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Swedish guitarist Mattias "IA" Eklunch was originally a drummer when he saw Frank Zappa at the tender age of 11. Immediately changing his outlook on music, he dove head first into playing the guitar and dropped out of school at 13 to practice more. Self-taught, he began writing his own material and eventually released his first album, 2002's Freak Guitar, on Favored Nations. ~ Bradley Torreano,… Read more in Amazon's Mattias Eklundh Store

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  • Audio CD (September 6, 2005)
  • Original Release Date: August 23, 2005
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Favored Nations
  • ASIN: B000A8AXVI
  • In-Print Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #30,576 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. The Road Less Traveled
2. There's No Money In Jazz
3. Print This!
4. Father
5. No Strings Attached
6. Caffeine
7. Fletch Theme
8. The Battle of Bob
9. Chopstick Boogie
10. Toxic Donald
11. Happy Hour
12. Smoke on the Water
13. Insert Coin
14. The Woman in Seat 27A
15. Ketchup is a Vegetable
16. Samba Caramba
17. White Trash Hyper Blues
18. Toxic Mickey
19. Minor Swing
20. One-String Improvisation
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5.0 out of 5 stars It's about time, December 23, 2005
By J. Russell (Vancouver) - See all my reviews
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Shred has been dead since day one. Wether it's Malmsteen or Vai (who was good when Zappa told him what to do) or... it's been nothing but amazing guitar licks over bad, bad rythm sections. But didn't we all hope that one day those techniques would be used to a more interesting effect? Shawn Lane's work with Hellborg did it, Buckethead did it, and now... Mattias IA Eklundh, killer player. but most importantly he has great taste. This disc is very Zappa inspired and sounds alot like Buckethead, but with tighter compositions and more of a European influence (gypsy scales and what not). Definitely worth picking up, and what a sense of humour. I haven't laughed this much at someones guitar playing (laughed in a good way I mean) since the day's of Danny Gatton. Hellborg has just picked this guy up for some power trio work with Jeff Sipe. I am really looking forward to hearing what they do together.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Psychotic, Quirky...and great, September 6, 2005
By Daniel S. Upton "draqza" (Charlottesville, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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I had no idea what to expect when I got this CD, except that it was probably going to be crazy instrumental stuff, since it's on Steve Vai's label. In that respect, this CD definitely fills expectations. Mattias has a great command of the instrument, although undoubtedly many people (the same who bash Tom Morello) will think his sense of humor in composition is little more than unfocused noodling. The hyperactive covers of Smoke on the Water and Minor Swing are excellent.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Humor and chops, February 17, 2006
Never have I heard musical "humor" conveyed so well as on this breakthrough album. The production is seamless, and Eklundh's high-level chops are not threatening, that is, his humor and musicality buffer the typical "macho" delivery of shred-guitar playing, and indeed evolves it into, dare I say, ART.
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