Mattias IA Eklundh
Freak Guitar
The Story
Recently re-released in the US by Favored Nations, 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..." Well, it is mostly instrumental, but filled top to bottom with cutting edge guitar work, freewheeling improvisations, manic power and psychedelic musings from this highly accomplished guitarist from the band Freak Kitchen. Fans of Ron Thal, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani's Whammy Pedal leads and Brett Garsed will dig "Freak Guitar" tunes such as "Apparatus", "God - The Mechanic", "Lisa's Passion For Heavy Metal" and Eklundh's 'gypsy jazz' version of KISS' "Detroit Rock City". A rare and unique release.
The Music
| 03:38 | Apparatus | Instrumental |
| 02:26 | God - The Mechanic | Instrumental |
| 03:45 | The Grey Mat Of Compromise | Instrumental |
| 02:04 | Lisa's Passion For Heavy Metal | Instrumental |
| 02:33 | La Bamba | Instrumental |
| 03:08 | Evil Shower | Instrumental |
| 00:59 | When Sam Played It Again... | Instrumental |
| 02:01 | Midsummer Night In Hell | Instrumental |
| 02:52 | Numb | Instrumental |
| 00:47 | (Friday Afternoon) In A Galaxy Far Away | Instrumental |
| 03:03 | The Satanic Moonwalk | Instrumental |
| 03:09 | Cornholed | Instrumental |
| 03:24 | Detroit Rock City | Instrumental |
| 02:45 | The Territorial Thing | Instrumental |
| 10:34 | Time To Breathe | Instrumental |
| 03:53 | Mumbo Jumbo | Instrumental |
| 02:05 | The Mud Man | Instrumental |
| 03:12 | Dr Pangloss Goes To Lisbon | Vocal |
| 02:09 | Faith In Chaos | Instrumental |
| 02:53 | Revenge Of The Bambi Loving Terrorist | Instrumental |
| 03:29 | Squirrel | Vocal |
| 03:47 | Our Man In Bejing | Instrumental |
The Artists
| Mattias IA Eklundh | Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Bass, Drums, Keyboards, Banjo, Ukulele, Mandolin, Zither, Percussion, Vocals, Dildos, Remote Controls, Hose-Clips, Programming, Production, Engineering, Editing, Mixing |
| Kevin Fickling | Narration on "Dr Panglass Goes To Lisbon" |
| Kenneth Svensson | Mastering |
| Anders Nyberg | Drawings |
| Camilla Ahlqvist | Cover, Photography |
| Mike Spritz | Photography |
| Bernt Eklundh | Photography |
| Recorded at Apple Horn Abusement, Gothenburg, Sweden and Crocodile Inn, Kolding, Denmark.
Mastered at Digitalfabriken, Gothenburg, Sweden. |
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