Jaye Foucher - Contagious Grooves | ||
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Album Cover: ![[Image]](../../Images/jf_grooves.gif)
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Label: Fuism Records Producer: Shaun Michaud Year: 2000 Total Playing Time: 44:40 m:s Review date: 19/04/2001 |
| Web site: www.jayefoucher.com Email: | ||
| Rating: 78 % | ||
| Verdict: Stylish guitar instrumentals | ||
| Jaye trained in classical piano as a child before picking up a guitar when she was 17. She spent 4 years with private instructors before attending GIT in California and graduating top in her class in 1989. Jaye has played with many hard rock and metal bands, but was signed as a solo artist and has previously released a debut album entitled "Infectious Licks".
The note that came with the album describes her style as instrumental hard rock (similar to Satriani & Vai). In fact, there are hints of Dream Theater's John Petrucci, so progressive hard-rock might be more appropriate. As a non-musician, I can't really comment that much, but to these ears Jaye sounds like she has the technical side of things well under control. The overall impression is of a musician comfortable with a guitar and one who is forging her own identity. Although there are is variety in the tracks, the album as a whole sounds like 'Jaye Foucher' rather than a collection of influences forced together. Rather than attempt to describe each track, I'll pick out the highlights. The Vai-like "Angst" is unpredictably, given it's title, fairly laid back. "Zombieland" kicks off with some big Dream Theater-like riffs over and this is the most progressive sounding track on the album. Of course, a good instrumental album is about painting with lots of colours and to counterbalance the screaming axe numbers there are semi-ballads like "My Own Abyss" I'd compare to my fave guitar instrumental album - Neil Zaza's Staring At The Sun. At the end of the album gets funky with "The Untamed" and more so with "Hippo Groove". | ||
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