 Guthrie Govan
 Erotic Cakes
 Review by Mark Jordan
There's a lot of guitarists that are heralded as "The Next Greatest" but there are relatively few that actually live up to the hype. I came across Govan whilst surfing the web about 12 months ago and the demo clips of him improvising to some taped backing tracks blew my mind. He really has masterful control over his instrument and seems to be always creative and cliche free.
Govan came to prominence by winning England's Guitarist Magazine's "Guitarist Of The Year.” He was a member of Prog group Asia from 2001 to 2005 and played on their album Aura and subsequent tour. Erotic Cakes is his first solo release and sees him ably supported by Seth Govan on Bass and Pete Riley on Drums.
Erotic Cakes is a guitar tour de force and shows off Guthrie Govan's awesome technical ability as well as his considerable compositional skills. With Erotic Cakes Govan has shown himself to be well worthy of the praise that has been heaped upon him in the Internet guitar underground. Some guitar based instrumental CD's get a bit tedious after a few plays but Erotic Cakes has enough memorable melodies, "listen to that" moments and breadth of vision to keep you coming back for more. If you love good playing don't waste a second; get out and buy the CD now. Check out the label site for more information (and to order the disc).
This review is available in book format (hardcover and paperback) in Music Street Journal: 2007 Volume 3 at lulu.com/strangesound.
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