Freak Guitar
Camp 2012!
Registration open!
Camp 2012!
Registration open!
Big Bad Blog!
Bigger! Badder!!
Bigger! Badder!!
Freak Guitar -
Growing Your Own Moustache!
Vol. 3 available now!
Growing Your Own Moustache!
Vol. 3 available now!
Art Metal!
Groovy Kali shirt
soon available from the store!
Groovy Kali shirt
soon available from the store!
Murder Groupie!
New video!
New video!
Big Bad Blog!
Happy Reading!
Happy Reading!
Santo Angelo!
Groovy Brazilian cables!
Groovy Brazilian cables!
Guitar Player!
IA on the cover in Brazil!
IA on the cover in Brazil!
Facebook!
Freak Guitar!
Freak Guitar!
Mr Libido!
Alive on MySpace!
Alive on MySpace!
YouTube!
New live videos!
New live videos!
Tuition Album!
Growing Your Own Moustache Vol.2!
Available now!
Growing Your Own Moustache Vol.2!
Available now!
FREAK GUITAR CAMP 2012
Registration is open!
Freak Guitar Camp 2012 is now open for registration!
Dates:
Week 1 - 30th of July to 4th of August
Week 2 - 7th to 12th of August
(NOTE: We dropped the Scandinavian week, as last year, but might add another international week later on depending on touring schedules and demand. Stay tuned).
Freak Guitar Camp 2012 is now open for registration!
Dates:
Week 1 - 30th of July to 4th of August
Week 2 - 7th to 12th of August
(NOTE: We dropped the Scandinavian week, as last year, but might add another international week later on depending on touring schedules and demand. Stay tuned).
BIG BAD BLOG
Bigger! Badder
Brand new blog up! Streching from second half of summer the Big Bad Blog - Bigger! Badder! might possibly be the beefiest read yet with road stories from Nepal, Indonesia, Brazil, Holland, Australia, Germany, Denmark, USA, Sweden and more! Happy reading!
Brand new blog up! Streching from second half of summer the Big Bad Blog - Bigger! Badder! might possibly be the beefiest read yet with road stories from Nepal, Indonesia, Brazil, Holland, Australia, Germany, Denmark, USA, Sweden and more! Happy reading!
FREAK GUITAR -
GROWING YOUR OWN MOUSTACHE VOL. 3
GROWING YOUR OWN MOUSTACHE VOL. 3
In the Mood for Modes!
It’s time to get serious! Freak Guitar – Growing Your Own Moustache Vol. 3 – In the Mood for Modes is now available to download from the Freak Kitchen Online Store. With no less than 75 tracks (!) this is THE tuition album for the dedicated musician.
Besides seven new demanding, original songs, with and without guitar, IA has orchestrated a huge, challenging palette of useful backing tunes consisting of loads and loads of different scales from all over the world. This is a stunning opportunity to actually hear the tonality and learn how phrase over synthetic and exotic modes as well as more orthodox Western scales.
