Dominic Sanderson (UK) for Eclectic Prog

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   Dominic Sanderson, a young musician from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, draws inspiration from English bands like King Crimson, Pink Floyd and Marillion. In February 2023, Sanderson released an album titled "Impermanence". It's a conceptual album that was influenced by the classic progressive rock sound of the 1970s but had a contemporary edge. The album was recorded over the course of a year in a professional recording facility of the University of Liverpool. A large number of top-notch musicians gave up their time to help shape Sanderson's tunes and make his debut so good that shows the future of prog is in safe hands. Personnel:
Dominic Sanderson – Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar, Vocals, Mellotron

Tristan Apperley – Bass, Hammond organ, Mellotron, Synthesisers, Keyboards, Violin, Viola

Jacob Hackett – Drums, Congas, Percussion, Backing vocals

Aaron Butterworth – Cello, Mellotron

Tyler Swindley – Piano

Joshua Joyner – Synthesisers

Dan Ratcliffe – Violin

Abi Clark – Flute

Beatrice Overend – Baritone saxophone 

https://dominicsanderson.bandcamp.com/album/impermanence

Dominic Sanderson in concert, 2023

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Helix Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Or Svetonio Joined: April 14 2023 Location: London, England Status: Offline Points: 14	Post Options Post Reply Quote Helix Report Post Thanks(2) Quote Reply Topic: Dominic Sanderson (UK) for Eclectic Prog Posted: April 14 2023 at 08:41
	Dominic Sanderson, a young musician from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, draws inspiration from English bands like King Crimson, Pink Floyd and Marillion. In February 2023, Sanderson released an album titled "Impermanence". It's a conceptual album that was influenced by the classic progressive rock sound of the 1970s but had a contemporary edge. The album was recorded over the course of a year in a professional recording facility of the University of Liverpool. A large number of top-notch musicians gave up their time to help shape Sanderson's tunes and make his debut so good that shows the future of prog is in safe hands. Personnel: Dominic Sanderson – Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar, Vocals, Mellotron Tristan Apperley – Bass, Hammond organ, Mellotron, Synthesisers, Keyboards, Violin, Viola Jacob Hackett – Drums, Congas, Percussion, Backing vocals Aaron Butterworth – Cello, Mellotron Tyler Swindley – Piano Joshua Joyner – Synthesisers Dan Ratcliffe – Violin Abi Clark – Flute Beatrice Overend – Baritone saxophone https://dominicsanderson.bandcamp.com/album/impermanence Dominic Sanderson in concert, 2023

