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Destination Unknown is the solo project of American singer Brad Henshaw on AOR Blvd Records, there´s little info about musicians from the record label but I know the songs are a mix of covers and 3 original compositions by Henshaw. The album opens with the stunning ”Rivals”, penned by Adrian Gurvitz and I know the original demo that´s a killer but this version is great too. It´s followed by ”One heart” written by Henshaw and it´s a traditional AOR song close to Benny Mardones, ”Where do we go” is a west coast/pop tune by the artist himself but it sounds like an album filler I´m afraid while ”Holding on” is reminiscent of 2 A.M. quite cool.

Le saxophoniste Pierrick Pedron revient au jazz de la plus belle des manieres avec l’album Unknown realise par Laurent de Wilde. Pour son neuvieme album, Pierrick Pedron au jeu de saxophone alto toujours aussi lyrique revient au format jazz apres avoir explore les vibrations de la soul et des musiques psychedeliques. Unknown presente huit compositions, et une fabuleuse reprise presque meconnaissable d’Enjoy The Silence de Depeche Mode. Des le premier morceau, le bien nomme Unknown, on saute effectivement dans l’inconnu, au coeur d’un univers jazz qui se situe entre le post-bop et le pre-free ou l’improvisation domine. Pierrick Pedron nous surprend dans ce registre musical, on songe a Charles Mingus ou Eric Dolphy par la force d’expression et l’inventivite en toute liberte. Tout au long de l’album Unknown, la musique est a la fois puissante, elegante, et radicale.

Back in 2000, Golden Bay Records released an album hailed as one of the best New Zealand produced ambient records of the decade. Featuring a warm, watery womb of sound that leaves you feeling naked and newborn, Bluey relies on the dislocating properties of dub to give a sense of strangeness and space, creating an effect that will have you sinking so deep into the upholstery, you'll need a ladder to climb out! A journey into all things deep, downbeat and dubby, the album opens with the epic, Rhythm and Sound-esque title track, which has been a crowd favourite every time Bluey has played live. While Just One More and 8m Swell are bouncy breaks numbers, and All The Time In The World and Sticky Pond fuse dub and trance tracks such as Skip'n'Swing show a more funky side…

The Unknown was formed smack dab in the sweet spot, 1987. A mainstay on the Florida’s west coast, the truly AOR band started gaining a following with each show played which then yielded bigger and bigger gigs. They were eventually asked to play spring break gigs in Ft. Lauderdale, one of the biggest draws for college students. There was a theory behind this…The Unknown drew lots and lots of girls to their shows and the boys would follow…the band was untouchable and could play anywhere they wanted on the Florida scene. In 1989, The Unknown released their first and only album “Big Dreams”…a true gem that now fetches about $150 on ebay – but know you can get the remastered version of it for a normal price thanks to FnA Records. This album is some of the purest AOR one can find.

GAIN Music has announced the forthcoming release of Swedish rockers H.e.a.t‘s latest album, to be titled Into the Great Unknown. It will be the band’s 5th studio album and will be available from September 21, 2017.