In the studio and as a live musician, Prashant's voice on the guitar is one of a kind. Fans and fellow musicians alike seek him out in hopes of duplicating his technique and tone, but its winning combination is inimitable. Audiences are mesmerized by his unique groove and the skill, passion and spontaneity with which he plays. A guitarist of Prashant's caliber is a rare breed.

I've been listening to this new album "Revelation: Fully Loaded" for about a week now. I think I'm on my third time listening to it and I'm finding it more and more enjoyable to listen to! I heard things that I had missed the first two times around.

Prashant covers a wide area on genres (aggressive acid music). Greg Howe produced tracks 1 thru 9, played some solos, and helped with the bass programming. George Black produced 10 thru 12 and mastered the whole album. Alex Evens plays bass and on drums is Joey Heredia. These guys are one tight outfit. The percussion and bass playing is bon appetite, and leaving you wanting more.

Music, it seems, was inside of him from Day One. His father, an avid follower and sometime singer of classical Indian music, would play music and take him to concerts while he was still in his mother's womb. So it was only natural when Prashant picked up the tabla, an Indian percussion instrument, when he was 8 years old. "I loved it," he recalls of those days. "What kid doesn't love banging on drums? But I realized that I didn't understand music until I started studying it." Playing the tabla gave him an understanding of music and a solid sense of time and rhythm.

And, rhythm is what this guy has got, Lots of it! One of his most soulful songs is "Hiding Under The Covers." Wow! The guitarz in this were really done well. Al Dimeola comes to mind on this one. The first song "Seven" come out of the gate strong. Cool percussive crunchy rhythmic playing gets you into a hypnotic groove right away. Then, in mid-stream Prashant sets you up for a light feel progression with a really cool lead motif. The bass playing on this is outstanding. Very funky for sure. Like I said, Prashant really likes mixing things up within each song. The solo on this tune is flawless. You can't stop bobbing your head and playing air guitar listening to the stuff!

There are also a lot of jazz elements on this album too. If you dig folks like Mike Stern, Steve Lukather, Frank Gambale, and Stanley Jordan, etc. You will also definitely get your groove on listening Prashant's melodies and arrangements. What do you expect from a Musician's Institute GIT Instructor anyway?

By the way, Prashant has been featured in Guitar Magazine - March, 1999 (review and article), and Guitar Magazine - August, 1999 (2 page interview).

One song the really pulled at me was a Zep / Sabbath inspired song called "Switch". Killa vibe on this one. Prashant really let's this song breath which shows maturity in his playing. Prashant does a call and response pentatonic lead arrangement with the guitarz on this. He does some awesome riffin' back and forth between the channels (you know...cuttin' headz). The main melody line is very hippy-ish sounding with the wah-flanged induced sliding drone chord progression that is very mesmerizing and dark.

This album has twelve songs on it, and every song has something to offer. That's hard to keep up when you are dealing with instrumental albums. You can't be repetitious! Ya got to keep shaking things up! This is a great album for you fitness nuts out there. Listening to Prashsant's music will help give you that little push across the finish line. Kick-ass for video gamers too! Turn down that awful, dreadful background music and put on this album. Prashant's music guarantees to take you to that next impossible level.

On scale from 1 to 10 for an all instrumental album, I give Prashant Aswani's new album - Revelation: Fully Loaded a Rezounding "10".