Random Acts of Liberation Dilemma

• 1The Space Between the Waves04:30
• 2Amsterdam (This City)04:59
• 3Aether06:46
• 4All That Matters04:32
• 5The Inner Darkness12:04
• 6Dear Brian02:17
• 7Prodigal Son05:03
• 8Pseudocomaphobia05:15
• 9Spiral II02:08
• 10Openly05:56
• 11Intervals03:46
• 12Play with Sand05:50
• 13Wonder (Not of My Own)06:14
• 14The Mist of Vale02:40
• Total Runtime01:12:00

Info for Random Acts of Liberation

The Dutch/British melodic and progressive rock act Dilemma. Since their last gig in April 2012, the band disappeared from the public eye. But behind the scenes these guys have been busy with their album Random Acts Of Liberation, which has been mixed by Rich Mouser (Spock's Beard, Transatlantic, Neal Morse). Founder and keyboardist Robin Z is still an important part of the team. So is drummer Collin Leijenaar (Kayak, Neal Morse, Dave Bainbridge, Affector), who handled the production side of things this time. The band today consists furthermore of British guitarist/vocalist/ front man Declan 'Dec' Burke (Frost, Audioplastik, Darwin's Radio), guitarist Paul Crezee and bass player Erik van der Vlis. Dilemma is no stranger to the melodic and progressive rock landscape.

"The music throughout is written by all members of the band, with the lyrics predominantly being penned by Robin Z, although some other members also do contribute to the lyrics here and there. This furthers the sense of the album being a band effort. Several guests appear throughout, including mixer Rich Mouser on guitar. Despite his omnipresence vocally and on guitar, Burke has the least amount of songwriting credits, perhaps because much of the material was written before he joined the band. It will be interesting to see how that develops with subsequent albums, given that he makes such a strong impact." (sonicperspectives.com)

Robin Z (Zuiderveld), keyboards, grand piano, syntheziser
Collin Leijenaar, drums, loops, percussion, keyboards, sounddesign, backing vocals
Declan ‘Dec’ Burke, guitars, vocals
Paul Crezee, guitars
Erik van der Vlis, bass
Guests:
Rich Mouser, guitars
Piet Hein Appelo, guitars (on tracks 5, 8)
Nando Eweg, Omnichord, keyboards (on track 4)
Jessica Koomen, backing vocals
Frank van Essen, violin (on tracks 2, 6)
Paul Sutman, vocals (on track 2)
Zeph Daw, spoken word (on track 12)

Dilemma
Dutch/British melodic and progressive rock act Dilemma pulled a phoenix stunt on us and has risen from the ashes! For several years the band disappeared from the public eye. But behind the scenes they have been working hard on their new studio album ‘Random Acts Of Liberation’. This gem has been mixed by Rich Mouser (Spock’s Beard, Transatlantic, Neal Morse) and was released in November 2018 via Butler Records/Music On Vinyl.

Dilemma consists of founder and keyboardist Robin Z, drummer Collin Leijenaar ( Neal Morse, Dave Bainbridge, Affector, Kayak)guitarist Paul Crezee and bass player Erik van der Vlis, who all where part of Dilemma since right after the release of debut album Imbroccata in 1995. Last but not least, British guitarist/vocalist/front man Dec Burke (Frost*, Audioplastik, Darwin’s Radio) joined Dilemma in 2017 to finish the recordings of the new album.

“I’m extremely proud of this record”, says drummer/producer Collin Leijenaar about ‘Random Acts Of Liberation. “We have gone the extra mile and relied on all our experience to make all the details work – and we’ve used a lot of resources as well”, says Leijenaar with a big smile on his face. In fact the whole band actually flew from Holland (Dec Burke from England) to L.A. to work with Rich Mouser, known for his work with Spock’s Beard, The Neal Morse Band, Transatlantic and others. Leijenaar: “I’ve known Rich for a long time, through Neal Morse and my other band Affector. Rich is a genius mixer and real audio pro. We all went to his studio to make the best sounding record possible and even re-recorded some stuff there for an even better result.”

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