Alchemy - the process of turning base metal into gold. Translating technique into musical experience. These are The Alchemists. This is the album you hold in your hands, a collection of 27 of the world's finest guitarists. The Alchemists has been bubbling away on the back-burner for many years, the first release on a brand new guitar label, Liquid Note Records, whose priority will be to produce high quality music featuring some of the hottest players in the business. This project is the realisation of a long-held dream: to one day release a CD of label head Matt Williams' favourite guitar players. As a fan of challenging instrumental guitar music, and having contributed to its promotion for many years, Williams relished the opportunity to gather a pool of accumulated talent - and to invite you, the listener to enjoy its therapeutic properties.
On this album, you will discover outstanding virtuosity, advanced technical prowess - musicians with an innate ability to move the contents of their heads directly into our hearts. Unlike almost any other modern instrument, the guitar is uniquely suited to speak in a variety of tongues; to express its emotional content in countless languages and in numerous dialects. Here you will find heavy tracks, OTT shredding tunes, gentler, more relaxed moments - premier musicianship from an array of unique talent.
| 1 | Dark Ages Instrumental Guitar Richard Daude | 4:36 |
| 2 | Fives Instrumental Guitar Guthrie Govan | 4:27 |
| 3 | Ritual Dance At The Foot Of The Mountain Of Om Al Saiif Instrumental Guitar Terry Syrek | 4:41 |
| 4 | Schrodinger's Cat Instrumental Guitar Stephen Ross | 3:03 |
| 5 | Seasons Instrumental Guitar Richard Hallebeek | 5:50 |
| 6 | The Rain Instrumental Guitar Todd Duane | 3:45 |
| 7 | Crash & Burn Instrumental Guitar Mare Pattison | 4:21 |
| 8 | What The Hell! Instrumental Guitar Dave Martone | 6:48 |
| 9 | Common Ground Instrumental Guitar Scott Hughes | 3:27 |
| 10 | Whatever It May Be Instrumental Guitar Magnus Olsson | 6:47 |
| 11 | Mafalda Instrumental Guitar Bumblefoot | 3:24 |
| 12 | Out In The Boonies Instrumental Guitar Phi Yaan-Zek | 5:50 |
| 13 | Rising Of The Morning Son Instrumental Guitar Lyle Workman | 9:33 |
| 14 | Sometimes I Still Miss You Instrumental Guitar Milan Polak | 4:19 |
| 15 | Valse Diabolique Instrumental Guitar Mario Parga | 6:03 |
| 16 | Tell Me Instrumental Guitar Derryl Gabel | 5:07 |
| 17 | Screaming Chicken Instrumental Guitar Joboj | 2:23 |
| 18 | Neverland Instrumental Guitar Stefan Rosqvist | 6:02 |
| 19 | Day Off Instrumental Guitar Scott Stine | 6:06 |
| 20 | Phase 4 Instrumental Guitar Joy Basu | 3:48 |
| 21 | If The Moon... Instrumental Guitar Dave Kilminster | 4:35 |
| 22 | War Of The Angels Instrumental Guitar Rusty Cooley | 7:09 |
| 23 | Barock Instrumental Guitar Cyril Achard | 7:33 |
| 24 | Bad Luck Go Away Instrumental Guitar Brett Garsed | 4:57 |
| 25 | Super Charged Instrumental Guitar Rob Johnson | 5:37 |
| 26 | The Prophecies Of Loki Instrumental Guitar Stephan Forte | 5:39 |
| 27 | Olga Instrumental Guitar Vladmir Korovin | 4:14 |
