Guest Appearances & Studio Sessions
Phi Yaan Zek - Solar Flare
© 2005 Geomagnetic Records
“21st century Mahavishnu Orchestra meets Zappa at a psychedelic shred guitar ethno fusion festival.”
- Solar Flare
- Hyperspatial
- High
- Out In The Boonies
- So Far Away
- I Phi
- Psychometamorph
- Little Space Creatures
- Grasshopper Medicine
- Passion Reborn
- Solar Reprise
Musicians
Phi Yaan Zek
Fabio Trentini
Marco Minneman
Bumblefoot
Lale Larson (Larson appears on 4 tracks)
Peter Stacey
Brian Gulland
among others…
‘Solar Flare’ the CD is lovingly brought to you by UK based guitarist Phi Yaan-Zek in association with Geomagnetic Records and is beautifully packaged with a 12 page full colour booklet containing exclusive song liner notes.
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The Alchemists
A collection of 27 of the worlds hottest guitarists. (2002) Liquid Note Records
Larson appears as a guest soloist on the following tracks
Richard Hallebeek’s “Seasons”, Magnus Olsson’s “Whatever It Might be” and Stefan Rosqvist’s “Neverland”.
This double CD also features Bumblefoot (Ron Thal), Lyle Workman, Guthrie Govan, Dave Kilminster, Brett Garsed, Virgil Donati, Terry Syrek, Dave Martone, Milan Polak amongst others…
You can read more at Liquid Note Records
Personal comments
These guest solos were done on three different occasions. They just happened to end up on the same compilation.
Richard Hallebeek - Seasons
Everything went wrong on this date. I recorded this at the great engineer Ejnarsson’s place again. But it seemed that we had everything against us. First the computer crashed all the time. Then a key broke and my pitchbend stopped working so we had to midi connect my keyboard to another set of keys with a different touch, which made the sound different. Five hours later, after a few attempts of cutting and pasting solos together, I gave up and erased everything previously recorded.
It was getting late and I had to get it done that evening. The last five minutes before I had to go I played a solo in one take and that had to be it. It was the best I could do at the moment but I don’t feel that it sounds inspired.
Stefan Rosqvist - Neverland
I was talking to Stefan on the phone during the second day of the “State Of Mind” sessions and he asked me if I had any studio time left to record some piano for one of his songs.
He whistled the melody to Neverland and he said that I could do whatever I wanted with it, he didn’t even give me any specific key to play in. After a few “State Of Mind” takes I called him back and asked him to sing the melody again since I had some time left. I improvised over Stefan’s melody and I think it’s the first or second take that is on the album. To be honest I feel that I could have done it better, but under the circumstances I think it’s OK.
Magnus Olsson - Whatever It Might Be
I was hanging out at Magnus place and he was working with some drum programming for a tune. He asked me if I wanted to throw in a keyboard solo in the middle of the song.
I played a bass line over his drum programmings, threw in some nice changes and did a solo. Luckily I had my keyboard at his place so I got my own solo sound. I’m happy with the way Magnus mixed my solo, very in your face and just the way I like it. I feel that this solo has its inspired moments.
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European Orders
J.A.M
Joel Rivard, Alessandro Benvenuti, Milan Polak (2004) LNR
- The Usual Unusual - M.Polak
- 2 Sides of the Same Trouble - A. Benvenuti
- Lydian Field - J. Rivard
- Hot Room - A. Benvenuti
- Back on the Track - M.Polak
- Transcendence - J.Rivard
- Slow - A.Benvenuti
- Perfect Angel - M.Polak
- General Relativity Jam - J.Rivard
Musicians
Joel Rivard - Guitar
Alessandro Benvenuti - Guitar
Milan Polak - Guitar
Lale Larson - Keyboards
Gian Marco Benvenuti - Keyboards
Peter Schönhauer - Bass
Francesco Cecchet - Bass
Florian Holoubek - drums
Armando Croce- drums
Marzia Palisi - voice
Personal notes
I play on four tracks on this CD.This was done in just a few hours on two different occasions. I received the tracks from Italy, America and Austria. Then I recorded all my keyboard parts in Ejnarsson’s studio.
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Sebastiaan Cornelissen - Aggressive Attack
Munich Records (2002)
Dutch drum virtouso “Bas” Cornelissen’s solo debut.
The music is best described as Jazz/fusion with Latin and sometimes even modern-classical influences such as Messian, Satie and Debussy. Sebastiaan also includes his other Jazz/Rock style influences such as Allan Holdsworth, Weather Report, Tribal Tech, Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea.
- Mr. Bambara
- Detuned (Feat. Lale Larson solo)
- Frametypes
- Interlude
- Minor Audio Construction
- Tube-view
- Doubter
- Forum
- Prompt
- Aggressive Attack
- World Of Appearance (Feat Eef Albers)
Musicians
Eef Albers - Guitar (track 11 only)
Leonardo Amuedo - Guitar
Rob van Bavel Piano - Fender Rhodes
Harry Emmery - Acoustic Bass
Lale Larson - Keyboards (track 3 only)
Tom Beek - Tenor Saxophone
Udo Pannekeel - Six String Electric Bass
Sebastiaan Cornelissen - Drums, Guitar and additional Fender Rhodes
Visit Sebastiaan Cornelissen’s homepage for sound clips and more info.
Personal comments
This was one of those magic moments in the studio. I went to my friend Andreas Ejnarsson’s studio in Helsingborg, Sweden. We had a cup of coffee, sound checked the keyboard, rehearsed a little, pressed record and then I played the solo that is on the CD. A first take.The whole session was over in less than half an hour. I sent the solo to Sebastiaan in Holland and he loved it. I’m happy with the way this solo turned out. A burst of inspiration.