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Alex
Masi continues his rich musical journey
with a “Late Night At Desert Rimrock”.
The album also features his MCM band mate
and former Yngwie Malmsteen, Ark drummer
John Macaluso.
“Late
Night At Desert Rimrock” resulted
from some informal raw jams between Masi
and Macaluso. These jams saw Masi start
on bass guitar playing to grooves laid down
by Macaluso with no preconceived ideas,
plans or melody with spontaneity being the
main motivator.
The
music of “Late Night At Desert Rimrock”
is a wild musical ride with no specific
goal other than “music” itself.
The title may conjure up images of irrational,
rabid, hallucinogenic, exploring drumming
and guitar playing and this is indeed how
Alex Masi himself describes the music. Masi’s
primary influence for the music was the
universe itself, stating, “Every piece
is a universe in itself...the influence
is the desert...my love of the desert...my
love of solitude...my trips around various
deserts and the imaginary and actual encounters...altered
mental states..”.
“Late
Night At Desert Rimrock” may initially
shock fans of Masi’s neo-classical
output but fans of Masi’s guitar work
will revel in the musicianship, on the direction
Alex comments, “The new material has
no regard for what's expected of me musically...this
album is probably the closest representation
musically of where my head is at right now.”
The album was recorded drums and bass first
and after a period of fermentation in his
archives Alex then started applying layers
of guitar and various other sounds. The
album in total took a couple of years to
complete with other albums and session recorded
in the meantime. Masi wrapped up the album
in May 2006.
“Late
Night At Desert Rimrock” is not meant
to satisfy any one SPECIFIC fetish but MANY
fetishes combined...listen to it as if your
government would not want you to do it!
Brief
Bio
Alex Masi is one of the world’s most
respected guitarists. Making his name in
the mid 1980’s with the band Masi,
winning a Grammy nomination for 1989’s
“Attack Of The Neon Shark”.
In the late 1990’s Alex Masi released
the first in a current trilogy of “In
The Name Of…” recordings of
classical works by Bach, Mozart and more
recently Beethoven. 2004 saw a collaboration
with John Macaluso and Randy Coven entitled
MCM. Alex Masi has spent the past couple
of years deepening his studies of Indian,
Arab and Persian music, getting more and
more involved in the electronica scene with
a possible album of jungle/break beat/insane
guitar in the near future while also recording
various sessions for highly unlikely characters
from TOTO's ex singers to Snoop Dogg to
Rahat Ali Khan to some extreme metal people.
(for complete bio please see the Lion Music
website).
» Alex Masi is one of Europe’s
leading guitarists with a very loyal fanbase.
» This album reflects Alex's current
musical vision and is packed full of killer
guitar work and drumming.
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