Sand

by Allan Holdsworth

Sand cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Relativity
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 35:12
  • Community rating: 3.6/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

On this highly innovative release, the legendary guitar virtuoso entirely abandons his traditional instrument to exclusively play the SynthAxe MIDI controller. The resulting jazz fusion is incredibly dense and progressive, utilizing the cutting-edge technology to achieve horn-like phrasing and sweeping, atmospheric electronic textures over complex rhythm sections.

Genres

Descriptors: Fusion, progressive, desert, complex, technical, melodic, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Sand (5:25)
  2. Distance vs. Desire (5:16)
  3. Pud Wud (6:45)
  4. Clown (5:14)
  5. The 4.15 Bradford Executive (8:28)
  6. Mac Man (4:01)

Credits

  • Francois Bardol - artwork by
  • Jimmy Johnson - bass
  • Gary Husband - drums
  • Alan Pasqua - keyboards
  • Chad Wackerman - drums, percussion
  • Biff Vincent - bass [octopad]
  • John England - programmed by [mac computer]
  • Allan Holdsworth - Primary Artist, SynthAxe, Guitar

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