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Jim Davies Electronic Guitar (Mascot) VIEW COMMENTS [0 Comments] | ADD COMMENTS The early 90s saw a whole host of guitar solo albums appearing – from the likes of Steve Vai to Yngwie Malmsteen – all of them, while showing off an undeniable talent – were the musical equivalent to root canal surgery. So, it’s now 2009 and Jim Davies of Pitchshifter / The Prodigy fame, is about to inflict another lesson in fretboard wankery on an unsuspecting public. Well, one listen to Electronic Guitar shows that something in the world of instrumental albums is different this time. For a start far from being the sort of self-obsessed, egotistical musical God who put out guitar instrumental albums to show off their skills, Jim Davies is a decent bloke and Electronic Guitar is far more than just him showing off his finger dexterity. At times reminiscent of the industrial magic of Pitchshifter and at times dipping in the murky dance/rock waters of his time in the Prodigy, Jim Davies has created an instrumental album that actually doesn’t suck. While it might not be something you make a habit of listening to, his bastardization of rock, metal and dance has helped create some of the most genre-defining industrial/dance/rock music of the last decade or so and for that, it’s unsurprising that Electronic Guitar continues to show how much good people like Davies do for the creative pool in the rock scene. Electronic Guitar is probably nothing more than Davies just a collection of some of the millions of ideas he’s got swirling round in that head of his and will probably only be picked up on by Pitchshifter fans and a few of the Prodigy fans who like the band for more than just Firestarter. Either way, if this is an example of what is going around his head, it does show that the rock/dance crossover world is going to be in a healthy state for a long time yet. - Rating [7] Release Date - 20 April 2009 Reviewed by Stuart Haughton Find more articles on Jim Davies Find YouTube Videos on Jim Davies Download Electronic Guitar here Related Tags USER COMMENTS - 0 Comments ADD COMMENT |
       
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