HEARTWARE - 1987

Tracks:

1. My pleasure
2. Just because, so
3. Lost and found
4. Heartware
5. Winterborn lyric
6. Lonely street of dreams
7. Firenze

Musicians
Jan Akkerman: guitars, bass guitars, synths. Midi interfaces including Roland
Ton Dijkman: drums
Michael Peet: bass

This was recorded two years after the FOCUS album with Thijs van Leer and follows many of the themes. The opening track is an interpretation of "Bach-one-turbo-overdrive" which appeared on the FOCUS album. Jan employs a battery of guitars (Gibson Les Paul. Framus Jan Akkerman, Roland 300 & 700, Valdez etc) and effects to create keyboard sounds and even kettle drums, with the result that this album is full of energy with some of Jan's fastest guitar playing.

Worth finding as Jan has rarely been better.

Timothy Baugh

| Back to Solo Works index | | Home |

This page was made by Rodrigo Mantovani.