The Floyd influence is immediately apparent on the opening track “Stranded” a five part epic. There is very little water and the desert is patrolled by killing machines, and so unfolds this great concept album. The traveler is injured and delirious on a hostile landscape.
The album “New World” follows the tale of a space pilot who has crashed in a desert. Generally the mix is well balanced and has excellent dynamics, the sound stage is moderately wide, but there is a heavy weighting to the upper mid-range, which push the keyboards out a bit more. However, we only have a high resolution stereo offering that includes over 220 minutes of music. After many years working in sound design and production with SR and as a keyboardist with other artists, Dave decided it was time to take center stage as lead vocalist and put out his first Progressive Rock album as a solo artist.Īs a fan of multi-channel mixes, this release would lend itself well to that format. Along with Kerzner on vocals and keyboards, the album features special guest Steve Hackett on guitars, Nick D’Virgilio of Spocks Beard, Durga McBroom from Pink Floyd, a mini moog solo by Keith Emerson, and Jason Scheff of Chicago, among others.Īlso known as “Squids”, Dave Kerzner is a songwriter, producer, keyboardist and vocalist with a long list of collaborations in the world of prog. Fans who like Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” will surely be enthralled width Dave Kerzner’s debut solo album, “New World.” A former member of the Progressive Rock band “Sound of Contact,” his new release has been mixed by legendary engineer Tom Lord-Alge, and is available as a FLAC 24bit / 96hKz download and on CD.
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