Allan Holdsworth "Hard Hat Area"

Allan Holdsworth "Hard Hat Area"

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Allan Holdsworth
Hard Hat Area
The Story
"Hard Hat Area" was the 1994 studio album that brought guitarist Allan Holdsworth, keyboardist Steve Hunt, bassist Skuli Sverrisson, and drummer Gary Husband together on a fusion tour-de-force, displaying a good amount of improvistional soloing over Holdsworth's modern, guitar-centric compositions. The back cover of "Hard Hat Area" even lists each member's solo sections for each tune - nice touch. Check out "Ruhkukah", "House Of Mirrors" and the title track for some truly Holdsworthian signature sound shock.
The Music
01:35 Prelude Instrumental
05:34 Ruhkukah Instrumental
09:05 Low Levels, High Stakes Instrumental
06:06 Hard Hat Area Instrumental
06:02 Tullio Instrumental
07:47 House Of Mirrors Instrumental
05:28 Postlude Instrumental
The Artists
Allan Holdsworth Guitar, Synthaxe, Production, Engineering, Mixing
Steve Hunt Keyboards
Skuli Sverrisson Bass
Gary Husband Drums
Rejean De Grand'Masison Engineering
Gordon Davis Mixing
Bernie Grundman Mastering
Chris Hoard Photography, Cover Art
Russ Rohrer Photography, Cover Art, Digital Imaging
Art Shoji Logo
Recorded at Front Page Recorders.

Additional recording and mixed at The Brewery.