Dreamland

Getting together with bassist Dave Waterbury (formerly with Spirit), guitarist Dennis Lotka serves up his first CD, Dreamland, an all instrumental rockfest, featuring twelve energetic, uptempo numbers. Fans of Van Halen, Schenker, Satriani and Blackmore will warm up to the tunage found on the duo's debut - tracks such as "Seven" and "Alien Hokey Pokey" jump out of the speakers and command the attention of even the most jaded air guitarist. Lotka later tones it down with change-of-pace numbers such as "Prelude - Bach Suite #1" (played on acoustic guitar), before putting the hammer down with aggressive tracks such as "Oh Yes". Dreamland is paced quite nicely, with varied material that never strays too far from its hard rock base. Clearly a six-string talent to be reckoned with, Lotka will find many new fans with his original instrumental offering.