Tracklist:
01. Béla goes to Poona
02. Béla goes to Poona - no gtr
03. Christeen Fifteen Sixteen
04. Christeen Fifteen Sixteen - no gtr
05. Moulin Rouge Bad Vision
06. Moulin Rouge Bad Vision - no gtr
07. The Lassie Surprise Edit
08. The Lassie Surprise Edit - no gtr
09. Sept Fraises
10. Sept Fraises - no gtr
11. Banana Republic Bruce
12. Banana Republic Bruce – no gtr
13. You and Your Volcanoes
14. You and Your Volcanoes – no gtr
15. Super Locrian (in C)
16. Neapolitan Minor (in E)
17. Neapolitan Major (in C)
18. Oriental (in A)
19. Double Harmonic, Persian, Byzantine, Gypsy (in D)
20. Enigmatic (in C)
21. Harmonic Minor, Mohammedan (in E)
22. Hungarian Minor (in C)
23. Major Locrian (in A)
24. Lydian Minor (in D)
25. Lydian Dominant (in C)
26. Leading Whole Tone (in E)
27. Pentatonic Minor (in C)
28. Pentatonic Major, Mongolian (in A)
29. Acoustic, Hindustan (in D)
30. Phrygian Major, Jewish, Gypsy (variation) (in C)
31. Hirajoshi, Traditional Japanese (in E)
32. Hawaiian (in C)
33. Ethiopian Minor (in A)
34. Symmetrical (in D)
35. Pantuvarali (Rag Shree) (in C)
36. Kanakangi (in E)
37. Kumoi (in C)
38. Balenesian, Pelog (in A)
39. Romanian Minor (in D)
40. Piongio, Japanese (in C)
41. Chinese (in E)
42. Iwato (in C)
43. Egyptian (in A)
44. Scriabin (in D)
45. Ritusen (in C)
46. Arabian (in E)
47. Prometheus (in C)
48. 7 Tone Blues (in A)
49. Spanish 8 Tone (in D)
50. 9 Tone (in C)
51. Hungarian Gypsy (in E)
52. 3rd mode of Pantuvarali (from “OK”) (in C)
53. Javaneese (in A)
54. Algerian (in D)
55. Melodic Minor (ascending) (in C)
56. Melodic Minor (descending) (in E)
57. Rasikapriya (in C)
58. Diminished (thirds) (in A)
59. Diminished (half/whole) (in D)
60. Diminished (whole/half) (in C)
61. Whole Tone (in E)
62. Ultra Locrian (in C)
63. Moorish Phrygian (in A)
64. Six Tone Symmetrical (in D)
65. Auxiliary Diminished Blues (in C) 66. Blues (in E)
67. Chromatic (in C)
68. Okinawa (in A)
69. Ionian (in D)
70. Dorian (in C)
71. Phrygian (in E)
72. Lydian (in C)
73. Mixolydian (in A)
74. Aeolian (in D)
75. Locrian (in C)
It’s time to get serious! Freak Guitar – Growing Your Own Moustache Vol. 3 – In the Mood for Modes is now available to download from the Freak Kitchen Online Store. With no less than 75 tracks (!) this is THE tuition album for the dedicated musician.
Besides seven new demanding, original songs, with and without guitar, IA has orchestrated a huge, challenging palette of useful backing tunes consisting of loads and loads of different scales from all over the world. This is a stunning opportunity to actually hear the tonality and learn how phrase over synthetic and exotic modes as well as more orthodox Western scales.
Tracklist:
01. Béla goes to Poona
02. Béla goes to Poona - no gtr
03. Christeen Fifteen Sixteen
04. Christeen Fifteen Sixteen - no gtr
05. Moulin Rouge Bad Vision
06. Moulin Rouge Bad Vision - no gtr
07. The Lassie Surprise Edit
08. The Lassie Surprise Edit - no gtr
09. Sept Fraises
10. Sept Fraises - no gtr
11. Banana Republic Bruce
12. Banana Republic Bruce – no gtr
13. You and Your Volcanoes
14. You and Your Volcanoes – no gtr
15. Super Locrian (in C)
