By: Richard Pike
orking in various
capacities with guitar
legend Steve Vai for
several years now,
my PO box is often
crammed full of CDs
and tapes from
aspiring guitarists
from all around the
world, eager to
display their talents
and share their
music. Ranging
from fully produced
CDs rivaling major
releases to
homemade cassettes
with handwritten
labels, some are
stunningly good,
and of course many
are still early in their
development and a
little before their
time. In more than
five years, exactly
one such recording
has made me stop
whatever I was
doing and just stare
in awe and disbelief
at my speakers,
simply absorbing its
sounds and shapes
as they tumble
forward, and loving
every minute of it,
until the end of the
last song.
That record was
Andre LaFosse's
"Disruption Theory".
Fearlessly colorful
and inventive, it stirs
together elements of
rock, jazz,
electronica and
jungle rhythms into
a thoroughly
listenable package
that gets more
interesting with
every new listen.
When I found out
that every sound on
the disc, other than
the rhythm
programming and a
sole Mellotron
sample, was created
on an electric guitar,
and indeed that
every sound was
created by Andre
alone, I was again
awestruck. I'd just
been handed one of
the greatest guitar
records I've ever
heard, and it's
recorded by
someone in his 20s,
living right here in
Los Angeles.
Ladies and
gentlemen, please
allow me to
introduce you to
Andre LaFosse.
Remember the
name. Buy his
record. Thank me later.
Read the interview.
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