강인오 (Ino Kang) - My World 2005

강인오 is a guitar player i discovered rather recently while trawling the web for something on joe satriani! ^^ and actually style-wise he's quite reminicent of good old statch. Not over technical (i mean by that no indulging in hyper speed playing) but definitely under the same sway of rock/blue influence, whether we consider his sound or the way he plays (rhythm wise). This is his first album and though it's certainly not going to revolutionize anything, the album is really cool and funky, and it will definitely make you have a good time for 3/4 of an hour! enjoy!

강인오 (Ino Kang) - My World 2005
Genre: Instrumental, Guitar virtuoso
Tracklist:
1. Confusions
2. My World
3. Into The Dreams
4. As The Leaves
5. Missing You
6. Black & White
7. The Numbness
8. Rainbow
9. Children
10. Sunset

Fast Fret!

Kermheat - Humanchico 2005

There it's done! France has spawned another weirdo! lol there was ron thal aka bumblefoot now we have kermheat...the frog! ah ah ^^ i'm making fun of him but actually this guy is quite a killer! as technical as ron thal and as experimental as buckethead or Matthias Ia Eklundh! the album is really funny with lots of weird sounds and "fuckin' this... fuckin' that" sound clip vox... this guy is not gonna bore you ...even for a split second! summing up his style or giving a label to his music is quite impossible really...the only fact that we still can cling to in this world of his own is that there is but one rule ...there's no rule, so fend for yourself!! ah ah! and just to mention it, missing that one would be a shame!^^
ps: check out his myspace cause it's pretty cool! lots of funny pics!

Kermheat - Humanchico 2005
Genre: Instrumental, Virtuoso
01 Humanchico
02 Don't Crash Your Car!
03 High Nose
04 First Contact
05 Mindfu*ker
06 Black Stairs
07 Rigel's Sleep
08 B.P.M.
09 Kermheatron
10 Farhbot
11 Between Rails
12 W.C
13 Sorry... For The End

When a lunatic tweaks the knobs!

[Air Guitar Battle] Michael Orlando - Sonic Stomp 2006

N.Y.C has always been a breeding ground for incredible artists...Michael Orlando is one of them, a serious contestant for our Air Guitar Battle! Being a fan of Ron Thal/Bumblefoot i could not miss that one album since the great master appears on it ... and actually for the little story he is the one who told Micheal where to get the super axe he needed to fight...a Vigier! Besides their style are somehow echoing each other at times... Well, don't expect any bluesy feel with 1 note every three measures here (though it happens as well ...well more like 5 or 6! eh eh!!) ...indeed we're in another unscrutable quantic dimension where a million notes can be squeezed in a split second...and yet feel, like a giant big hole, will suck you in whatever you do to resist the attraction! ...finally, even if this guy is over technical ...cause that what he is!lol ...he sure knows how to use his skills not to bore you to death ... don't worry...everything runs smooth over here...you just need to get used to travel at twice the speed of light! =D

Michael Orlando - Sonic Stomp 2006
Genre: Instrumental
Tracklist:
01 Wheels In Motion
02 Sonic Stomp
03 Game Over
04 Jam On It
05 Horizons
06 Changes
07 Movement
08 Flex
09 Slam
10 Velvet Sky
11 A Moment In Time
12 Old School Boogie

Sliced in tiny dices!

VA - Merry Axemas - A Guitar Christmas

Before X-mas is over in TW i must hurry to play that one!lol no big description needed, just very good axeman playing the famous x-mas tune. in order of appearance you have kenny wayne sheperd, eric johnson, jeff beck, the brian stezer orchestra, joe satriani, steve morse, steve vai, joe perry, alex lifeson, richie sambora and finally hotei! As you can see not the worst people they could find! i think it's cool to listen to how they revamped those songs in their manner...besides the title though it is appropriate for that period of the year, also befits any warriors..since not everyone call "axe" the same thing! ah ah! ...so hope you enjoy! ...and Merry Axe-Mas to you broz!

VA - Merry Axemas - A Guitar Christmas
Genre: Guitar!
Tracklist:
01 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
02 First Nowell
03 Amazing Grace
04 Jingle Bells
05 Silent Night/Holy Night Jam
06 Joy to the World
07 Christmas Time Is Here
08 Blue Christmas
09 Little Drummer Boy
10 Cantique de Noel (O' Holy Night)
11 Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

Slashing santa's bag open! ^^

Tamás Szekeres - Guitarmania

This guy is from Hungary i guess, and the album was released at the beginning of the 90's (though the very first version of it is from 1989, but he re-recorded afterwards!) this album as very nice leads, cool ballads and the likes...of course it's not really revolutionnizing anything and if you can't stand guitar heros, better keep at bay!lol but otherwise this is a pretty good instrumental album that anyone will appreciate either for its melodical content or its technicality! a nice shredder that do not only goes for speed but also melody! =)

Tamás Szekeres - Guitarmania
Genre Guitar hero, Neo-classical, Instrumental
1 Initials
2 Warning to call
3 Children of rock
4 Outline
5 Message of Dreamland
6 The final frontier
7 The king in yellow
8 Baby blue
9 Prelude & Presto BWV 996
10 Guitarmania
11 Adagio
12 In a strange land
13 The summer

Let my ears bleed!