16. Neapolitan Minor (in E)
17. Neapolitan Major (in C)
18. Oriental (in A)
19. Double Harmonic, Persian, Byzantine, Gypsy (in D)
20. Enigmatic (in C)
21. Harmonic Minor, Mohammedan (in E)
22. Hungarian Minor (in C)
23. Major Locrian (in A)
24. Lydian Minor (in D)
25. Lydian Dominant (in C)
26. Leading Whole Tone (in E)
27. Pentatonic Minor (in C)
28. Pentatonic Major, Mongolian (in A)
29. Acoustic, Hindustan (in D)
30. Phrygian Major, Jewish, Gypsy (variation) (in C)
31. Hirajoshi, Traditional Japanese (in E)
32. Hawaiian (in C)
33. Ethiopian Minor (in A)
34. Symmetrical (in D)
35. Pantuvarali (Rag Shree) (in C)
36. Kanakangi (in E)
37. Kumoi (in C)
38. Balenesian, Pelog (in A)
39. Romanian Minor (in D)
40. Piongio, Japanese (in C)
41. Chinese (in E)
42. Iwato (in C)
43. Egyptian (in A)
44. Scriabin (in D)
45. Ritusen (in C)
46. Arabian (in E)
47. Prometheus (in C)
48. 7 Tone Blues (in A)
49. Spanish 8 Tone (in D)
50. 9 Tone (in C)
51. Hungarian Gypsy (in E)
52. 3rd mode of Pantuvarali (from “OK”) (in C)
53. Javaneese (in A)
54. Algerian (in D)
55. Melodic Minor (ascending) (in C)
56. Melodic Minor (descending) (in E)
57. Rasikapriya (in C)
58. Diminished (thirds) (in A)
59. Diminished (half/whole) (in D)
60. Diminished (whole/half) (in C)
61. Whole Tone (in E)
62. Ultra Locrian (in C)
63. Moorish Phrygian (in A)
64. Six Tone Symmetrical (in D)
65. Auxiliary Diminished Blues (in C) 66. Blues (in E)
67. Chromatic (in C)
68. Okinawa (in A)
69. Ionian (in D)
70. Dorian (in C)
71. Phrygian (in E)
72. Lydian (in C)
73. Mixolydian (in A)
74. Aeolian (in D)
75. Locrian (in C)
TOUR OF THE FREAKS 2011
Dates!
A big chunk of 2011 will be dedicated to writing and recording IA’s Freak Guitar – The Smorgasbord as well as new Freak Kitchen material. However, there will (of course) be some performances here and there around the globe:
22nd of January, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Global Fusion (IA)
5th of March, Ĺland, Finland at Dino’s (FK)
5th of March, Ĺland, Finland at Pub Bastun (Freak Guitar Clinic)
23rd of March, Tunis, Tunisia at the 8eme Festival Meditérannéen de la Guitare (Freak Guitar Clinic)
24th of March, Valladolid, Spain (IA solo)
25th of March, Oviedo, Spain (IA solo)
26th of March, Peralta Navarra, Spain (IA solo)
27th of March, Madrid, Spain (IA solo)
28th of March, Bordeaux, France (Freak Guitar Clinic at the Ciam school).
6th – 9th of April, Frankfurt, Germany, Frankfurt Messe (Freak Guitar Clinics)
7th of April, Essen, Germany (Freak Guitar Clinic). Get tickets here
27th of April, Chambéry, France (Freak Guitar Clinic)
28th of April, Valence, France (Freak Guitar Clinic)
11th of May, Skövde, Sweden, Musikhuset Repan (Freak Guitar Clinic)
14th of May, Boston, USA (Freak Guitar Clinic at Newbury Town Library, 0 (Zero) Lunt St, Byfield, MA 01922)
15th of May, Chicago, USA (Freak Guitar Clinic at The Plainfield School of Music)
21st of May, Gothenburg, Sweden, Fuzz Guitar Show (Freak Guitar Clinic)
24th of May, Nürnberg, Germany, Musikhaus Klier (Freak Guitar Clinic)
25th of May, Burgebrach, Germany, Musikhaus Thomann (Freak Guitar Clinic)
