Mattias IA Eklundh "Freak Guitar - The Road Less Traveled"

Mattias IA Eklundh "Freak Guitar - The Road Less Traveled"

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Mattias IA Eklundh
Freak Guitar - The Road Less Traveled
The Story
Swedish rock/metal/shred guitarist Mattias IA Eklundh is today considered one of the most innovative and ground breaking guitar players around with a fast growing global following from fellow "guitar nerds" to simply true music freaks. Mattias' minimalist, home-brewed, and stripped down approach to the guitar has surprised record buyers and journalists around the world. His follow up to his very successful 1999 solo CD "Freak Guitar" is entitled "Freak Guitar - The Road Less Traveled". Here you'll find 23 tracks of simply amazing and stunningly creative guitar work, bolstered by an all-instrumental version of Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water" (this isn't your father's "SOTW"!) There simply aren't any signs of expensive guitar effects or processors involved in his playing, despite the sometimes "outlandish" sounds you hear (Mattias receives e-mails daily from dedicated guys and gals asking him what type of whammy pedal he owns. He finds this very amusing). Note: The crazy RF-like distortion on "Caffeine" is intentional (listen to clip).
The Music
02:48 The Road Less Traveled Instrumental
02:00 There's No Money In Jazz Instrumental
02:09 Print This! Instrumental
03:34 Father Instrumental
01:28 No Strings Attached Instrumental
02:11 Caffeine Instrumental
03:47 Fletch Theme Instrumental
01:34 The Battle Of Bob Instrumental
02:45 Chopstick Boogie Instrumental
00:43 Toxic Donald Instrumental
04:16 Happy Hour Vocal
03:44 Smoke On The Water Instrumental
01:31 Insert Coin Instrumental
09:25 The Woman In Seat 27A Instrumental
01:29 Ketchup Is A Vegetable Instrumental
02:25 Samba Caramba Instrumental
03:13 White Trash Hyper Blues Instrumental
00:42 Toxic Mickey Instrumental
03:05 Minor Swing Instrumental
00:15 One-String Improvisation Instrumental
02:13 Asteroid 3834 Instrumental
02:39 Little Bastard Instrumental
00:36 Difficult Person Music Instrumental
The Artists
Mattias IA Eklundh Guitars, All Instruments, Production, Engineering, Mixing
Dragan Tanaskovic Mastering
Anders Nyberg Drawings
Camilla Ahiqvist Cover, Photography
Jerker Andersson Photography
Rie Teranishi Photography
Anette Richter Photography
Niklas Ottosson Horn Arrangement on "Minor Swing"
Johan Holmberg Trumpet on "Minor Swing"
Mattias Ekberg Trumpet on "Minor Swing"
Petter Winroth Trombone on "Minor Swing", PIano on "Minor Swing"
Per Rosenlund Alto Saxophone on "Minor Swing"
Jens Nilsson Tenor Saxophone on "Minor Swing"
Johnny Rodstrom Bartione Saxophone on "Minor Swing"
Recorded and mixed at Apple Horn Abusement, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Mastered at Bohus Mastering, Sweden.