Perihelion Continuum”, part 3 “Salvation Found”, part 4 “All Worlds All Times”) closes the album in a positive, pompous & ambitious way.
“Dimensionaut” may as well come to many lists with the best prog rock albums of 2013 at the end of the year, but that won’t be a surprise for me. The guys have created something really good and that raises the bar for the future. I’d love to see them evolve and go all the way for they do have the potential to do so…
Assuredly, Sound of Contact’s music base is progressive rock, but there’s more than that. Their sound has been nicely embellished with pop-rock, melodic, rock, atmospheric, space rock & dreamy elements. Surely, you will find lots of influences from Genesis, Pink Floyd, The Alan Parsons Project, Marillion, Spock’s Beards and so forth, but what I like in this release is that it doesn’t try to “copy” or “clone” the 70s prog rock music that was defined by the aforementioned & not only bands. The guys have paid extra attention on that field and Simon & Dave, who took care of the production, gave it a fresh, contemporary & full sound. Definitely Chris ‘Hollywood’ Holmes who engineered the album as well as Nick Davis (Genesis, Marillion etc.) who mixed it along with Gavin Lurssen & Reuben Cohen who did the mastering are responsible for the amazing final outcome as well.
“Dimensionaut” may be a concept prog rock album, but it ain’t “too complex” or too “weird” to get it. Simon & Dave have a wonderful taste for good melodies and that’s their trademark which is all over the album. Some may call it somewhat “commercial” for a prog rock album, but I don’t mind at all… given that its refined & catchy melodies can make it appealing. Tunes like “I Am Dimensionaut”, “Not Coming Down”, “Beyond Illumination” & “Only Breathing Out” can easily get some airplay but I don’t see anything bad on that in due course. That’s only for people to bitch about like discontented chicks. The last epic tune, “Möbius Slip”, which lasts about 19 minutes and it is divided in 4 parts (part 1 “The Difference Engine”, part 2 “Perihelion Continuum”, part 3 “Salvation Found”, part 4 “All Worlds All Times”) closes the album in a positive, pompous & ambitious way.
“Dimensionaut” may as well come to many lists with the best prog rock albums of 2013 at the end of the year, but that won’t be a surprise for me. The guys have created something really good and that raises the bar for the future. I’d love to see them evolve and go all the way for they do have the potential to do so…