Dornik

Dornik

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Record Label
PMR / Island

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Guardian New Band of The Day: ‘’What would Michael Jackson sound like if he worked with Disclosure? Like this... Dornik's is arguably the first decent UK version of a particular strand of sophisticated hi-tech studio-polished black American dance music since Loose Ends and 52nd Street.’’

London-based singer and producer Dornik never went after the spotlight, but the spotlight found him anyway. The quiet spoken Croydon native was content for years to stay behind the drumkit, drumming for popstars on tour and keeping his own bedroom-recorded, sun-streaked electronic love songs a secret. “It was just a private hobby,” he says now. “I never saw myself as a frontman.” It was while on tour with Jessie Ware that she heard his demos, and immediately knew he’d be right at home alongside her on PMR, the home of forward-thinking, leftfield pop. If it wasn’t for her, the world might never have stumbled across this hidden gem. Dornik made his first appearance on the musical landscape back in 2013, with the bubbling electronic soul of “Something About You.” Over the course of the next two years, he followed this with “Rebound,” “On My Mind” and “Second Thoughts”: groove-led jams that focus around his percussionist obsession with creating addictive rhythms. 

TRACK LISTING

01. Strong
02. Blush
03. Stand In Your Line
04. Shadow
05. Second Thoughts
06. Mountain
07. Chain Smoke
08. Something About You
09. Drive
10. On My Mind

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