New Atlantic

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New Atlantic were an early 1990s UK rave band from Southport, Merseyside. They were made up of Richard Lloyd and Cameron Saunders, and best known for their UK number 12 dance hit I Know in March 1992. They were signed to Liverpool's 3-Beat Records, which in turn signed the track to Pete Waterman's PWL Records, leading to global chart success.

Their appearance on Top of the Pops achieved a certain degree of notoreity, with the worst vocal performance in the show's history leading the The Sun having a competition "to find New Atlantic a singer". Despite this the track 'I Know' remains to this day a rave anthem which appears on the vast majority of compilation cd's celebrating the era.

New Atlantic also produced Berri's top five U.K. hit, a dance cover of Elkie Brooks' Sunshine after the Rain, and released a number of other records and an album before fading into obscurity for a number of years.

Cameron Saunders is now part of the DJ production duo The Young Punx.