A New Dawn - The Album
A New Dawn - The Album
Not just music.
A moment to reset.
To breathe. To begin again.
My album A New Dawn is available on all streaming platforms.
Limited edition LP coming soon.
What if life forces you to stop — and you have to start again, from silence?
That’s what happened to percussionist DOMNIQ when he was diagnosed with melanoma, a form of skin cancer. He went from the world’s biggest stages to months of stillness and uncertainty. It was in that silence that the idea for the album A New Dawn was born — music as a way to process, to reflect, and to imagine a new beginning.
Blending acoustic percussion with electronics, the album moves through emotional states: fragility, resistance, calm, energy. Each piece was shaped during that time, including collaborations with Hanna Benn, Deantoni Parks, and Jelle Verstraten.
DOMNIQ is known for his genre-defying projects that blend classical precision with fearless experimentation. He is the first percussionist to win the Dutch Music Prize, and the recipient of all three top awards at the TROMP Percussion Competition (jury, press, audience).
A New Dawn is more than an album. It’s an invitation. To reset. To breathe. To begin again.
“At that time, it felt like I was drowning in a tsunami of emotions. But through composing, I could stay afloat, giving my feelings a place.
Melodies of melancholy, sounds of despair, but also beats that give hope to the still- beating heart. Music drifts through the air, each note a petal of a flower swirling in the wind. When I release control with my whole body and embrace the flow of life.”
— Text from the Theatre Performance A New Dawn: Part II by Guus van der Steen