26th of May, Kassel, Germany, Farm Sound (Freak Guitar Clinic)
27th of May, Walldorf, Germany, Session Music (Freak Guitar Clinic)
28th of May, Köln, Germany, Music Store (Freak Guitar Clinic)
5th of June, Toulouse, France, Le Bikini
22nd of July, Novara, Italy, Maximum Rock Festival
25th of July – 14th of August, Gothenburg, Sweden, Freak Guitar Camp
1st of September - Charlotte, NC, USA, Double Door (with Andy Wood)
3rd of September - Florence, SC, USA, The Hangout
4th of September - Chapel Hill, NC, USA, Prog Day at Local 506
5th of September - Raleigh, NC, USA, Lincoln Theater - (with Andy Wood)
6th of September - Norfolk, VA, USA, Jewish Mother (with Andy Wood)
7th of September - Philadelphia, PA, USA, Venue TBD - (with Consider the Source)
8th of September - New York City, USA, The Drom - (with Consider the Source)
9th of September - NJ, USA Proghouse – TBD
10th of September - Baltimore, MD, USA, Orion Studios
11th of September - Florence, SC, USA, The Hangout
20th of September - press conference in Sao Paolo
21st of September – 20:00 - performance at the Sao Paolo EXPO
22nd – 14:00-15:30 – workshop at music school (TBA)
20:00 – performance at the Sao Paolo EXPO
23rd of September - 14:00-15:30 – workshop at music school (TBA)
20:00 – performance at the Sao Paolo EXPO
24th of September - 14:00-15:30 – performance at the Rock Gallery
20:00 – performance at the Sao Paolo EXPO
25th of September – 12:00 - performance at the Sao Paolo EXPO
29th of September, Gävle, Sweden, Konserthuset, Freak Guitar Clinic
1st of October, Svendborg, Denmark, Vintage Guitar Show, mini guitar camp
2nd of October, Svendborg, Denmark, Vintage Guitar Show, mini guitar camp
19th of October, Sydney, Australia, Big Music, Freak Guitar Clinic
20th of October, Brisbane, Australia, Ellaways Music, Freak Guitar Clinic
21st of October, Toowoomba, Australia, Royce Music, Freak Guitar Clinic
23rd of October, Geelong, Australia, Oxygen Music, Freak Guitar Clinic
24th of October, Melbourne, Australia, Five Star Music, Freak Guitar Clinic
25th of October, Canberra, Australia, Better Music, Freak Guitar Clinic
28th of October, Bandung, Indonesia, Clinic at Guitar Community + Store Appearance – Meet and Greet
29th of October, Jakarta, Indonesia, Studio 7, Freak Guitar Clinic
31st of October, Kathmandu, Nepal, Freak Guitar Clinic
13th of November, Haarlem, Netherlands, Jason Becker’s Not Dead Yet Festival
A big chunk of 2011 will be dedicated to writing and recording IA’s Freak Guitar – The Smorgasbord as well as new Freak Kitchen material. However, there will (of course) be some performances here and there around the globe:
22nd of January, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Global Fusion (IA)
5th of March, Ĺland, Finland at Dino’s (FK)
5th of March, Ĺland, Finland at Pub Bastun (Freak Guitar Clinic)
23rd of March, Tunis, Tunisia at the 8eme Festival Meditérannéen de la Guitare (Freak Guitar Clinic)
24th of March, Valladolid, Spain (IA solo)
25th of March, Oviedo, Spain (IA solo)
26th of March, Peralta Navarra, Spain (IA solo)
27th of March, Madrid, Spain (IA solo)
28th of March, Bordeaux, France (Freak Guitar Clinic at the Ciam school).
