The Alchemists

2002 · 27 tracks · 2h 20m
Hard Rock
Added November 2020

Instrumental Guitar Compilation Sold on Guitar Nine

Alchemy - the process of turning base metal into gold. Translating technique into musical experience. These are The Alchemists. This is the album you hold in your hands, a collection of 27 of the world's finest guitarists. The Alchemists has been bubbling away on the back-burner for many years, the first release on a brand new guitar label, Liquid Note Records, whose priority will be to produce high quality music featuring some of the hottest players in the business. This project is the realisation of a long-held dream: to one day release a CD of label head Matt Williams' favourite guitar players. As a fan of challenging instrumental guitar music, and having contributed to its promotion for many years, Williams relished the opportunity to gather a pool of accumulated talent - and to invite you, the listener to enjoy its therapeutic properties. On this album, you will discover outstanding virtuosity, advanced technical prowess - musicians with an innate ability to move the contents of their heads directly into our hearts. Unlike almost any other modern instrument, the guitar is uniquely suited to speak in a variety of tongues; to express its emotional content in countless languages and in numerous dialects. Here you will find heavy tracks, OTT shredding tunes, gentler, more relaxed moments - premier musicianship from an array of unique talent.

Tracks — all instrumental

1	Dark Ages Richard Daude	4:36
2	Fives Guthrie Govan	4:27
3	Ritual Dance At The Foot Of The Mountain Of Om Al Saiif Terry Syrek	4:41
4	Schrodinger's Cat Stephen Ross	3:03
5	Seasons Richard Hallebeek	5:50
6	The Rain Todd Duane	3:45
7	Crash & Burn Mare Pattison	4:21
8	What The Hell! Dave Martone	6:48
9	Common Ground Scott Hughes	3:27
10	Whatever It May Be Magnus Olsson	6:47
11	Mafalda Bumblefoot	3:24
12	Out In The Boonies Phi Yaan-Zek	5:50
13	Rising Of The Morning Son Lyle Workman	9:33
14	Sometimes I Still Miss You Milan Polak	4:19
15	Valse Diabolique Mario Parga	6:03
16	Tell Me Derryl Gabel	5:07
17	Screaming Chicken Joboj	2:23
18	Neverland Stefan Rosqvist	6:02
19	Day Off Scott Stine	6:06
20	Phase 4 Joy Basu	3:48
21	If The Moon... Dave Kilminster	4:35
22	War Of The Angels Rusty Cooley	7:09
23	Barock Cyril Achard	7:33
24	Bad Luck Go Away Brett Garsed	4:57
25	Super Charged Rob Johnson	5:37
26	The Prophecies Of Loki Stephan Forte	5:39
27	Olga Vladmir Korovin	4:14