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Fundamentals!




Jam Track Central
package!
R-Mine Metalfest!



June 22nd!
Freak Guitar -
The Smorgasbord!




March 5th
Worldwide!
Freak Guitar Camp 2013!



Registration
is open!
Happy Harmaggedon -
Blog of Doom!




Big read!
Metal Guitar Gods!



Toontrack
Expansion pack!
Panzerballett!



Tank Goodness
feat. IA!
Freak Guitar -
Growing Your Own Moustache!




Vol. 3 available now!
Jason Becker
Not Dead Yet!




Live in Haarlem!
Big Bad Blog!



Bigger! Badder!!
Gitar Plus!



IA on the cover!
Art Metal!



Groovy Kali shirt
soon available from the store!
Murder Groupie!



New video!
Big Bad Blog!



Happy Reading!
Santo Angelo!



Groovy Brazilian cables!
Teargas Jazz!


New T-shirt!
Guitar Player!



IA on the cover in Brazil!
White Classic Tee!



Available now!
Facebook!



Freak Guitar!
Mr Libido!



Alive on MySpace!
Caparison Apple Horns!

YouTube!



New live videos!
Tuition Album!



Growing Your Own Moustache Vol.2!
Available now!
FREAK GUITAR FUNDAMENTALS
Brand new Jam Track Central package!

Freak Guitar Fundamentals! Five new tracks to play along to (+ five videos + notation of the entire thing)! Available this very now from Jam Track Central!
COOKING WITH PAGANS
New album in the works!

We are truly excited to announce a new Freak Kitchen album, entitled Cooking with Pagans, is being produced for a fall 2013 release. Cooking with Pagans will include twelve kick butt tunes we will take on the road after completion:

Professional Help, (Saving Up for an) Anal Bleach, Come Back to Comeback, I Don't Want to Golf, Once Upon a Time in Scandinavistan, Hide, Private Property, Sloppy, Ranks of the Terrified, Goody Goody, The Mathematics of Defeat, Freak of the Week.

More news later on.
GIGS & CLINICS
More coming!

2013.02.15 Athens, Greece - Athena (Freak Kitchen)
2013.02.16 Athens, Greece - Athena (Freak Guitar Clinic)
2013.03.06 Växjö, Sweden - Musikhuset (Freak Guitar Clinic)
2013.03.16 Trollhättan, Sweden - N3 (Freak Guitar Clinic)
2013.03.28 Barcelona, Spain - Fanatic Guitars (Freak Guitar Clinic)
2013.04.10 - 13 Frankfurt, Germany - (Laney Freak Guitar Clinics)
2013.04.26 Tourcoing, France - EF2M Music School
2013.04.27 Amstelveen, Holland - Headway Festival (Freak Kitchen)
2013.04.28 Gothenburg, Sweden - Fuzz Guitar Show
2013.05.03 Norrköping, Sweden - 4Sound (Freak Guitar Clinic)
2013.05.03 Norrköping, Sweden - K7 (Freak Kitchen)
2013.05.04 Stockholm, Sweden - Absolute Guitar
2013.05.04 Västerås, Sweden - Club Rockers (Freak Kitchen)
2013.05.23 Lund, Sweden - Mejeriet (Freak Guitar Clinic)
2013.05.23 Lund, Sweden - Mejeriet (with Jonas Hellborg)
2013.05.24 Copenhagen, Denmark (Yamaha Freak Guitar Clinic at 4Sound)
2013.05.24 Copenhagen, Denmark, Lions & Barrels (Freak Kitchen)
2013.06.22 Tongeren, Belgium - R-Mine Metalfest (Freak Kitchen)
2013.07.20 Saint-Julien en Genevois, France, Guitares en Scène (Freak Guitar Clinic)
2013.07.26 Uppsala, Sweden - Lillemanfestivalen (Freak Kitchen)
2013.08.03 Upplands Väsby, Sweden - Väsby Rock Festival (Freak Kitchen)
2013.09.07 Bernau, Germany, Neue Musik Laden (Freak Guitar Clinic)
2013.09.22 Jakarta, Indonesia - Jaksound 2013 (Freak Kitchen)
2013.10.08 Uppsala, Sweden - Uppsala Konserthus (Freak Kitchen with Steve Vai)
2013.10.09 Uppsala, Sweden - Freak Guitar Clinic at Uppsala Internationella Gitarrfestival
2013.11.02-03 Rock the Boat, Norway, Denmark (Freak Kitchen)
2013.11.05 Theater Fabrik Sachsen, Leipzig, Germany, Franz-Flemming-Str. 16 (Freak Kitchen/Panzerballett)
2013.11.06 Berlin, Germany -K17, Pettenkoferstr. 17a (Freak Kitchen/Panzerballett)
2013 11.07 Bremen, Germany - Meisenfrei Blues Club, Hankenstr. 18 (Freak Kitchen/Panzerballett)
2013.11.09 Eindhoven, Holland, Let's Play Music (Freak Guitar Clinic)
2013.11.09 Roermond, Holland, Cultuurfabriek
2013.11.11 Verviers, Belgium - Spirit of 66
2013 11.13 Köln, Germany, Zülpicher Str. 10 (Freak Kitchen/Panzerballett)
2013 11.14 Hamburg, Germany - Logo, Grindelallee 5 (Freak Kitchen/Panzerballett)
2013 11.15 Frankfurt, Germany - Das Bett, Schmidtstr. 12 (Freak Kitchen/Panzerballett)
2013.11.23 Madrid, Spain - Sala Rock Kitchen, Calle Fundadores 7
FREAK GUITAR - THE SMORGASBORD
March 5th!