yam yam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Crossover Team Joined: June 16 2011 Location: Kerberos Status: Offline Points: 7695	Post Options Post Reply Quote yam yam Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: April 14 2023 at 19:58
	There was a feature on Dominic in the UK's 'Prog' Magazine on 6th Aug 2021, based on his earlier 5-track EP, 'Discarded Memories', which was released on September 4th 2020: PULLED IN BY THE COMPLEXITY OF PROG: DOMINIC SANDERSON. When 'Prog' natters to Dominic Sanderson down the phone, he’s not long discovered Gentle Giant. “I’m mad on them at the moment,” he says with a smile. It seems the 21-year-old English musician is still feeling his way around the nooks and crannies of the prog scene - but you couldn’t tell from his own music, which sounds accomplished, well-studied and belies his age. Sanderson is in effect a one-man prog band from Wakefield in West Yorkshire, having recorded all of the instrumentation on his debut EP, 'Discarded Memories', as well the vocals. The five-track was assembled piece by piece at home, and any DIY imperfections tend to be masked by the absorbing songwriting. “The only thing I guess I cheated with would be the drums, because I don’t play drums, so I just programmed them in,” he says. “But everything else was done by me.” The EP channels genre giants Steven Wilson and Marillion, and gains sizeable prog points as it opens with the almost 13-minute 'Empty Circles And Grains Of Sand (Part 1)'. Initially Sanderson had planned a lowkey release, but extra time afforded by the pandemic encouraged him to let his writing flow. In May, it was followed up by the more collaborative single 'This Night And The Wounds It Will Bring'. “My second year at university had been cut short, so I decided instead of just sitting around doing nothing, I would try and write as much as I could,” the music and English literature student explains. Other acts floating in Sanderson’s bank of musical influences are Pink Floyd and King Crimson, while Dream Theater were a gateway act, with six-stringer John Petrucci providing the inspiration to go beyond the power chords. “I think it’s pushing boundaries and trying to make the best music you possibly can,” he replies when asked what draws him to prog. “I am probably pulled in by the complexity of prog. When I was learning to play the guitar I just wanted to be as good as I could. It’s more than just the complexity, I just like the sound of it - I love the Mellotron, and the Hammond organ. I love those 70s sounds. But then I also really like all the ambient stuff that’s come out of more modern prog.” Sanderson, who plays in Flight Of Fancy and The Aerials too, also channels his love of prog through tapping away on the other kind of keyboard. He contributes to the Prog Rock Review website, which has a focus on highlighting contemporary prog acts. “I help to promote the underdogs like myself in the prog world who need some promotion,” he says. Music, meanwhile, has not been a recent, off-the-cuff foray for Sanderson. He first started playing guitar when he had barely started primary school, aged seven, and has not looked back since. “It was at that age where I was so hyper I was struggling to stick with it really,” he says. “But my parents were very pushy, and luckily I stuck with it.” A track from the EP was also included on the magazine's covermount disc at the time. Track four of the debut album 'Impermanence' played live: Review of the 'Impermanence' album on Progradar: https://www.progradar.org/index.php/2023/03/07/review-dominic-sanderson-impermanence/. Dominic Sanderson's facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/dominicsanderson1999/ (photo of a review of his 'Impermanence' album in the latest 'Prog' magazine - Issue 139, April 2023 - posted near the top of the page). And the YouTube channel of one of the bands he plays in: https://www.youtube.com/@flightoffancy2355 (five live tracks filmed in the Music Hub at the University of Liverpool). This guy belongs here for sure!

yam yam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Crossover Team Joined: June 16 2011 Location: Kerberos Status: Offline Points: 7695	Post Options Post Reply Quote yam yam Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: April 17 2023 at 02:04
	I would like to add that although Dominic Sanderson is unsigned, sells his music via Bandcamp, and doesn't have a physical copy available to purchase for any of his releases, he is also on all the other major streaming platforms (Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, Spotify etc), so I hope this will not be seen as an issue by the teams here when considering whether or not to take the suggestion forward for evaluation.

yam yam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Crossover Team Joined: June 16 2011 Location: Kerberos Status: Offline Points: 7695	Post Options Post Reply Quote yam yam Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 11 2023 at 16:44
	I'm sorry for bumping this topic, but it's drifted three pages down the sub-forum, and a physical CD of the 'Impermanence' album has been available for several weeks now: https://burningshed.com/dominic-sanderson_impermanence_cd. I didn't know when I posted my earlier comments that the originator of the suggestion, Helix, was actually an alias of our old friend Svetonio, who wasn't particularly popular with a good many people here, and was suspended a good few years ago for various reasons. Anyhow, that should really be totally irrelevant when considering whether to take the suggestion forward for evaluation. All that matters is whether or not the release(s) in question meets the criteria for being eligible for an evaluation here, and as far as I am concerned, this musician's material most certainly does. The bandcamp link to the latest album is already given in the OP, but as an alternative, here it is as a YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lgj8L209qVAwCSlgOPkrp8RkMh81jDtBA. Let's at least give this guy a fair crack of the whip, eh? Edit: He is actually a member here (DominicS), but hasn't logged in to the forums for over three years now. He did post four excellent reviews of some live concerts he attended in 2019 though. Probably been too buried in all the various aspects of his own music since then to have time for things like that any more! Edited by yam yam - June 11 2023 at 17:01

Mirakaze Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Eclectic, JRF/Canterbury, Avant/Zeuhl Joined: December 17 2019 Location: (redacted) Status: Offline Points: 4281	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mirakaze Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 17 2023 at 04:30
	Sorry for the delay! He has been added to our chart
	Freelance composer, accepting commissions \| Bandcamp page

yam yam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Crossover Team Joined: June 16 2011 Location: Kerberos Status: Offline Points: 7695	Post Options Post Reply Quote yam yam Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 17 2023 at 11:41
	^ No worries, thanks a lot for taking this forward.