Release date 5 March 2013 Label Favored Nations | Genre Rock | |
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Artists Mattias Eklundh, Freak Guitar Mattias Eklundh albums Freak Guitar, Freak Guitar: The Road Les, Sensually Primitive |
Freak Guitar: The Smorgasbord is Mattias IA Eklundh's double CD album, released on Steve Vai's Favored Nations label.
Contents
The album was released on March 5, 2013, and features almost two hours of eclectic, mostly instrumental guitar music, with a variety of influences.
The album was reviewed in the April 2013 issues of both Guitarist Magazine, where it was given 4.5 stars out of 5, and recommended for fans of Steve Vai and Frank Zappa. Total Guitar gave it 4 stars out of 5.
Production
The album was produced, engineered and mixed by Mattias IA Eklundh, and recorded at Apple Horn Abusement, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Special Guests
The album features a number of guest musicians, including:
CD1
- "Amphibians Night Out" - 3:32
- "Musth" - 3:12
- "Mattias - The Beautiful Guy" - 2:27
- "Hells Bells" - 3:40
- "The Smorgasbord" - 2:52
- "Friedrichs Wahnbriefe" - 3:08
- "Sexually Frustrated Fruit Fly Flamenco" - 0:41
- "Daily Grind Disco March" - 2:46
- "Lease With an Option to Buy" - 2:23
- "The Swede and The Wolf" - 4:20
- "Mambo Italiano" - 2:18
- "Mind Your Step (at Schiphol Airport)" - 3:34
- "Crossing the Rubicon" - 7:48
- "That's Amore" - 2:27
- "Keep it in the Dojo" - 2:41
- "Infrared Jed" - 0:33
- "Peter, I Won't Drive Another Meter" - 4:35
- "Larvatus Prodeo" - 1:15
- "Blaha Blaha" - 2:31
- "Lullaby for Gabriel" - 2:25
CD2
- "In the Goo of the Evening" - 3:12
- "The Dogs of Delhi" - 2:16
- "Special Agent Bauer" - 2:07
- "Mahavishnu John" - 3:34
- "The Harry Lime Theme" - 1:28
- "Dark Matter" - 2:48
- "Trumpet Lesson" - 0:53
- "Mandur and Morgan's Camel Safari" - 3:13
- "Shore Thing" - 2:14
- "Captain Smith's Moment of Truth" - 1:35
- "Mah Ná Mah Ná" - 2:39
- "The Nigerian Gynecologist" - 3:25
- "6 Rue Cordot" - 1:17
- "Kali Ghat" - 4:37
- "Safe to Remove Hardware" - 1:30
- "Did You Actually Pay for That?" - 2:45
- "Those in Badiyah" - 3:46
- "The Essence of Emptiness" - 4:37
- "Meralgia Paresthetica" - 4:51
- "Guano Afternoon" - 1:46
Credits
Songs
1Amphibians Night Out3:32
2Musth3:12
3Mattias - The Beautiful Guy2:27
References
Freak Guitar: The Smorgasbord Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA