Year : 2001 (AOR Heaven Records Edition)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 132 mb
Bio:
Sahara is an AOR/melodic hard rock band from Göteborg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden.Not to be confused with: Sahara from the USA.Formed by vocalist / songwriter Ulrick Lönnqvist and guitarist Peter Lidström, helped in the recording by capable session musician & friends, including Kaspar Dahlquist of prog metallers Treasure Land and Stormwind.SAHARA musical style is class, elegant AOR from the pure Scandinavian school, sonically in the league of STREET TALK, BAD HABIT, Denander’s RADIOACTIVE, JOURNEY, etc, driven by a strong guitar work, clean vocals, and melodic choruses.Önly one album "Sahara" originally released 2001 via Point Music/ AOR Heaven, the self-titled debut album by Swedish AOR group SAHARA belongs to the 2000’s classics of the genre.The album is currently one of the most sought-after CD‘s in the genre and will be released on May 29, 2026, remastered by Harry Hess (Harem Scarem), numbered, and limited to 500 CDs as re-issue Vol. 24 via Pride & Joy Music Classixx, and digitally via Pride & Joy Music. Like all other CDs in the series, this CD will only be available at shop.prideandjoy.de while stock will last.
Lead singer Ulrick Lönnqvist initially started out with the band Sahara who released a self-titled album in 2001 on AOR Heaven. Since then he has mainly been working as a songwriter and co-writer for different bands all around Sweden, i.e. with Hal Marabel (Bad Habit), Morgan Jensen (Swedish Erotica), Jake E (Amaranthe), Michael Palace (Palace) and Andreas Gullstrand (Creye) to name a few. So the seed to the new project and band Code Red was planted many years ago in fact, when colleagues and partners became close friends.During 2016 while Lönnqvist was co-writing songs for the new albums with Jim Jidhed, Creye, Mad Invasion and Find Me, producer Daniel Flores (The Murder Of My Sweet, Find Me) approached him and suggested that he really should record an album of his own. It was never Lönnqvist's ambition to be a solo artist, but Flores convinced him and wanted to produce the album. The singer teamed up with co-writers Morgan Jensen (Swedish Erotica) and Michael Palace (Palace, Big Time) and along with lead guitarist Oscar Bromvall (Palace, Erika) and keyboard player Kaspar Dahlqvist (Shadowquest, Dionysus) the line-up was complete. Code Red was born.It felt like a natural step to approach Georg Siegl at AOR Heaven and he believed in the songs and Code Red right from the start. The band recorded their debut album during the spring of 2017 at Sound Vs. Science in Stockholm under the direction of producer Daniel Flores and Ulrick Lönnqvist. It was a pure labour of love, resulting in the melodic rock album, titled “Incendiary”.
Album:
Here’s the now rare self-titled CD by Swedish group SAHARA – there’s many bands named SAHARA, but this one originated from Göteborg, Sweden – formed by vocalist / songwriter Ulrick Lönnqvist and guitarist Peter Lidström, helped in the recording by capable session musician & friends, including Kaspar Dahlquist of prog metallers Treasure Land and Stormwind.SAHARA musical style is class, elegant AOR from the pure Scandinavian school, sonically in the league of STREET TALK, BAD HABIT, Denander’s RADIOACTIVE, JOURNEY, etc, driven by a strong guitar work, clean vocals, and melodic choruses. The song ‘Silent Rain’ has a certain BON JOVI feel. Michael Erlandsson contributes backing vocals all over the record, and he’s a fine reference too for the music comprised on “Sahara”.All songs are good, but from the middle of the CD to the end are even better!”Released by AOR Heaven Records and distributed by Point Music – two companies that really helped for the Melodic Rock / AOR resurgence – now this CD is out of print and it’s very hard to find.Vocalist Ulrick Lönnqvist name will ring a bell for sure, as currently concentrated in songwriting has contributed songs for the latest albums of CREYE, ROBIN McAULEY, BAD HABIT, ROB MORATTI, CRAZY LIXX, ONE DESIRE, and more… simply one of the best and most requested writers from the genre.
Line Up:
Ulrick Lönnqvist – Lead & Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitars - See also: Code Red
Peter Lidström – Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Backing Vocals
+ Guesta:
Hazze Wazzeen – Bass
Magnus Eliasson – Bass
Fredrik Winero – Drums
Kaspar Dahlqvist – Keyboards
Rolando Lara Almaralez – Percussion
Michael Erlandsson – Backing Vocals
Tracklist:
01. Time Is A Healer
02. Stranger
03. Over And Over
04. Dreams
05. The Fire
06. Never Say Never
07. Silent Rain
08. Dream Of You
09. Deep Inside
10. What Is Love
11. The Night
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