Universal Mojo, the latest brilliant new studio disc by Tristan Klein, a phenomenal instrumental guitarist from France, features 11 tracks of remarkable, superb, world-class, inventive, blues-based heavy guitar riffage that sets new standards for truly outstanding Total Guitar music. An incredible bluesy heavy guitar journey, it features special guests Greg Koch, Craig Erickson and Jean Michel Kajdan. Tristan Klein is a gifted axemaster whose exceptional, sophisticated guitar playing is on par with the best guitarists in the world. Klein dominates the new "Guitar Hero" throne with endless style and class fused with impeccable technique and strong, outstanding compositional skills. The man is an intelligent and talented guitarist who has a lot to say on the instrument and one who is on top of the evolutionary scale for guitar players. Tristan Klein speaks many languages on the guitar and one thing is for certain: his instrumental musical message is world-wide and universal as he communicates through his incredible, dynamic "six-string mojo", hence the title "Universal Mojo". Tune in and learn the true meaning of real guitar music that is both timeless and remarkable. It takes a lot to move the folks at the Grooveyard label, and Tristan Klein is one of the best guitarists they have heard in a long time.
| 1 | Alligator Instrumental Guitar | 5:35 |
| 2 | Dark Side Instrumental Guitar | 5:18 |
| 3 | Mojo Instrumental Guitar | 7:29 |
| 4 | Not Dead Yet Instrumental Guitar | 2:49 |
| 5 | Georgia Instrumental Guitar | 2:25 |
| 6 | Solid Ground Instrumental Guitar | 3:41 |
| 7 | Green Zone Instrumental Guitar | 4:28 |
| 8 | Retro Voodoo Funk Express Instrumental Guitar | 4:47 |
| 9 | Blues For J.M. Instrumental Guitar | 6:05 |
| 10 | Shades Of Blue Instrumental Guitar | 4:55 |
| 11 | Gratitude Instrumental Guitar | 11:08 |
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Interview: Tristan Klein
April-May 2010