Year : 2017
Style : Melodic Rock , Female vocals
Country : Greece
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 115 mb
Bio:
Ailafar is a melodic Rock band based in Thessaloniki Greece. They have a self released album ''Long way to imagery'' 2011 and ''No Limits'' 2015.Ailafar was founded in late 2006 by John Tzortzis to perform his material. After some changes to the line up and few bar/club gigs they recorded the first demo in May 2009. In September 2009 the recordings of the first full album '' Long way to imagery'' began. It was finished in August 2011 with the help of several session musicians and new band members. The project album is self released and includes 12 songs written/arranged and produced by J.T, plus an extra song recorded in 2012. With a new line up the band played several bar/club gigs in Thessaloniki including a couple TV appearences and radio shows. Within a break of a year in 2013 the recordings of the second album started in May. It was finished in February 2015 and it's released by AorBlvdRecords. It includes 13 songs and guest vocal appearences from Stephan Kammerer( Frontline, Stereotide Germany) , Paul Jackson( Roadhouse- Pete Willis band, UK ) and David Saylor( Push UK, Wild rose UK). It also includes vocals by Tatiana Economou, Alexandra Mcay, Olga Katsenidou, Elisabeth Mari. The album is written/arranged and produced by J.T . Available by AorBlvdRecords and Cargo Records Distribution at all over the world!
Album:
Greek AOR combo AILAFAR return with new album titled "Heartbeat", and new label, Perris Records, so it's granted the album will be available in America as well. Ailafar sound & style is absolutely second half of the '80s AOR mixed with Melodic Rock, plenty of classy guitars typical from these genres and of course, layers of keyboards / synths all over.And "Heartbeat" is not an exception regarding these genres.As happened on the previous, this new album features guest vocalists including Steve Overland from FM, Dean Mess of hard rockers W.A.N.T.ED band, Kelly Blake of Jailcat, and Constantine Maris of Forbidden Sin.But now Ailafar sounds more tight than never before. It features the wonderful vocals of Elisabeth Mari who is a long time live member from the band.So in "Heartbeat" you have male / female lead vocals resulting in a more enjoyable set of songs.The album opens with the juicy midtempo 'Do You Really Want My Love?', a great melodic rocker where you can hear Ailafar step further in terms of production. Everything sounds crear and very well mixed.Then on 'Stop Running Away', the first of the female-fronted songs, the group bring to mind Saraya, while 'Bucket List' has a Vixen feel.'Now We Rock' is driven by more biting guitars, as well as 'Cast Away' a very catchy song with nice harmony vocals and a certain Robin Beck feel.There's Steve Overland providing class on the synth filled AOR of 'Dream Date' (one of the highlights), 'Come Like an Angel' is an organic melodic rocker with an American touch, and we find more AOR melodies on the semi-ballad 'Forever As One' (Heart / Ann Wilson influence), and a pumping AOR tune in the delicious duet 'My Heart Belongs to You'."Heartbeat" is another very strong album from Ailafar, a pure delight for '80s AOR / Melodic Rock fans. Tzortzis is a skilled songwriter and as guitarist keeps things simple adding an occasional solo but always concentrated in the rhythm of the tracks. And believe me, this provide a lot of catchiness.The band as a whole feels like a 'real band' indeed, and despite the male guest singers, Ailafar works darn fine as a female-fronted outfit as well.'80s AOR / Melodic Rock fans you need to listen to this one.
Line-Up:
Elisabeth Mari - Vocals
John Tzortzis - Guitars
Kostas Mauroudis - Bass
Vangelis Valis - Keyboards
Fotis Nestor - Drums
Guest lead vocals:
Steve Overland (FM)
Dean Mess (W.A.N.T.E.D)
Kelly Blake (Jailcat)
Constantine Maris (Forbidden Sin)
Tracklist:
01. Do You Really Want My Love?
02. Stop Running Away
03. Bucket List
04. Now We Rock
05. Dream Date
06. Live Love Dream (Lld)
07. Come Like An Angel
08. Forever As One
09. My Heart Belongs To You
10. Another You
11. Cast Away
12. Pulse
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