Hot, delicious news! Prepare to devour! Steve Vai and Favored Nations will release IA's long-awaited audio feast Freak Guitar - The Smorgasbord worldwide March 5th! An intense buffet with no fewer than 40 tracks, served in double disc packaging (with close to two hours worth of nutritious music!) Freak Guitar - The Smorgasbord also features a number of prominent, tasty guests: Dweezil Zappa, Fredrik Thordendal, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, Andy Timmons, Georg “Jojje“ Wadenius, Guthrie Govan, Morgan Ågren, Ranjit Barot, Kiko Loureiro, Jonas Hellborg, Selvaganesh Vinayakram and many more.

The Menu:

Disc 1

1. Amphibians Night Out
2. Musth
3. Mattias - The Beautiful Guy
4. Hells Bells
5. The Smorgasbord
6. Friedrichs Wahnbriefe
7. Sexually Frustrated Fruit Fly Flamenco
8. Daily Grind Disco March
9. Lease With an Option to Buy
10. The Swede and the Wolf
11. Mambo Italiano
12. Mind Your Step (at Schiphol Airport)
13. Crossing the Rubicon
14. That's Amore
15. Keep It in the Dojo
16. Infrared Jed
17. Peter, I Won't Drive Another Meter
18. Larvatus Prodeo
19. Blaha Blaha
20. Lullaby for Gabriel

Disc 2

1. In the Goo of the Evening
2. The Dogs of Delhi
3. Special Agent Bauer
4. Mahavishnu John
5. The Harry Lime Theme
6. Dark Matter
7. Trumpet Lesson
8. Mandur and Morgan's Camel Safari
9. Shore Thing
10. Captain Smith's Moment of Truth
11. Mah Ná Mah Ná
12. The Nigerian Gynecologist
13. 6 Rue Cordot
14. Kali Ghat
15. Safe to Remove Hardware
16. Did You Actually Pay for That?
17. Those in Badiyah
18. The Essence of Emptiness
19. Meralgia Paresthetica
20. Guano Afternoon

Get your copy here:

Amazon (US), Amazon (UK), iTunes, CD Universe, Abstract Logix, CDON (Sweden), CDON (Norway), CDON (Denmark), CDON (Finland), Ginza (Sweden), E-shop


FREAK GUITAR CAMP 2013
Open for registration!

