The Aristocrats
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“Both Joe and Guthrie play a mean, funky rhythm guitar on a song like Stevie Wonder’s Superstition. That counts for more than you think”: Bass supremo Bryan Beller reveals what it’s like to play with Joe Satriani and Guthrie Govan
By Alison Richter published
The prolific bassist explains why Satch’s music isn’t as simple as it seems, while it’s a case of keeping up with Govan’s high-speed improv… but the pair do share a certain funkiness

“It felt like going fully digital would force me to think in new ways”: Guthrie Govan on his tech revolution and why he wrote a song about a rockhopper penguin
By Amit Sharma published
Don't worry, folks. Govan might have gone 100 percent digital on stage, but he hasn't forgotten about the fans in the front row who want to feel some air move

Guthrie Govan on finding an orchestra as weird as The Aristocrats to rework their material – and how he convinced Hans Zimmer to buy a 9-string
By Amit Sharma published
The virtuoso's virtuoso on his supergroup's unexpected orchestral collaboration, and his continued sonic experiments with the legendary composer

Guthrie Govan’s fusion trio The Aristocrats team up with Primuz Chamber Orchestra for experimental remix album
By Matt Owen published
Listen to the record’s expansive 9-minute lead single, a reimagined rendition of The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde, now
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