New album in the works!

We are truly happy to announce a new Freak Kitchen album, entitled Cooking with Pagans, is being produced for a late 2012 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.

Near and far!

Although the majority of our attention will be paid to the recording of Cooking with Pagans we can't resist going on the road every now and then. We will go nuts in France, Russia, Germany, Finland and Nepal in the next couple of months:

4th of July, 2012 - Digne Le Bains in France (together with Christophe Godin and Morgbl)

7th of July, 2012 - ORWOhaus Festival in Berlin, Germany (Frank Zappa Str. 19-20, D-12681-Berlin)

14th of July, 2012 - Hadjoh Festival, Adygeya, Russia

20th of July, 2012 - Henry's Pub in Kuopio, Finland

21st of July, 2012 - Elmusrock in Pyhäsalmi, Finland

13th of October, 2012 - Silence Festival III in Kathmandu, Nepal (Jawalakhel Ground, Kathmandu, Nepal)

Registration is open!

Freak Guitar Camp 2012 is now open for registration!

Dates:
Week 1 - 30th of July to 4th of August
Week 2 - 7th to 12th of August

(NOTE: We dropped the Scandinavian week, as last year, but might add another international week later on depending on touring schedules and demand. Stay tuned).

Loads of Freak Guitar Clinics in April and May!

IA will go nuts with his guitar, equipped with the brand new Laney Iron Heart amp in Italy, Norway and Sweden in April and May:

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, Monday 16.04.2012
Chiaravelle, AN, Italy, Tuesday 17.04.2012
Monza, Italy, Wednesday 18.04.2012
Torino, Italy, Thursday 19.04.2012
Ringkjøb Musikkland AS, Bodø, Thursday 26.04.2012
Marios Musikk AS, Harstad, Friday 27.04.2012
Riff Musikk AS, Oslo, Wednesday 02.05.2012
Rebel Musikk AS, Trondheim, Thursday 03.05.2012
Backstage Musikk AS avd Jessheim, Friday 04.05.2012
Hamar Musikksenter AS, Monday 07.05.2012
Kongsvinger Musikksenter, Monday 07.05.2012
AS Radioservice, Askøy, Tuesday 08.05.2012
Lillestrøm Musikksenter AS, Wednesday 09.05.2012
Gjøvik Musikk, Thursday 10.05.2012
Backstage Musikk AS avd Sandvika, Friday 11.05.2012
Absolut Guitar, Östermalms Musikskola, Stockholm, Sweden Saturday 12.05.2012
4Sound, Uppsala, Sweden Friday 18.05.2012
Musik Utan Gränser (MUG), Gothenburg, Sweden, 22.05.2012
Malmö Musikaffär, Malmö, Sweden, 23.05.2012
Musikalen, Halmstad, Sweden, 24.05.2012
Åmål, Sweden Saturday 26.05.2012

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!

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)

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!

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.

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!

New blog!

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

Happy reading!

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.

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!

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!

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.