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Vol. 15, No. 2: Feb.-Mar. 2010
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Shred Recommendations
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Guitar Nine Records
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Joy Basu
Sinergy
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Taking a 360 degree turn from his 1997 eponymous debut instrumental hard rock 'n' shred CD, guitarist Joy Basu serves up a keyboard/guitar/machine-heavy electronia mix with Sinergy. Some of Basu's recent performance credits include J-Lo, Jessica Simpson, Nick Lachey, Joi, CoCo Lee, and Angie Stone. The tracks on Sinergy have today's hottest trance, house, techno, industrial, breakbeats, with traditional shred and modern innovative guitar effects. Some of the special guests on the CD include Julie Greaux (keys and/or vocals for Billy Idol, Berlin, Louis Migel), and David Vee (keys for The Gap Band, Jody Watley, David Lee Roth). Basu also whips out his axe for some heavy, ripping guitar fills/solos on tracks such as "Discharge", "Cyborg", "Phase 4" and "Clarity". Instrumental Guitar, total running time, 53:14
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In Review
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'Orange'
Review Featured In Eclectic Earwig Reviews
By: Scott Andrews
range, the second full-length album by guitarist,
writer, and multi-instrumentalist Joboj, is a noisy mixture of
influences metal, funk, and just plain weird, in a strange
style not unlike Zappa.
Instrumental rock is extremely difficult to keep truly original
and engaging. Joboj`s songwriting is so chaotic and scattered
that it remains both original and engaging, even if mainly for
the curiosity of seeing where he will go next. The most
interesting songs combine different styles, like funk and shred
in both "Throw Down a Mountain" and "Pooper." The arpeggiated
acoustic guitar on "Sleeping" and "Chameleon" is a bright
contrast to the strident feedback and chaotic riffing. Joboj
uses chromatic chord progressions often, for an odd, shifty
tonality that fits his sense of composition and melody.
The playing is quirkily entertaining and effectively
communicates Joboj`s twisted vision. He can shred with
imagination and he`s not afraid to play slow and melodic.
Orange stands out from the instrumental guitar pack due
to the unbridled creativity of Joboj.
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