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Verplanken comes back with a new release entitled â??The Missing Tracksâ?? which is a fitting response to the stunning â??Autopsy Of A Dreamâ?? in a more accomplished and personal way. The compositions are elaborate, sometimes sophisticated, but always deep and intense. The opening track â??Voyageâ?? propels the listener strait away into a space odyssey where enchantment and anguish rival in intensity. â??On The Edgeâ?? bluntly brings the listener back to a reality full of doubts and uncertainties that are generated by talkative and obsessive guitars whereas the magnificent and enthralling choirs of â??Islandâ?? bring some salutary but precarious relief and serenity. â??Looking For The Sunâ?? puts an end to the peaceful atmosphere with clamorous and insistent saxophones which create a new disturbing and disorienting climate. From the very beginning, the album is filled with underlying tension that comes at its height in tracks 2 & 4 and finally has no choice but! to retreat before getting to the highlight track of the album: the gorgeous and mesmerizing â??Welcomeâ??. This time, Verplanken puts his musical influences aside and as a sonic explorer, succeeds in developing his own style. He provides an astonishing sonic odyssey that can be viewed as a further advancement in his musical evolution and an excellent example of his growing maturity. â??The Missing Tracksâ?? appears to be an outstanding and original album brimming with emotional richness. With such a convincing result, Verplanken might reconcile the public with contemporary music often described as cold, intellectual and elitist.