Album Review: Dornik

This is a brilliant debut album from a new English artist called Dornik. He has been called the English equivalent of D'Angelo but I can hear many influences in there such as Ne Yo, Erykah
Badu, Michael Jackson, Usher and Prince. The nearest English band or artist that I can think of is the group Mamas Gun.

It is an album that you have to listen to a few times before its brilliance becomes apparent and every time I hear it I discover something different,there are so many twists and turns but always with a hook in the song.

The album starts off with Strong, a track that has the beat of the the Kenny Loggins track Footloose and is a track designed for long lazy summer days before the song ends with a deft keyboard hook.

Stand in Line uses a sample off the Mary Jane Girls hit, All Night Long and the tracks reminds me slightly of Michael Jacksons Rock with You, a song written by Rod Temperton who also has a knack of writing songs like Dornik that are commercial but have a hook that stays in your head all day.

The quality continues with the track Chainsmoke, another Jackson influenced track whilst on Drive a funky guitar riff over a deft melody results in another superb track.

Where he fits in on the UK music scene at present is hard to contemplate and his fortunes might be overseas which would be the UK's loss. I hope that his record company view him as a long term career based artist because this album sounds like the start of a long journey given the opportunity.

4 out of 5