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Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock is the twelfth studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani, released on April 1, 2008 through Epic Records.
[edit] Overview
The album's title has two meanings: the first part is a homage to Satriani's nickname of "Satch", whilst "Musterion" is a Greco–Biblical word meaning "Hidden thing", "secret" or "mystery".[2] From the date of the album's release until April 11, 2008, Satriani began a special "Guitar Center Sessions" tour,[3] followed by a worldwide tour on April 30.
All tracks were composed in 2007 with the exception of "Come on Baby", which, as Satriani explains, was written in 1993 amidst a snowstorm during a vacation in Lake Tahoe. His son, ZZ, later encouraged him to finish the piece, upon which it became the third song dedicated to his wife, Rubina. It was later used by Canadian figure skater Vaughn Chipeur for his short program at the 2010 Canadian Figure Skating Championships; this earned him a silver medal and qualification for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
"Revelation" was written about the passing of fellow guitarist Steve Morse's father, as well as being a tribute of sorts to Morse's playing.[4]
As with "One Robot's Dream" from Super Colossal (2006), Satriani continues with the theme of exploring the humanistic side of robots on "I Just Wanna Rock"; on a Podcast detailing the making of the album, he explained the track to be about a robot's experiences at a rock concert.[5]
The final two tracks, "Asik Vaysel" and "Andalusia", were both inspired by the late Aşık Veysel, a critically acclaimed figure of Turkish folk literature.[4][6] "Andalusia" features a melody (from 1:40 to 1:53) which was previously played by Satriani on his 1993 video, The Satch Tapes, during an acoustic guitar segment.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by Joe Satriani.
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| 1. |
"Musterion" |
4:37 |
| 2. |
"Overdriver" |
5:06 |
| 3. |
"I Just Wanna Rock" |
3:27 |
| 4. |
"Professor Satchafunkilus" |
4:47 |
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"Revelation" |
5:57 |
| 6. |
"Come on Baby" |
5:49 |
| 7. |
"Out of the Sunrise" |
5:43 |
| 8. |
"Diddle-Y-A-Doo-Dat" |
4:16 |
| 9. |
"Asik Vaysel" |
7:42 |
| 10. |
"Andalusia" |
6:51 |
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Total length:
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54:15 |
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[edit] Personnel
- Joe Satriani – vocals, guitar, keyboard, piano, organ, bass (tracks 1, 4, 7), talk box,[4] hand claps (track 4), engineering, mixing, production
- Jeff Campitelli – drums, percussion (tracks 2, 4, 9, 10), bongos, shaker, tambourine (track 3), cowbell, hand claps (tracks 4, 10)
- John Cuniberti – tambourine (tracks 6–8), hand claps (track 4), engineering, mixing
- Matt Bissonette – bass (tracks 2–6, 8–10)
- ZZ Satriani – saxophone
- Eric Caudieux – digital editing, sound design
- Mike Boden – hand claps (tracks 4, 10), digital editing, engineering
- Bernie Grundman – mastering
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