Freak Guitar Camp 2013 is now open for registration! Please visit the Freak Guitar Camp page for more information.

Dates:
Week I: 29th of July - 3rd of August
Week II: 6th - 11th of August


Hope to see you in Sweden next summer! Don't hesitate to drop an e-mail if you have questions.
HAPPY HARMAGEDDON - BLOG OF DOOM
The beefiest read yet!

Happy Harmageddon – Blog of Doom! The beefiest, freakiest read yet is just up, stretching from January - December! Enjoy!
METAL GUITAR GODS
Toontrack expansion pack for EZmix2 featuring IA!

IA is thrilled to be part of Toontrack's Metal Guitar Gods expansion pack for EZmix2, very much also featuring Fredrik Thordendal, Devin Townsend, Misha Mansoor!
PANZERBALLETT
Tank Goodness!


IA has teamed up with Germany's finest - the stunning Panzerballett on their new release Tank Goodness. IA is singing and playing on the track The IKEA Trauma, a song co-written with Panzerballet's master mind Jan Zehrfeld. Other guests include Randy Brecker, Conny Kreitmeier and Ron van Lankeren! Must be heard to be believed.
BIG BAD BLOG
Bigger! Badder


Brand new blog up! Streching from second half of summer the Big Bad Blog - Bigger! Badder! might possibly be the beefiest read yet with road stories from Nepal, Indonesia, Brazil, Holland, Australia, Germany, Denmark, USA, Sweden and more! Happy reading!
FREAK GUITAR -
GROWING YOUR OWN MOUSTACHE VOL. 3
In the Mood for Modes!


It’s time to get serious! Freak Guitar – Growing Your Own Moustache Vol. 3 – In the Mood for Modes is now available to download from the Freak Kitchen Online Store. With no less than 75 tracks (!) this is THE tuition album for the dedicated musician.

Besides seven new demanding, original songs, with and without guitar, IA has orchestrated a huge, challenging palette of useful backing tunes consisting of loads and loads of different scales from all over the world. This is a stunning opportunity to actually hear the tonality and learn how phrase over synthetic and exotic modes as well as more orthodox Western scales.

Tracklist:

01. Béla goes to Poona
02. Béla goes to Poona - no gtr
03. Christeen Fifteen Sixteen
04. Christeen Fifteen Sixteen - no gtr
05. Moulin Rouge Bad Vision
06. Moulin Rouge Bad Vision - no gtr
07. The Lassie Surprise Edit
08. The Lassie Surprise Edit - no gtr
09. Sept Fraises
10. Sept Fraises - no gtr
11. Banana Republic Bruce
12. Banana Republic Bruce – no gtr
13. You and Your Volcanoes
14. You and Your Volcanoes – no gtr
15. Super Locrian (in C)
16. Neapolitan Minor (in E)
17. Neapolitan Major (in C)
18. Oriental (in A)
19. Double Harmonic, Persian, Byzantine, Gypsy (in D)
20. Enigmatic (in C)
21. Harmonic Minor, Mohammedan (in E)
22. Hungarian Minor (in C)
23. Major Locrian (in A)
24. Lydian Minor (in D)
25. Lydian Dominant (in C)
26. Leading Whole Tone (in E)
27. Pentatonic Minor (in C)
28. Pentatonic Major, Mongolian (in A)
29. Acoustic, Hindustan (in D)
30. Phrygian Major, Jewish, Gypsy (variation) (in C)
31. Hirajoshi, Traditional Japanese (in E)
32. Hawaiian (in C)
33. Ethiopian Minor (in A)
34. Symmetrical (in D)
35. Pantuvarali (Rag Shree) (in C)
36. Kanakangi (in E)
37. Kumoi (in C)
38. Balenesian, Pelog (in A)
39. Romanian Minor (in D)
40. Piongio, Japanese (in C)
41. Chinese (in E)
42. Iwato (in C)
43. Egyptian (in A)
44. Scriabin (in D)
45. Ritusen (in C)
46. Arabian (in E)
47. Prometheus (in C)
48. 7 Tone Blues (in A)
49. Spanish 8 Tone (in D)
50. 9 Tone (in C)
51. Hungarian Gypsy (in E)
52. 3rd mode of Pantuvarali (from “OK”) (in C)
53. Javaneese (in A)
54. Algerian (in D)
55. Melodic Minor (ascending) (in C)
56. Melodic Minor (descending) (in E)
57. Rasikapriya (in C)
58. Diminished (thirds) (in A)
59. Diminished (half/whole) (in D)
60. Diminished (whole/half) (in C)
61. Whole Tone (in E)
62. Ultra Locrian (in C)
63. Moorish Phrygian (in A)
64. Six Tone Symmetrical (in D)
65. Auxiliary Diminished Blues (in C) 66. Blues (in E)
67. Chromatic (in C)
68. Okinawa (in A)
69. Ionian (in D)
70. Dorian (in C)
71. Phrygian (in E)
72. Lydian (in C)
73. Mixolydian (in A)
74. Aeolian (in D)
75. Locrian (in C)

