Mattias Eklundh
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Mattias "IA" Eklundh (Born 1969 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is the lead guitarist and vocalist of Swedish power trio Freak Kitchen. He has received much attention from the guitar community for his skilled and highly unconventional style of guitar playing. His music is very distinct, as it is both complicated and playful at the same time.
Mattias started out as a drummer at the age of six after buying KISS' Destroyer album, but seeing Frank Zappa when he was eleven years old changed his view on music forever. He's been a great fan ever since. When he was thirteen he began playing the guitar. He has named Frank Zappa and Kiss his two major musical influences, but his record collection is one big mess of gypsy jazz, Miles Davis, and Slayer among many others.
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 along with drummer Niclas Campagnol and played their first gig in Mumbai, India and followed with a tour of India.
He also annually hosts and teaches at the Freak Guitar Camp. Mattias Eklundh endorses Caparison Guitars, who make his signature Apple Horn guitar.
[edit] Discography
Solo:
- Mr. Libido - Sensually Primitive (1995)
- Freak Guitar (2002)
- Freak Guitar: The Road Less Traveled (2005)
With Freak Kitchen:
- Appetizer (1994)
- Raw (1994)
- Swedish Hard Rock and Heavy Metal 1970-1996 (1996)
- Spanking Hour (1996)
- Junk Tooth (EP) (1997)
- Freak Kitchen (1998)
- Dead Soul Men (2000)
- Move (2002)
- Lost in Bordeaux - promotional single (2002)
- Swedish Hard Rock & Heavy Metal - bonus CD (2002)
- Nobody's Laughing DVD single (2002)
- Organic (2005)
Other:
- Frozen Eyes - The Metal Collection III (1987)
- Frozen Eyes - Frozen Eyes (1988)
- Chroming Rose - Garden of Eden (1991)
- Road Ratt - Road Ratt (1992)
- Is this tough or what? - Compilation (1992)
- Pagan - The Weight (1993)
- Triple & Touch - 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)
- Soilwork - Steelbath Suicide (1998)
- Janne Lucas (1998) (Unreleased)
- Soilwork - Machinegun Majesty (1999)
- Guitar Oddysey - A tribute to Yngwie Malmsteen (1999)
- Soilwork - A Predator's Portrait (2001)
- Warmth in the Wilderness - A tribute to Jason Becker (2001)
- Bumblefoot - 9.11 (2001)
- Plug In (2001) (Unreleased)
- Mister Kite (2001)
- Locomotive Breath - Heavy Machinery (2002)
- Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos (2002)
- Johan Randen - Lead Guitar (2002)
- United - DVD (2005)
- Petrus - Come What Might (2005)
Instruction Videos:
- Freak Guitar Vol 1 (1995) (VHS)
- Hyper Freak Exercise (1999) (Audio CD)
- Hyper Freak Exercise DVD (2001) (DVD)
- Super Virtuosity DVD (2004) (DVD)