6th – 9th of April, Frankfurt, Germany, Frankfurt Messe (Freak Guitar Clinics)
7th of April, Essen, Germany (Freak Guitar Clinic). Get tickets here
27th of April, Chambéry, France (Freak Guitar Clinic)
28th of April, Valence, France (Freak Guitar Clinic)
11th of May, Skövde, Sweden, Musikhuset Repan (Freak Guitar Clinic)
14th of May, Boston, USA (Freak Guitar Clinic at Newbury Town Library, 0 (Zero) Lunt St, Byfield, MA 01922)
15th of May, Chicago, USA (Freak Guitar Clinic at The Plainfield School of Music)
21st of May, Gothenburg, Sweden, Fuzz Guitar Show (Freak Guitar Clinic)
24th of May, Nürnberg, Germany, Musikhaus Klier (Freak Guitar Clinic)
25th of May, Burgebrach, Germany, Musikhaus Thomann (Freak Guitar Clinic)
26th of May, Kassel, Germany, Farm Sound (Freak Guitar Clinic)
27th of May, Walldorf, Germany, Session Music (Freak Guitar Clinic)
28th of May, Köln, Germany, Music Store (Freak Guitar Clinic)
5th of June, Toulouse, France, Le Bikini
22nd of July, Novara, Italy, Maximum Rock Festival
25th of July – 14th of August, Gothenburg, Sweden, Freak Guitar Camp
1st of September - Charlotte, NC, USA, Double Door (with Andy Wood)
3rd of September - Florence, SC, USA, The Hangout
4th of September - Chapel Hill, NC, USA, Prog Day at Local 506
5th of September - Raleigh, NC, USA, Lincoln Theater - (with Andy Wood)
6th of September - Norfolk, VA, USA, Jewish Mother (with Andy Wood)
7th of September - Philadelphia, PA, USA, Venue TBD - (with Consider the Source)
8th of September - New York City, USA, The Drom - (with Consider the Source)
9th of September - NJ, USA Proghouse – TBD
10th of September - Baltimore, MD, USA, Orion Studios
11th of September - Florence, SC, USA, The Hangout
20th of September - press conference in Sao Paolo
21st of September – 20:00 - performance at the Sao Paolo EXPO
22nd – 14:00-15:30 – workshop at music school (TBA)
20:00 – performance at the Sao Paolo EXPO
23rd of September - 14:00-15:30 – workshop at music school (TBA)
20:00 – performance at the Sao Paolo EXPO
24th of September - 14:00-15:30 – performance at the Rock Gallery
20:00 – performance at the Sao Paolo EXPO
25th of September – 12:00 - performance at the Sao Paolo EXPO
29th of September, Gävle, Sweden, Konserthuset, Freak Guitar Clinic
1st of October, Svendborg, Denmark, Vintage Guitar Show, mini guitar camp
2nd of October, Svendborg, Denmark, Vintage Guitar Show, mini guitar camp
19th of October, Sydney, Australia, Big Music, Freak Guitar Clinic
20th of October, Brisbane, Australia, Ellaways Music, Freak Guitar Clinic
21st of October, Toowoomba, Australia, Royce Music, Freak Guitar Clinic
23rd of October, Geelong, Australia, Oxygen Music, Freak Guitar Clinic
24th of October, Melbourne, Australia, Five Star Music, Freak Guitar Clinic
25th of October, Canberra, Australia, Better Music, Freak Guitar Clinic
28th of October, Bandung, Indonesia, Clinic at Guitar Community + Store Appearance – Meet and Greet
29th of October, Jakarta, Indonesia, Studio 7, Freak Guitar Clinic
31st of October, Kathmandu, Nepal, Freak Guitar Clinic
13th of November, Haarlem, Netherlands, Jason Becker’s Not Dead Yet Festival
BIG BAD BLOG
New one up!
Feel like doing a bit of summer reading? Tour of the Freaks - Big Bad Blog is just up with tons of photos and tales from Dubai, Tunisia, Germany, France, Spain, USA, Sweden and more! Enjoy!
Feel like doing a bit of summer reading? Tour of the Freaks - Big Bad Blog is just up with tons of photos and tales from Dubai, Tunisia, Germany, France, Spain, USA, Sweden and more! Enjoy!
MURDER GROUPIE
New video from Land of the Freaks!
Murder Groupie! Brand new video from Land of the Freaks up on the Freak Kitchen YouTube channel with footage from last year's Hellfest.
Murder Groupie! Brand new video from Land of the Freaks up on the Freak Kitchen YouTube channel with footage from last year's Hellfest.
NEW FREAK PAGE
The Official Japanese site!
All you fine Japanese freaks out there, check out the brand new home page: Mattias IA Eklundh - The Official Japanese Site!
All you fine Japanese freaks out there, check out the brand new home page: Mattias IA Eklundh - The Official Japanese Site!
TOUR OF THE FREAKS - THE SMELL OF TIME
TOUR OF THE FREAKS
The most beefy blog so far!
