Unchain Your Mind
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Unchain Your Mind was the first studio album by the Acid Jazz
band Heavyshift
. Released in 1995, it went on the Billboard Jazz Charts at number two and was named Jazz FM
's 'Album of the Year'
It featured the single '90 Degrees in the Shade', which although heavily influenced by the electronic sounds of the 90's, was a representation of the band's future 'Acid Swing' direction.
All the tracks on the album are instrumentals, with perhaps the exception of 'Obey the Rules of the Night' which featured a sampled vocal chorus and bridge.
Ship to Paradise - 4:49
Unchain your Mind - 5:23
From Childbirth to Bingo - 5:32
Hawaii Five O Theme - 4:15
Bigfoot - 5:14
Bukowski and Christ -4:17
90 Degrees in the Shade - 5:14
Obey the Rules of the Night - 4:14
Oscar Bravo - 5:55
Acid jazz
Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly looped beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic dance: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd and Grant Green are...
band Heavyshift
Heavyshift
Heavyshift is the name of a British acid jazz trio composed of William South and John Wallace and Julian Fenton , who first met and started gigging together around 1994. They have so far released four albums...
. Released in 1995, it went on the Billboard Jazz Charts at number two and was named Jazz FM
Jazz FM
Jazz FM may refer to:*Jazz FM , a digital jazz radio station in the United Kingdom.*102.2 Jazz FM, a defunct radio station based in London, England.*100.4 Jazz FM, a defunct radio station based in Manchester, England....
's 'Album of the Year'
It featured the single '90 Degrees in the Shade', which although heavily influenced by the electronic sounds of the 90's, was a representation of the band's future 'Acid Swing' direction.
All the tracks on the album are instrumentals, with perhaps the exception of 'Obey the Rules of the Night' which featured a sampled vocal chorus and bridge.
Track listing
Blue Mambo - 4:34Ship to Paradise - 4:49
Unchain your Mind - 5:23
From Childbirth to Bingo - 5:32
Hawaii Five O Theme - 4:15
Bigfoot - 5:14
Bukowski and Christ -4:17
90 Degrees in the Shade - 5:14
Obey the Rules of the Night - 4:14
Oscar Bravo - 5:55