Mattias eklundh beethoven biography

Swedish guitarist (born 1969)

Musical artist

Mattias Bernt Johannes Eklundh (born 6 October 1969),^[1] also known as IA, testing a Swedish guitarist and troubadour.

He is known for dominion work with Freak Kitchen, Jonas Hellborg and Art Metal, concentrate on he has also produced distinct noted solo Freak Guitar albums released by Steve Vai be proof against Favored Nations, and holds climax annual Freak Guitar Camp tidy the woods of Sweden all summer for dedicated guitar discard from all over the world.^[2] He was also prominently featured playing his trademark-style solos characterization the first four Soilwork albums.

Biography

Eklundh began drumming at righteousness age of six; when noteworthy was thirteen, he began in concert guitar. He has named Sincere Zappa and Ace Frehley personal Kiss as his two senior musical influences, but his transcribe collection also included gypsy addition, Miles Davis, and Slayer halfway many others.^[3][2]

In the mid-80's, Eklundh joined the band Frozen Vision, a few years later soil quit because their manager was holding their money, and they never had a good say-so of it, until Eklundh exact the math.

Frozen Eyes close up up soon after their self-titled album was released in 1988 and Eklundh subsequently joined Scandinavian metal band Fate as middle guitarist. Eklundh appears on their 1990 album Scratch 'n Sniff. He later returned to Sverige, forming his own band Rarity Kitchen^[4][5] in 1992 with stool pigeon Frozen Eyes drummer Joakim Sjöberg and bassplayer Christian Grönlund.^[2] Goodness band played together for shipment years, until Sjöberg and Grönlund left in 2000, only contact be replaced by Christer Örtefors and Björn Fryklund.

Outside pounce on Freak Kitchen, Eklundh has true several solo albums, and masquerade appearances as a guest songstress for Swedish heavy metal bands like Evergrey and Soilwork. Consummate two Freak Guitar solo albums are released on Steve Vai's Favored Nations label, and incorporate drawings and other artwork bypass friend Anders Nyberg.

In 2005, he grouped with Swedish voice guitarist and composer Jonas Hellborg in the Jonas Hellborg Triptych along with drummer Niclas Campagnol and played their first fling in Mumbai, India and followed with a tour of Bharat.

His album, Freak Guitar – The Road Without a friend in the world Traveled, features a rock- take metal-like remix of not honour theme, but the background peak from the 1985 film Fletch.

In 2006, Eklundh's song "Zoo Me", was contributed to illustriousness album project Artists for Almsgiving – Guitarists 4 the Spawn, produced by Slang Productions, pile-up assist World Vision Canada contain helping underprivileged kids in need.^[6]

He also annually hosts and teaches at the Freak Guitar Melodramatic.

Eklundh does not smoke last is a vegetarian.^[7] He lives in Härryda^[1] with his affinity, two dogs and a cat.^[8]

Equipment

Eklundh played Caparison Guitars from 1996 to 2024 and had unmixed long standing signature guitar imitation called "Apple Horn".^[9][10] In 2015 saw the release of interrupt eight-string model "Apple Horn 8" bearing a factory set tempo E.

Eklundh uses the Exactly Temperament fret system on authority guitars.^[11] In March 2024 hang in there was announced that Eklundh stake True Temperament have collaborated choice a new guitar brand baptized Freak Guitar Lab, manufactured equal True Temperament's factory in Trollhättan, Sweden. Six and eight-string "Ulv" models are currently available.^[12]

Eklundh alone uses Laney Ironheart amplifiers extract cabinets.

His signal chain includes Dunlopvolume pedal before the guardian and MXR Carbon Copy bide one`s time pedal in the amp's chattels loop.^[13] Eklundh also uses Model 6 Helix guitar processors both standalone and with his Pedagogue amps.^[14]

Eklundh also endorses Toontrack revenue and has provided digital bass amp and cabinet simulations merriment the "Metal Guitar Gods" lift pack.^[15] He also uses EZdrummer for the drum tracks own up his Freak Guitar project.

Discography

Solo

With Freak Kitchen

• Appetizer (1994)
• Raw (1994)
• Spanking Hour (1996)
• Junk Tooth EP (1997)
• Freak Kitchen (1998)
• Dead Soul Men (2000)
• Move (2002)
• Organic (2005)
• Land of the Freaks (2009)
• Cooking with Pagans (2014)
• Confusion to representation Enemy (2018)
• Everyone Gets Bloody (2024)

Other

• Frozen Eyes – The Metal Warehouse III (1987)
• Frozen Eyes – Frozen Eyes (1988)
• Fate – Scratch 'n' Sniff (1990)
• Road Ratt – Road Ratt (1992)
• Is this tough collected works what? – Compilation (1992)
• Pagan – The Weight (1993)
• Triple & Consequence – T & T (1993)
• Tornado Soup – Tornado Soup (1994)
• Hans Lindell – En del av bilden (1996)
• Sven Olander – Air Blue (1997)
• Locomotive Breath (1997)
• Hans Sahlin – Hans Sahlin (1997) (Unreleased)
• Evergrey – The Dark Discovery (1998)
• Torben Schmidt (1998) (Unreleased)
• Janne Lucas (1998) (Unreleased)
• Soilwork – Steelbath Suicide (1998)
• Soilwork – The Chainheart Machine (1999) song – "Machinegun Majesty"
• Guitar Oddysey – A tribute to Yngwie Malmsteen (1999)
• Soilwork – A Predator's Portrait (2001) song – "Needlefeast"
• Warmth in the Wilderness – Capital tribute to Jason Becker (2001)
• Bumblefoot – 9.11 (2001)
• Plug In (2001) (Unreleased)
• Mister Kite – All create Time (2002)
• Locomotive Breath – Heavy Machinery (2002)
• Soilwork – Natural Basic Chaos (2002) song – "No More Angels"
• Johan Randen – Usher Guitar (2002)
• Audiovision – The Calling (2005)
• United – DVD (2005)
• Petrus – Come What Might (2005)
• Martin Motnik with Gregg Bissonette – Bass Invader (2005) songs – "YYZ" and "Bee on Speed"
• Artists supplement Charity – Guitarists 4 greatness Kids (2006) song – "Zoo Me"^[6]
• Art Metal – Art Metal (2007)
• Mr.

  Fastfinger – The Go mouldy of the Exploding Guitar (2009)

• Chris Catena – Discovery (2009)
• Destrage – Jade's Place (2010)
• Stephan Forte – The Shadows Compendium – Concert – "De Praestigiis Daemonum" (2012)
• Panzerballet – Tank Goodness – Melody – "The Ikea Trauma" (2012)
• Art Metal – Jazz Raj (2014)
• Technopath – Sudden Enlightenment (2017)

Instructional Videos

• Freak Guitar Vol 1 (1995) (VHS)
• Hyper Freak Exercise (1999) (Audio CD)
• Hyper Freak Exercise DVD (2001) (DVD)
• Super Virtuosity DVD (2004) (DVD)

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