I heard about some upcoming Planet X tour dates a couple of weeks ago, but the info was unconfirmed at that time. Now keyboardist Derek Sherinian has confirmed the dates (which were originally posted on drummer Virgil Donati's site), and...
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05-05-2008:
Rich Murray on the pace again and posting some damn fine scoops. This time it's a video of the Virgil Donati Band at the Baked Potato. Featuring Alex Machacek, Mitch Forman and Rufus Philpot. Alex Machacek is fantastically fluid and this clip should appeal to fans of progressive fusion! Check out Rich's blog for the full scoop and many other fine articles!
Virgil Donati Band at...
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Here is some official video of the Virgil Donati Band at the Baked Potato last Saturday with Alex Machacek on guitar. This video mainly focuses on Donati's drumming, but there's some great Machacek stuff in here as well. Mitch Forman...
Huge News! Drummer Virgil Donati has reformed the Virgil Donati Band, with Alex Machacek on guitar. The band will play their first gig at The Baked Potato on May 3rd. Word is the band will be playing some of Donati's...
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08-03-2008:
Looks like Rich Murray beat me to it again...Alex Machacek - guitar, Kai Eckhardt - bass, Marco Minnemann - drums: live at the Baked Potato
Machacek/Eckhardt/Minnemann Live
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I normally don't post this many videos, but there's some good stuff popping up on YouTube lately. Here's some more excellent footage of Alex Machacek from his recent workshop in Mexico. This is the song "Austin Powers" with Hernan Hecht...
Guitarist Alex Machacek will appear on Tony Palkovic's Radio Show in Los Angeles today discussing the Machacek, Sipe and Garrison album Improvision. The show can be heard from 12:00pm-2:00pm Pacific on KSPC 88.7FM or on the web at http://www.kspc.org, with...
My review of the incredible Alex Machacek, Jeff Sipe, and Matthew Garrison album Improvision has been published at Modern Guitars Magazine. This album has an official release date of September 18th, but you can get it early from Abstract Logix starting August 17th.
Review: Alex Machacek, Jeff Sipe, Matthew Garrison - Improvision
Alex Machacek has updated his website with some pics from the recent Out Trio tour of Japan, and some interesting news.
- Out Trio drummer and frequent Machacek collaborator Terry Bozzio has joined Korn (!). As a result, the planned 2007 European Out Trio tour has been cancelled, and the next Out Trio CD is on hold.
- Alex contributes to an ambitious new project from drummer Marco Minnemann. Minnemann has recorded a 50min drum solo, and asked several other musicians to compose music around it. The project is called "Normalizer2", and also features guitarists Mike Keanelly and John Czajkowski.
- Alex is also working on his next CD, which features the same "composing around drum solos" concept used in some of the pieces from his last album [SIC]. Drummers Bozzio, Minnemann, and Herb Pirker have contributed solos so far. Jeff Sipe, Chad Wackerman, and other should be involved as well.
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Great news! Guitarist Alex Machacek's debut album "Featuring Ourselves" is now available for download through Abstract Logix's Digital Downloads site. You can buy the whole album for $9.99, or get individual tracks at varying prices. This album has been out of print for some time. Alex mentioned in an interview I conducted with him awhile back that he was working on making this album available as a download.
Kudo's to Alex and Abstract Logix for making this happen.
Download Alex Machacek's "Featuring Ourselves"
Guitarist Alex Machacek will be appearing on the Tony Palkovic Radio Show on KSPC 88.7 in Los Angeles today, 11/7 from 12-2pm Pacific. The show will be rebroadcast on Wed 11/8 from 4-6am. You can listen online from http://www.kspc.org. Alex will be discussing his latest album [SIC].
In other Machacek news, the Out Trio (Terry Bozzio - drums, Doug Lunn - bass, Machacek - guitar) will be playing several shows in Japan in January. The exact dates and venues of these and other upcoming shows are now posted on Machacek's website. There are also plan's to film the Japan shows for a DVD release (!)
Alex also began teaching at GIT in October, and will have an article in next month's Guitar Player magazine on chord voicings.
