Dawn creates its own music with a vintage sound, inspired by great prog rock bands. Dawn played several live performances: opening band for Kansas and Fish, Montreux Prog Nights, Progsol & Prog’Sud festivals.

 

Recorded in 2007, Loneliness is the first official record of Dawn. Loneliness was very well received by the critics and sold well for a self-produced album.

 

The album Darker was recorded in 2013 by Olivier Charmillot, mastered by Bob Katz and released by the american label The Laser’s Edge in April 2014.

Dawn - RENÉ DEGOUMOIS

RENÉ DEGOUMOIS

Vocals, electric and acoustic guitars

Influences

Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Yes,
King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Ryuchi Sakamoto,
Django Reinhardt, Genesis, Peter Gabriel,
The Beach Boys, Astor Piazzola, Josias Jenny
(swiss folk music), Led Zeppelin, Brahms,
Beethoven, Schostakovich, Bach, Händel,
Queen, folk music from Bulgaria, …

Other projects

Swiss folk music

Dawn - NICOLAS GERBER

NICOLAS GERBER

Keyboards

Influences

Deep Purple, Weather Report, Frank Zappa, Queen, Bill Evans, J.-S. Bach, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Jimmy Smith, Yes, Keith Jarrett, Jimi Hendrix, Chick Corea.

Other projects

60 Miles (jazz), Voices from the Desert (hebrew poetry), The Coockers (Joe Cocker tribute band)

Dawn - Julien Vuataz

Julien Vuataz

Bass

Influences

Led Zepplin, C.F. Ramuz, Jethro Tull, Homer J. Simpson, Pink Floyd, Emir Kusturica, King Crimson, Isildur’s Bane, David Cronenberg, After Crying, Boxer Beer, Gnidrolog, Nosfell, Queen, Lars Von Trier, Peter Gabriel, Edvard Munch, Porcupine Tree, Hayao Miyazaki, Frank Zappa, Antonin Dvorak, Deep Purple, John Waters, Noir Désir, George A. Romero.

Other projects

Some 70′s rock cover bands, «Montreux Prog Nights» founder

Dawn - Manu Linder

Manu Linder

Drums

Influences

Peter Gabriel, Jeff Buckley, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, The Police, Frank Zappa, Genesis, Radiohead, Weather Report, Nine Inch Nails, David Bowie, Tool, Perfect Circle, U2, Prince, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Me’Shell Ndegeocello
Art Blakey, Toni Williams, Jack DeJohnette, Joey Baron, Ed Blackwell, Billy Higgins, Brian Blade, Chris Dave, Trilock Gurtu, Marcel Papaux, Mat Cameron
and a lot of more…

Other projects

Garden Portal (pop-rock), Jaaq (rap), Onirical Blend (jazz), 8h30 (jazz-fusion), Wambli (jazz), Saxtet (Jazz)