Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn

Artist:

Becker, Jason

UPC:

4988003395384

See Also:

Gambale, Frank Sheehan, Billy Johnson, Eric (Guitar 1) Henderson, Scott (Guitar) Timmons, Andy

Description:

Personnel includes: Jason Becker (guitar, keyboards, bass); Marty Friedman (guitar); Atma Anur (drums).
Cacophony guitarist Jason Becker`s all-instrumental solo album is a winner. On Perpetual Burn, Becker gets to stretch out and really show his talents, whereas in Cacophony, with fellow virtuoso Marty Friedman sharing the spotlight, some of the subtleties of Becker`s style are lost amid the cluttered speed metal maelstrom. Floating in on a bed of ethereal keyboards, Becker`s guitar opens the album with a lyrical solo on the stately "Altitudes." His compositional skills allow the piece to build naturally and make it a coherent, satisfying statement rather than a jarring collection of unrelated ideas. The album`s best moment, "Air," features some traditional classical fingerpicking that gives way to multi-tracked arpeggio orchestrations and Bach-style counterpoint. The piece, which consists almost solely of clean, unprocessed electric guitar and no further accompaniment (with the exception of some keyboard textures in the beginning and end), is a wonderful respite from the rest of the album`s more metallic style and supersaturated guitar tones. There are also some quirky, humorous touches sprinkled liberally around Perpetual Burn, which add to its charm. ~ Andy Hinds

Album Information

Release Date:

11/16/2010

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Instrumental

Subgenre:

Guitar Rock Instruml

Label:

King Japan

Catalog Number:

0339538

Original Release Year:

1988

# of Discs:

1

SPARS Coding:

DDD

Studio/Live:

Studio

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