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Joe Satriani returns with a new album in April

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Written during the summer of 2007, Satriani convened with longtime producer and engineer John Cuniberti, drummer/percussionist Jeff Campitelli, and bassist Matt Bissonette in the fall of that year at the Plant in Saulsalito, California.

"Tracking was more of a breeze than usual," Satriani says. "I think the fact that I had very firm ideas and was very intent on making a tight album helped. But the fact that I chose to make a record with only 10 songs on it doesn't mean they're all three-minute radio pop ditties. Some of these things are five, six minutes - they take you places. And I did have a song that was originally written as a 15-minute opus, but it got too unwieldy."

Satriani admits that an 11th song was recorded ("just in case I wanted to break my 10-song rule"), but in the end he stuck to his guns. "Plus, when we listened to the album with the 11th song in the sequence, it didn't work. It wasn't as fleshed out as the other ones, it didn't fit - my original instincts were correct."

Professor Satchafunkilus And The Musterion Of Rock is scheduled for release on April 1. In the weeks prior, MusicRadar will present an exclusive podcast interview with Joe Satriani. Be on the lookout.

By Joe Bosso

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