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About Plankton
Product Description Plankton is an amazing dual instrumental heavy guitar band hailing from Stockholm, Sweden and featuring Christian Neppenstrom and Emil Fredholm on guitar. Armed with an arsenal of strats and marshalls (and a vast array of vintage stomp boxes) Plankton pushes the envelope of total guitar into the 'outskirts of infinity' and beyond. Taking their cue from the classic retro-bluesy heavy guitar heroes of the late 60's & 70's, Plankton has created their own original and unique brand of 'earth blues fusion.' complete with an incredible rhythm section which we like to refer to as the 'brothers in groove,' featuring Tomas Thorberg on bass and Sebastian Sippola on drums and brother Lars Normalm on various percussion instruments, further embellishes the overall deep Plankton vibe. With influences and inspirations that range from hendrix (long live Jimi), Robin Trower, Frank Marino, Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker, Leslie West (mountain), Cream, Tommy Bolin, Eric Johnson, Steve Morse, Ritchie Blackmore, Wishbone Ash, Ty Tabor, Michael Landau, Gov't Mule, Brothers (featuring Eef Albers & Daryll Thompson) to just about any other killer guitarist you can think of, the band have legitimately created their own style, voice and vibe. Guitarists (stratmasters) Christian Neppenstrom & Emil Fredholm, each with their own individual styles & tones, work together as a tight musical team as they weave intricate lines of outstanding rippin', bluesy heavy guitar riffage. Both guitarists complement each other and the band with every note that they pull from their instruments. They have created their own original voices and have achieved true greatness on the guitar. The music of Plankton ranges from hard-assed funked-out hendrix wah-wah land to the deepest trower to uli's astral skies to elegantly diverse trippy tones that are guaranteed to blow your heavy guitar mind. Plankton's music is inspirational on many levels, and we strongly urge all the 'serious guitar freaks in guitar land' who dig real guitar playing (technique with feel) to tune into the 'pure heavy guitar beauty' of Plankton. Review "The self-titled Grooveyard Records release by Plankton features 12 tracks of instrumental bliss that is good to the earhole..." --Steve Bauer, Academy Of Shred, 5.23.02 About the Artist Just imagine if we could experience the past again. To witness the heavy, bluesy, funked-out, guitar whalings of artists like Hendrix, Trower, Beck, or even the mighty Cream back in the day must have been a sight to be seen. The music of those artists undoubtedly defined a generation. Honestly, it was during this time the real soul of rock guitar was born. Fast forward thirty or so years, to a time where it seems like putting out your own cd is as affordable as buying a fast food burger. Unfortunately, the quality of most of the instrumental guitar-based offerings that are released today seem to have about the same quality as a fast food burger as well. Well, I have news for you, I have found hope for instrumental guitar music and it resides in a band out of Sweden by the name of Plankton. When you put on your Plankton cd, prepare to enter that past world where the guitar had meaning and where it had its birth as an instrument of beauty and power (to maximally enhance the vibe experience, pop on a pair of those old bell-bottoms and a tie-dye shirt. To get right down to it, the interplay between guitarists Christian Neppenstrom and Emil Fredholm is amazing to listen to and must be even more amazing to watch. The vibe of the whole record, from the funky, upbeat, sailing melody lines of opener, "Varlevitation," to the beautiful, yet sad bluesy vibe surrounding "Jorm," shows a constant attention to the song structure, emotion, and musicianship by both guitarists. Most instrumental guitar artists today cannot even accomplish one of these pivotal ingredients, yet Plankton manages to encapsulate them all on their debut recording. The bands cover of the Dav
