Plankton

Plankton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 1, 2002)
• Original Release Date: June 1, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Grooveyard Records
• ASIN: B000068UZL
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,432 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #68 in Music > Indie Music > Rock > Blues Rock

Track Listings

1. Varlevitation

2. Pickadoll

3. Monsoon

4. Elephantman

5. I'm Not An Animal

6. Jorm

7. Zeitgeist

8. Groovedawg

9. Take Five

10. Humble Colossus

11. Living Room Jam

12. Universal Walkabout

Editorial Reviews

Steve Bauer, Academy Of Shred, 5.23.02

"The self-titled Grooveyard Records release by Plankton features 12 tracks of instrumental bliss that is good to the earhole..."

Product Description

On their debut self-titled disc PLANKTON, an "out of this world" & incredible instrumental dual heavy guitar band from Stockholm, Sweden,pushes the envelope of "TOTAL GUITAR" into the "outskirts of infinity" and beyond.

PLANKTON features two amazing gifted guitarists named CHRISTIAN NEPPENSTROM and EMIL FREDHOLM and together, backed by an outstanding rhythm section, otherwise known as the BROTHERS IN GROOVE, have successfully created an incredible heavy guitar work of art in the form of the PLANKTON disc (exclusively available on GROOVEYARD RECORDS...a new label dedicated to top-shelf world-class TOTAL GUITAR music).

Armed with an arsenal of STRATS and MARSHALLS and taking their cue from the classic, retro-bluesy heavy guitar heros of yesterday and today, PLANKTON (meaning HEAVY WOOD) has created their own original and unique brand of instrumental heavy guitar "EARTH BLUES FUSION".

Drawing from a vast pool of musical influences and inspirations, the PLANKTON disc is HIGHLY recommended for fans of HENDRIX (long live jimi...), ROBIN TROWER, FRANK MARINO, ULI JON ROTH, LESLIE WEST, CREAM, GOV'T MULE, TOMMY BOLIN, ERIC JOHNSON, STEVE MORSE, RICHIE BLACKMORE, WISHBONE ASH & any other true heavy guitar hero you can think of.

The music of PLANKTON ranges from hard-assed funked-out Hendrix wah-wah land to the deepest vintage Trower to Uli's astral skies to elegantly trippy tones that are "guaranteed to blow your heavy guitar mind".

The PLANKTON disc features 12 awesome instrumental heavy guitar trax that are parallel to none, complete with unique themes revolving around such topics as swedish fairytale giants,levitating in spring, monsoons, groovedawgs in pickadoll land, a strange obsession with the elephantman and taking a humble colossus trip through the universal walkabout...complete with an incredibly brilliant version of TAKE FIVE by the Dave Brubeck Quartet.

The music of PLANKTON is uplifting and inspirational on many levels, and we strongly urge all of the "serious heavy guitar freaks" in guitarland who dig REAL guitar playing to tune into the "PURE HEAVY GUITAR BEAUTY" of PLANKTON.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Guitar Heaven, December 26, 2003

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Discowarp (Nova Anglaterra) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plankton (Audio CD)

It's all true.....this is one of my favorite albums of recent years. The Jeff Beck, Steve Morse, etc. comparisons are completely valid. And these guys love to throw in harmonic subtleties that will have you begging for more. It really doesn't get much better than this for nicely overdriven instro guitar rock (w. just enuff fuso-jazzism to keep it interesting). More proof (if you needed it) that the Swedes have some serious musical capabilities!!! Buy three copies, you're gonna wanna give some as presents to those that can appreciate it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous instrumental rock., May 15, 2003

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Pascal Garain (Waregem, WV Belgium) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Plankton (Audio CD)

Two stratocasters, a bass, drums and percussion. PLANKTON !
Very talented musicians from Sweden who have crafted an extremely creative and interesting CD.
Very good rhythm section, wonderful bluesy heavy guitars reminding of Jimi Hendrix, Robin Trower and other psychedelic seventies sounds.

All songs composed by Plankton except the extremely sexy performance of Dave Brubeck's 'Take Five'.
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Absolutely great find, highly recommended!

Plankton are :

Christian Neppenstrom - Guitars
Emil Fredholm - Guitars
Tomas Thorberg - Bass
Sebastian Sippola - Drums
Lars Normalm - Percussion

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars NOT QUITE FIVE STARS BUT VERY GOOD, April 2, 2009

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Snoo (CONNECTICUT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plankton (Audio CD)

I saw Plankton mentioned in one of the discussion boards and thought, lets check them out. These guys throw down some great work. I would describe them as a 1970's classic rock jam band. Solid guitar work with steady drumming and bass playing. Very enjoyable and have recommended it to many people. However, I do find the comparison to Steve Morse and Jeff Beck somewhat of a stretch. Dont get me wrong, these guys are good but.....not quite Morse or Beck.Enjoy.