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'Been lamenting for the past decade that guitar
playing died with the birth of Nirvana? Been lamenting
that no one has heard much from James Brown since
prison? Help is here, brothers and sisters, from a
nearby planet called -K-, from a string-strangling boy
named Kevin. Dig, if you will...
Kevin Schafer has released an independent CD called
Invasion from Planet K, that is guaranteed to blow
your hair back faster than a ride in my convertible.
Kev will have you stompin to his sizzling brand of
funk-rock and drooling over his amazing guitar chops,
complete with Shaft-like wahs, lightning fast licks,
seriously deep groves, & a certain furious cool.
Yes, Kevin Schafer delivers, boys & girls. Can I get
an amen!?
Kevin kicks off this 10 song disc with a song called
Sucker Punch. Yeah (insert Isaac Hayes voice
here)....followed by a host of other tunes that feel
like Jeff Beck & Eddie Van Halen gunning hard over
songs by Jan Hammer and Prince.
The groove stays cool & deep and the guitar work hot &
flashy. Kevin Schafer has scored BIG, and fans of
funky, fusionistic guitar rock score even bigger when
they pick up this amazing disc. From the soaring
harmonics & wide vibrato of Sugar City, to the
wah-warped rhythms & long bends of Butter Face, to
the climbing chromatics & swirling lines of Sparkle
Motion, to the easy release of If Forever..., Kevin
delivers in spades.
Bottom line: If you like your music to sound like the
soundtrack to an Evil Knievel stunt, stop reading and
grab this CD NOW!
Visit Kevin on-line (where he has scored over 62,000
plays!) at his SoundClick site!
'~ http://music.tinfoil.net/modules.php?name=News&fil 'Flavors of Jeff beck's golden era are rampant. Kev's finger vibrato is beautifully deft. There must be something in the MN water, cus one hears aspects of his Purple Highness in Kev's style. The octave split line of Sparkle Motion, reminds of a tune that Lenny Kravitz wishes he was bad a$$ enough to throw down ... some of it sounds as if EVH showed up to give a go with P-Funk.
The guitar tones are varied, and deployed perfectly to capture whatever the given tune needs. Nice wah wah work throughout, and not just for the effect, but for just the right alteration of the tone, to create a dynamic movement' ... sometimes thick and heavy – other times crunchy and punchy ... sometimes stinging, as in the title track ... sometimes singing, without a hint of fizz, on top .... A very happenin tonal pallet to be sure.
'~ Seymour Duncan forums 9-27-05 by member Tone4days 'Invasion From Planet K is Minnesota guitarist Kevin Schafer's instrumental guitar CD, a ten track extravaganza that owes it's inspiration to the guitar rock of the 1970s. No burying riffs and solos in the mix here; the guitar is up-front and in-your-face - fortunately, Schafer has the chops (and the production muscle) to pull it off. Drummer Rikki Davenport is featured on all the songs, and they tracked the CD with no real rehearsals and no clicks - they just hit the groove a couple times, tap their toes, and track it. The end result is an organic, heavy, hard rock experience...'~ http://www.guitar9.com/undiscov58a.html |
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