Mattias Eklundh
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Mattias "IA" Eklundh is the lead guitar player of Swedish power trio Freak Kitchen. He has received much attention from the guitar community for his skilled and highly unconventional style of guitar playing. His music is very distinct, as it is both complicated and playful at the same time.
Outside of Freak Kitchen, Mr. Eklundh has recorded several solo albums, and made appearances as a guest musician for Swedish heavy metal bands like Evergrey and Soilwork. His two Freak Guitar solo albums are released on Steve Vai's [Favored Nations] label, and include drawings and other artwork by friend Anders Nyberg. In 2005, he grouped with Swedish bass guitarist and composer Jonas Hellborg in the Jonas Hellborg Trio alongwith drummer Niclas Campagnol and played their first gig in Mumbai, India and followed with a tour of India.
He also annually hosts and teaches at the Freak Guitar Camp. Mattias Eklundh endorses [Caparison Guitars], who make his signature [Apple Horn] guitar.
Discography
Solo: With Freak Kitchen:- Freak Kitchen - Appetizer (1994)
- Freak Kitchen - Raw (1994)
- Freak Kitchen - Swedish Hard Rock and Heavy Metal 1970-1996 (1996)*Freak Kitchen - Spanking Hour (1996)
- Freak Kitchen - Freak Kitchen (1998)
- Freak Kitchen - Dead Soul Men (2000)
- Freak Kitchen - Move (2002)
- Freak Kitchen - Lost in Bordeaux - promotional single (2002)
- Freak Kitchen - Swedish Hard Rock & Heavy Metal - bonus CD (2002)
- Freak Kitchen - Nobody's Laughing DVD single (2002)
- Freak Kitchen - Organic (2005)
- Frozen Eyes - The Metal Collection III (1987)
- Frozen Eyes - Frozen Eyes (1988)
- Chroming Rose - Garden of Eden (1991)
- Road Ratt - Road Ratt (1992)
- Is this tough or what? - Compilation (1992)
- Pagan - The Weight (1993)
- Triple & Touch - T & T (1993)
- Tornado Soup - Tornado Soup (1994)
- Hans Lindell - En del av bilden (1996)
- Sven Olander - Air Blue (1997)
- Locomotive Breath (1997)
- Hans Sahlin - Hans Sahlin (1997) (Unreleased)
- Evergrey - The Dark Discovery (1998)
- Torben Schmidt (1998) (Unreleased)
- Soilwork - Steelbath Suicide (1998)
- Janne Lucas (1998) (Unreleased)
- Soilwork - Machinegun Majesty (1999)
- Guitar Oddysey - A tribute to Yngwie Malmsteen (1999)
- Warmth in the Wilderness - A tribute to Jason Becker (2001)
- Bumblefoot - 9.11 (2001)
- Plug In (2001) (Unreleased)
- Mister Kite (2001)
- Locomotive Breath - Heavy Machinery (2002)
- Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos (2002)
- Johan Randen - Lead Guitar (2002)
- United - DVD (2005)
- Petrus - Come What Might (2005)
- Freak Guitar Vol 1 (1995) (VHS)
- Hyper Freak Exercise (1999) (Audio CD)
- Hyper Freak Exercise DVD (2001) (DVD)
- Super Virtuosity DVD (2004) (DVD)
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