Releases

On April 1 2008, Joe Satriani released a new studio album, entitled "Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock"

The new album includes 10 tracks:

1. Musterion
2. Overdriver
3. I Just Wanna Rock
4. Professor Satchafunkilus
5. Revelation
6. Come On Baby
7. Out Of The Sunrise
8. Diddle-Y-A-Doo-Dat
9. Asik Veysel
10. Andalusia

On November 20th (November 19th in the UK), Genesis will release their "Live Over Europe" two-disc CD set, recorded live on the recent outstanding European leg of the Genesis "Turn It On Again" tour. "Live Over Europe" includes 21 songs from the full range of Genesis eras, and were professionally recorded at venues throughout the European tour.

Fans of instrumental rock will be interested to know "Live Over Europe" includes two of Genesis' well-known instrumental tracks: Los Endos and Duke's End.

The complete track listing:

Disc 1

1. Duke's Intro / Behind The Lines / Duke's End (Live In Manchester)

Steve Vai will release his new DVD, Visual Sound Theories, through Sony/Epic on September 18, 2007. This DVD features the live performances from the Aching Hunger concerts with the Holland Metropole Orchestra in July 2005.

With a total running time of over 2 hours, the DVD includes 14 tracks in both stereo and 5.1 surround sound:

• Kill The Guy With The Ball
• The God Eaters
• The Murder Prologue
• The Murder
• Answers
• Lotus Feet
• I'm Becoming
• Salamanders In The Sun
• The Attitude Song
• Gentle Ways

On August 7th, 2007, Epic/Legacy Recordings will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Joe Satriani's Surfing with the Alien with the release of a new expanded edition of this groundbreaking album. This two-disc set includes a CD of the newly remastered CD and a DVD of a previously never-before-seen live show filmed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1988. It will also feature new liner notes written by Joe and special deluxe packaging featuring photos, notes and other memorabilia from Joe's personal archive.

The original release of Surfing with the Alien represented a watershed event modern instrumental rock. The music was thoughtful and yet accessible to mass audiences which resulted in brisk sales. Satriani's success charged the path for modern instrumental rock artists and his virtuosic playing also helped inspire many instrumental guitarists who would also take up the same torch and leave the lead singers behind.

If you don't already own Surfing with the Alien, this is a must have for your library. If you do own the original CD, now may be a great time to upgrade to the remastered disc and also get the live DVD of the Montreux Jazz Festival show. Either way, you won't want to miss this release!

On June 26, 2007, instrumental guitar virtuoso Steve Vai will release a double album titled Sound Theories Vol I & II which represents a collaboration with the Netherlands Metropole Orchestra.

Volume I features Vai's guitar work in front of the orchestra as he re-interprets some of his classic songs, like The Attitude Song and For The Love of God. Volume II features the orchestra performing new music composed by Vai.

Vai will sell a limited edition version of the album exclusively on his website that includes extra photos and a full-color booklet.

(May 1, 2007) Candian rock band, Rush, released their new album Snakes and Arrows which features three excellent instrumental tracks. The overall sound of the album is 'leaner and meaner' than recent Rush outings and features a nice organic warmness to the sound.

As with all recent Rush material, Snakes and Arrows sheds the overly-processed synthesizers of the 80s/90s and the song-writing is less expansive than their early progressive rock. Nonetheless, the new album is clearly a Rush album and is likely to appeal to longtime fans.