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 Simon Collins performs during the First Contact concert at l'Olympia in Montreal Canada during the Marillion Weekend in March 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | In Continuum |
| Origin | Miami,Florida, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Inside Out |
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Sound of Contact is a British-basedprogressive rock band currently consisting of Matt Dorsey (guitars, bass) andDave Kerzner (keyboards, guitars), withSimon Collins (lead vocals, drums, percussion) and Kelly Nordstrom (guitars, bass) previously being members. Formed in 2009, the band released their debutalbum in May 2013.[1][2]
Co-founding members of the band, Simon Collins and Dave Kerzner, met inNew York at rehearsals forGenesis in 2006.[1] While Genesis was on itsTurn It On Again tour during 2007, Collins and Kerzner, along with Kelly Nordstrom, recorded acover of the 1981 Genesis song, "Keep It Dark," as a tribute to Collins' father,Phil Collins.[1][3][4] The younger Collins then developed his 2008 solo album,U-Catastrophe, in association with Kerzner and Nordstrom, who contributed to the album as songwriters and performers.[4][5] Collins met Matt Dorsey through their record label while forming a touring band for hisU-Catastrophe tour.[6] Nordstrom had worked with Collins for several years as a guitarist, bassist and songwriter, contributing to his 2005 album,Time For Truth as well asU-Catastrophe.[6]
In 2009, Collins approached Kerzner about forming a band.[7] After enlisting help from Nordstrom and Dorsey, work began on their first project as a band inMiami,Florida, with the end result being their first album,Dimensionaut.[1] After the album's release, Nordstrom made the decision to leave the band due to family commitments.[8] Following several months of touring and promotion, Kerzner announced his departure from the band in January 2014 in order to concentrate on his companySonic Reality and pursue his own music projects.[9] Kerzner and Nordstrom rejoined the band in April 2015 and began working with Collins and Dorsey inOxfordshire on the group's second album, but on 20 January 2018, Collins and Nordstrom both announced their departure from the group. At present it is unknown whether the band will continue, although Dorsey and Kerzner have formed a new band In Continuum, with which they recorded and released the material originally meant for the second Sound of Contact album.[10]
Collins' musical influences were from his father,Phil Collins, and his bandGenesis, as well as theelectronica,punk,grunge, andnew wave genres.[11][12] From 2007 to 2010, Dorsey was a member of thepunk rock band Dead Mechanical, as well as a member of Collins' solo touring band.[6][13][14]
Collins described Sound of Contact as acrossoverprogressive rock band, taking a modern approach to the genre, while also maintaining apop sound that was present in progressive rock of the 1970s.[15][16]
Between 2010 and 2012, the group developed and recorded their first and only studio album,Dimensionaut, with assistance from sound engineersNick Davis and Chris Holmes.[1] The band recorded in trios atVancouver,British Columbia'sGreenhouse Studios, then moved work on the album toEngland as well as Kerzner's Sonic Reality studios in Miami.[1] After the group publicly announced the band's identity as "Sound of Contact" in December 2012, an online video teaser forDimensionaut was released.[7] Sound of Contact signed its firstrecording contract withInside Out Music in March 2013.[17]Dimensionaut was released worldwide in late May 2013,[2] with "Not Coming Down" released as the band's firstsingle[18] and "Pale Blue Dot," its second single released in March 2014.[19]
Tour dates and concerts were scheduled for the band after they signed a recording contract with Inside Out Music. In conjunction with the bandsMarillion[20] andSpock's Beard,[21] Sound of Contact performed in theirconcert debut on 24 March 2013 inMontreal, Quebec, Canada. The band then traveled toEurope for a short tour with Spock's Beard andBeardfish in May 2013 beginning inSheffield,England and ending inHamburg,Germany.[21] During the summer of 2013, Sound of Contact traveled back to Germany to perform at the "Night of the Prog" festival inLorelei.[22] A 2014Dimensionaut tour was announced in March 2014, beginning a month later inLos Angeles,California and ending on 12 May 2014 inCopenhagen,Denmark.[23][24]
In April 2014, the band performed on both the Moody Blues Cruise and Cruise to the Edge, and also made its television debut in the same month on theKDFW morning program "Good Day Dallas".[23][25][26]
Sound of Contact received the "Limelight" award for Best New Group at the second-annualProgressive Music Awards held in September 2013.[27][28]
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