Year : 2018 (Japan Blu-Spec CD2 Edition)
Style : Instrumental Rock , Guitar Virtuoso , Progressive Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 155 mb
Bio:
Joseph "Joe" Satriani (born July 15, 1956) is an American instrumental rock guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. Early in his career, Satriani worked as a guitar instructor, with many of his former students achieving fame, such as Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde, Rick Hunolt, Kirk Hammett, Andy Timmons, Charlie Hunter, Kevin Cadogan, and Alex Skolnick; he then went on to have a successful solo music career. He is a 15-time Grammy Award nominee and has sold over 10 million albums, making him the biggest-selling instrumental rock guitarist of all time.In 1988, Satriani was recruited by Mick Jagger as lead guitarist for his first solo tour.In 1994, Satriani toured with Deep Purple as the lead guitarist.He has worked with a range of guitarists during the G3 tour,which he founded in 1995. His G3 collaborators have included Vai, LaLonde, Timmons, Steve Lukather, John Petrucci, Eric Johnson, Yngwie Malmsteen, Brian May, Patrick Rondat, Paul Gilbert, Adrian Legg, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Steve Morse and Robert Fripp.Satriani has been the lead guitarist for the supergroup Chickenfoot since co-founding the band in 2008. Since 1988, he has been using his own signature guitars, the Ibanez JS Series, which are sold in music stores worldwide. He has also collaborated with Vox to create his own wah, delay, overdrive and distortion pedals as well as a collaboration with Marshall Amplification for the creation of his own signature series amplifier head, the JVM410HJS.
Album:
Guitar extraordinaire Joe Satriani has propelled his craft immensely in an almost 40 year career releasing multiple albums, touring worldwide with G3 and as a solo artist and teaching masterclasses for aspiring guitarists to find their own unique voices on the instrument. Throughout his career Satriani has always been a working musician and his reputation has garnered him the opportunity to collaborate with some talented musicians in the music industry. For his latest album titled ‘What Happens Next ’ Satriani recruited Red Hot Chilli Pepper’s drummer Chad Smith (who’s also the drummer for his other band Chickenfoot) and legendary Deep Purple bassist Glenn Hughes. This powerful trio had a lot of fun playing together and their chemistry in the studio created an instrumental album that paves a new music direction for Satriani to blend his rock and soul influences together emphasizing on a stiffness quality in the percussion resembling modern EDM and hip hop production techniques.Opening song “Energy” is Satriani churning a mighty Jimmy Page type riff with a blistering solo, pounding drums and thunderous bass backing him up. “Catbot” oozes with funk, a trait that both Chad and Glenn do so well in their respective bands and Satriani brings his funkiest guitar playing to date. “Thunder High On The Mountain” is an epic composition with additional strings heightening the drama; Satriani really pulls out his best tapping skills as well as his well refined metallic riffing. “Cherry Blossum” leans almost in a modern RnB direction (somewhat similar to Muse’s Undisclosed Desires) it’s romantic to its core with its futuristic keyboards and Chad’s drumming sounds like he is playing on a MPC drum machine. “Righteous” returns to a more familiar rock territory, its light and has a catchy melody.“Smooth Soul” is Satraini’s ode to the soul music of the 60’s and 70’s he grew up listening to as a kid, at times his guitar style on the composition reminds me of Santana or Eric Clapton. “Headrush” is for those who love a feel good boogie tune, reminiscent of Beck, Bogert & Appice going ballistic and Satriani does it justice in his own brilliant way. “Looper” is a tame groove based composition, the guitar soloing is free and at times feels improvised but it’s a welcomed addition to ‘What Happens Next’. The self-titled song continues the soul and rock theme throughout this album delivering excellent musicianship from the trio. “Super Funky Badass” is everything the title suggests, it’s the longest composition on the album but doesn’t ever drag on for too long and never bores the listener. “Invisible” brings out Satriani’s jazz fusion tendencies and Glenn Hughes contribution on bass is seemingly notable as he goes all out on his instrument. “Forever and Ever” is a fitting composition to end the album, it embodies Satriani’s emotive guitar playing and pays in part tribute to his hero Jimi Hendrix with Electric Ladyland like guitar passages.‘What Happens Next’ was a question Joe Satriani asked himself when he was contemplating what music direction he would take on this album and he answered by going into a new and different route creatively. It is definitely an album that goes back to the guitarists’ roots taking inspiration from the soul and rock music he grew up on as a kid but it fits very well into this age of making Spotify playlists and cherry picking single songs rather than consuming full length albums. Even for the more traditional Satriani fan there’s still something to chew on as the veteran guitarist is still exploring new ideas sonically and plays his instrument like a pro-athlete who’s still hungry for meddles and titles. This is a refreshing new path that Satriani is exploring rather than revisiting and it should be applauded and embraced.
Line Up 2014:
Joe Satriani - guitars
Mike Keneally - keys, guitars
Marco Minnemann - drums
Bryan Beller - bass guitar
Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
Chris Chaney - bass
thanks to Neil Mach for the words
Tracklist:
01. Energy
02. Catbot
03. Thunder High On The Mountain
04. Cherry Blossoms
05. Righteous
06. Smooth Soul
07. Headrush
08. Looper
09. What Happens Next
10. Super Funky Badass
11. Invisible
12. Forever And Ever
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