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If you’re a sucker for the nuanced tonal colorings that only single-coils and a fulcrum trem can deliver, then Germany’s Marcus Deml—the second runner-up at GP’s recent Guitar Hero competition at Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame—will win you over with nearly every track on this funky and, at times, surreal collection of riffs, timbres, and sound bites. Some of the album’s techno beats run the risk of sounding dated in a few years, but when it comes to coaxing magical sounds out of a Fender Stratocaster (or similar guitars), Deml has one of the surest pairs of hands this side of world-champion Strat charmer Jeff Beck. The siren-song bends that greet your ears on the album’s opening space raga (“The Way To...”) are painful only because they’re over way too soon—they hypnotize you so thoroughly that, when the end of the song hits suddenly at a mere 1:45, you feel as if you’ve been jarred awake from a blissful dream. But perhaps, as they say, it’s better to have known perfect bends and lost them than to have never known them at all. Jude Gold - Guitar Player - 11/205
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"Marcus Deml n'est pas un inconnu pour qui suit la carrière d'artistes comme Saga ou Bobby Kimball. Ce virtuose allemand fait bouillir la marmite depuis une dizaine d'années en mettant son savoir faire au service des autres. Un panel qui va de Kingdome Come à ... Nena ! Son carnet d'adresses a du bien l'aider pour monter ce trio percutant : Frank Itt à la basse (TT D'Arby entre autres) et Zacky Tsoukas (Billy Sheehan notamment).
Deml jouit visiblement d'une totale liberté dans ce projet groovy bien éloigné du metal. Majoritairement instrumental, ce Modern Hippie joue la carte d'un mélange hybride à base de Sly Stone, de Jeff Beck, de Lenny Kravitz et Stevie Salas. A aucun moment il ne cherche à épater la galerie en déballant des gammes supersoniques, ce dont il est pourtant capable.
Des titres comme "Temporay Impression" et sa majesté séduisante ou "Bhangra Baby", groove indianisant réussi, ou encore "Follow Your Dream", façon Jeff Beck haute qualité, emportent l'adhésion. Les morceaux chantés se situent un ton en dessous. Parmi les instrumentaux, on trouve aussi des faiblesses comme le peu inspiré "Northen Lights" et son thème bien maigre.
Mais globalement, la recherche permanente de rythme, l'excellente prise de son et le toucher brillant de Deml font de cet album un premier essai prometteur, et surtout libre de toute contrainte. Rien que ça, ça donne de l'air."
Metalchroniques
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How many have ever heard of ErrorHead or even better yet, Marcus Deml? Think of a Hendrix/Beck type of guitarist meeting Pink Floyd. Think of a musician with the virtuosic properties of a rare combination of many of the world’s finest guitarists and then you can begin to understand the evolution of a Marcus Deml. Perhaps a new find for some, Marcus is one of the world’s leading session musicians. “In 2005, Guitar Player magazine recognized Marcus as one of the Top 3 Guitar Heroes and invited him to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland where Steve Lukather and Joe Satriani presented him the award.”
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The german magazine Grand GTRs talks with Marcus about his favourite Guitar, the 63/64 Stratocaster. Simply click the image for a PDF download of the full article!
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