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Mattias "IA" Eklundh : The Road Less Traveled
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A new release by Swedish guitarist Mattias IA Eklundh. It's a six-string tour-de-force of insane explorations of sound that consistently presses the musical envelope. Crammed with 23 jaw-dropping tracks, all displaying Eklundh's imagination, seasoned versatility and fiery virtuoso technique, Freak Guitar-The Road Less Traveled is like nothing you've ever heard before.
"The thing I'm most proud of with the album is I gave the record time," remarks Eklundh. "I think time is the key word for trying to break new ground. That's what it's all about. I'm influenced by the same guitar players as everybody else but I tried to walk the road less traveled, to grow my own mustache so to speak. I'm from Sweden and I do everything backwards. I'm left handed and I use no effects whatsoever. The guitar itself contains so many sounds you can use. I have very liberal ears and I wanted to make a listenable, unorthodox party CD."
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A new voice on the scene and a new take on the instrument, Eklundh is a rare exception.
Mattias "IA" Eklundh : Freak Guitar
Electric Guitar
Sweden's Mattias IA Eklundh's beefy solo-effort Freak Guitar is a monumental, six-stringed roller-coaster ride. Eklundh's personal tongue-in-cheek description, "...an overlong overkill in every aspect, intensive as hell, instrumental, plain stupid and recorded in a bathroom without any budget at all..."