Atavachron (Remastered) Allan Holdsworth

• 1 Non Brewed Condiment (Remastered) 03:41
• 2 Funnels (Remastered) 06:13
• 3 The Dominant Plague (Remastered) 05:44
• 4 Atavachron (Remastered) 04:44
• 5 Looking Glass (Remastered) 04:36
• 6 Mr. Berwell (Remastered) 06:24
• 7 All Our Yesterdays (Remastered) 05:24
• Total Runtime 36:46

Info for Atavachron (Remastered)

Digitally remastered edition. 1986 album from the guitar legend. Atavachron marks the first recorded use of Holdsworth playing the synthaxe.

"For a little background, back in the '80s the SynthAxe was invented. It looked like something that fell out of a UFO. It was guitar-like with sets of strings and other onboard controls that allowed the triggering (playing) of synthesizers. What was unique was that guitarists could therefore play a synthesizer without needing a great amount of keyboard expertise. The SynthAxe was the interface that very uniquely interpreted a guitarist's skill into synth sounds. For guitarist Allan Holdsworth, it was yet a whole new way to achieve the sounds unvoiced in his soul in ways he just couldn't do with a standard guitar. Holdsworth has always sought a horn-like voicing with the ability to manipulate a note in a myriad of ways. He is known for being one of the most unique stylists on guitar, but it is the SynthAxe that allows him to go places a guitar can't reach. This release was special in that it marks Holdsworth's first use of the SynthAxe alongside electric guitar. The SynthAxe sounds more like a keyboard than a guitar. It has a wider sound spectrum than keyboards and in this release you will hear a myriad of synthscapes and effects. This release offered a semi-progressive symphonic element and served to ever stretch the boundaries of jazz fusion. Beautiful female vocals in one song framed by surrealistic visual musicks of the SynthAxe and keyboardy leads by Holdsworth may have turned guitar fans off, but this effort is clear evidence of the genius Holdsworth was demonstrating release after release. And as expected, Holdsworth continued to strive for that reed voicing and phrasing on his guitar solos, which merely pushed him to his best." (John W. Patterson, AMG)

Allan Holdsworth, guitar, SynthAxe
Rowanne Mark, vocals (on track 7)
William Edward Childs, keyboard (on tracks 2, 5)
Alan Pasqua, keyboard (on tracks 3, 4, 6)
Gary Husband, drums (on tracks 1, 2, 4, 6)
Chad Wackerman, drums (on tracks 3, 7)
Tony Williams, drums (on track 5) Jimmy Johnson, bass

Engineered by Robert Feist, Dan Humann
Mastering by Bernie Grundman

Digitally remastered

Please Note: We offer this album in its native sampling rate of 48 kHz, 24-bit. The provided 96 kHz version was up-sampled and offers no audible value!

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