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The second Freak Kitchen release is a natural development from the debut with its fat, rich "in your face"-sound and dynamic, solid songs. Nominated for "rock album of the year" in Sweden in the production and song writing categories, Spanking Hour is an innovative 50 minute rock masterpiece.
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Outside of Freak Kitchen, Mr. Eklundh has recorded several solo albums, and made appearances as a guest musician for Swedish heavy metal bands like Evergrey and Soilwork. His two Freak Guitar solo albums are released on Steve Vai's Favored Nations label, and include drawings and other artwork by friend Anders Nyberg. In 2005, he grouped with Swedish bass guitarist and composer Jonas Hellborg in the Jonas Hellborg Trio alongwith drummer Niclas Campagnol and played their first gig in Mumbai, India and followed with a tour of India.
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Those who know Freak Kitchen will already appreciate the eccentric guitar sounds that Mattias puts everywhere. The guitarist really does take a unique approach to the term 'guitar solo’. On Organic he is even more unpredictable than usual! Everywhere you’ll find a crazy solo or some weird sound.
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With Vanden Plas off the ticket, Freak Kitchen was thrust into the Headliner limelight on this first non-official ProgPower USA VIII night. The first difference between Freak Kitchen and the rest of the bands who had played so far is that Freak Kitchen actually has more than enough original “A” material in their archives to fill a 2+ hour set. Still, when you prepare for 75 or 90 minutes and “the man” tells you the day of the gig that you have to stretch it out to 120 minutes (or more), the pressure is suddenly on and the night becomes a tad more complex. The second major difference between Freak Kitchen and the rest of the bands is guitarist/vocalist/leader of the band Mattias “IA” Eklundh … a man who has nothing short of TOTAL control of his instrument. A few guitarists come to mind (e.g., Joe Satriani and Eddie Van Halen) who can squeeze out sounds not normally known to mankind from their axe, can shift to speed play to show their chops, and/or can dance on the fret board with pure artistic grace whenever the situation calls for it … all without breaking a sweat and making the task look effort free. Eklundh is indeed in this league, and an argument could easily be made that his talents exceed those of the aforementioned contemporaries.
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Undoubtedly one of the most original bands in the Metal scene; with Organic, Freak Kitchen has produced an album that should expose them to a much-wider audience. But be warned: they can become very addictive!
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Freak Kitchen has done a live cover of "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama" (Frank Zappa) that's floating around on various downloading systems on the internet. It's not featured on any releases.
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