BIG BAD BLOG
New one up!


Feel like doing a bit of summer reading? Tour of the Freaks - Big Bad Blog is just up with tons of photos and tales from Dubai, Tunisia, Germany, France, Spain, USA, Sweden and more! Enjoy!
MURDER GROUPIE
New video from Land of the Freaks!

Murder Groupie! Brand new video from Land of the Freaks up on the Freak Kitchen YouTube channel with footage from last year's Hellfest.
NEW FREAK PAGE
The Official Japanese site!

All you fine Japanese freaks out there, check out the brand new home page: Mattias IA Eklundh - The Official Japanese Site!
TOUR OF THE FREAKS - THE SMELL OF TIME
New blog!

Tour of the Freaks - The Smell of Time: new super beefy blog up!

Happy reading!
TOUR OF THE FREAKS
The most beefy blog so far!

Read Tour of the Freaks, the most beefy blog so far with road tales and photos from France, Germany, Russia, Sweden and Spain.
GOD SAVE THE SPLEEN
Dowmload transcription!

You heard the song, you saw the video, you wear the shirt, now play it!

Our fantastic long-time freak buddy Linus Abrahamson has taken the time and effort to write down God Save the Spleen for guitar, both rhythm and lead, in both standard notation as well as tablature. This shall not go unnoticed.

The transcriptions have been uploaded for you to download and go nuts: Get the rhythm and the lead !

Enjoy!
FREAK KITCHEN ONLINE STORE
Brand new opening!

The Online Store has just re-opened with lots of cool new stuff as well as classic Freak Kitchen merchandise:

Check out the groovy, climate neutral, EarthPositive, top-notch quality hooded sweatshirt with zipper with embroidered cow head and logo, or...

The new long sleeve shirt with cow on front and beefy logo on the back, or...

The kick ass God Save the Spleen T-shirt or...

The new take on the much wanted Mandarin T-shirt, with groovy cow man on the the front and FK-logo on the right arm, or...

Appetizer, the debut album from 1994. An album that has been out of stock for ages and contains live favorites like Blind, See You in Pittsburgh and Raw, or...

The download tuition album Freak Guitar - Growing Your Own Moustache Vol. 2, or...

Christer's first solo effort Eaglestrike and Mr. Fastfinger's debut album The Way of the Exploading Guitar!

The classic, much requested Cow T-shirt is back in stock also in organic, bamboo top-notch quality. (Sizes S - XXL).
We try to focus on eco-friendly clothing. Our future goal is to sell a 100% organic certified products. We hope you appreciate this. Stay tuned for more tiptop things to come!
GOD SAVE THE SPLEEN
New Land of the Freaks video!

God Save the Spleen! Enjoy the brand new video from Land of the Freaks, shot in Shanghai, Beijing, Xi'an, Chengdu, Tokyo, Taipei, Athens and Bordeaux on our YouTube Channel!

A neat God Save the Spleen T-shirt will soon be available from the Online Store.