Read Tour of the Freaks, the most beefy blog so far with road tales and photos from France, Germany, Russia, Sweden and Spain.
Read Tour of the Freaks, the most beefy blog so far with road tales and photos from France, Germany, Russia, Sweden and Spain.
GOD SAVE THE SPLEEN
Dowmload transcription!
You heard the song, you saw the video, you wear the shirt, now play it!
Our fantastic long-time freak buddy Linus Abrahamson has taken the time and effort to write down God Save the Spleen for guitar, both rhythm and lead, in both standard notation as well as tablature. This shall not go unnoticed.
The transcriptions have been uploaded for you to download and go nuts: Get the rhythm and the lead !
Enjoy!
You heard the song, you saw the video, you wear the shirt, now play it!
Our fantastic long-time freak buddy Linus Abrahamson has taken the time and effort to write down God Save the Spleen for guitar, both rhythm and lead, in both standard notation as well as tablature. This shall not go unnoticed.
The transcriptions have been uploaded for you to download and go nuts: Get the rhythm and the lead !
Enjoy!
FREAK KITCHEN ONLINE STORE
Brand new opening!
The Online Store has just re-opened with lots of cool new stuff as well as classic Freak Kitchen merchandise:
Check out the groovy, climate neutral, EarthPositive, top-notch quality hooded sweatshirt with zipper with embroidered cow head and logo, or...
The new long sleeve shirt with cow on front and beefy logo on the back, or...
The kick ass God Save the Spleen T-shirt or...
The new take on the much wanted Mandarin T-shirt, with groovy cow man on the the front and FK-logo on the right arm, or...
Appetizer, the debut album from 1994. An album that has been out of stock for ages and contains live favorites like Blind, See You in Pittsburgh and Raw, or...
The download tuition album Freak Guitar - Growing Your Own Moustache Vol. 2, or...
Christer's first solo effort Eaglestrike and Mr. Fastfinger's debut album The Way of the Exploading Guitar!
The classic, much requested Cow T-shirt is back in stock also in organic, bamboo top-notch quality. (Sizes S - XXL).
We try to focus on eco-friendly clothing. Our future goal is to sell a 100% organic certified products. We hope you appreciate this. Stay tuned for more tiptop things to come!
The Online Store has just re-opened with lots of cool new stuff as well as classic Freak Kitchen merchandise:
Check out the groovy, climate neutral, EarthPositive, top-notch quality hooded sweatshirt with zipper with embroidered cow head and logo, or...
The new long sleeve shirt with cow on front and beefy logo on the back, or...
The kick ass God Save the Spleen T-shirt or...
The new take on the much wanted Mandarin T-shirt, with groovy cow man on the the front and FK-logo on the right arm, or...
Appetizer, the debut album from 1994. An album that has been out of stock for ages and contains live favorites like Blind, See You in Pittsburgh and Raw, or...
The download tuition album Freak Guitar - Growing Your Own Moustache Vol. 2, or...
Christer's first solo effort Eaglestrike and Mr. Fastfinger's debut album The Way of the Exploading Guitar!
The classic, much requested Cow T-shirt is back in stock also in organic, bamboo top-notch quality. (Sizes S - XXL).
We try to focus on eco-friendly clothing. Our future goal is to sell a 100% organic certified products. We hope you appreciate this. Stay tuned for more tiptop things to come!
GOD SAVE THE SPLEEN
New Land of the Freaks video!
God Save the Spleen! Enjoy the brand new video from Land of the Freaks, shot in Shanghai, Beijing, Xi'an, Chengdu, Tokyo, Taipei, Athens and Bordeaux on our YouTube Channel!
A neat God Save the Spleen T-shirt will soon be available from the Online Store.
God Save the Spleen! Enjoy the brand new video from Land of the Freaks, shot in Shanghai, Beijing, Xi'an, Chengdu, Tokyo, Taipei, Athens and Bordeaux on our YouTube Channel!
A neat God Save the Spleen T-shirt will soon be available from the Online Store.