Artist: MATTEO MANCUSO
Album: THE JOURNEY VINYL (LP BLACK)

Release date: 21.07.2023
EAN/UPS: 8712725745488
Media type: LP

    Guitar virtuoso, Matteo Mancuso is a long-time YouTube sensation, his channel is now at 148k subscribers with thousands of comments from all over the world. A full-on Yamaha guitars endorsee and priority artist.

    Many of the world's most iconic, ground-breaking and legendary guitar players speak about Matteo’s talent and technique:
 - Steve Vai: The evolution of guitar is firmly secure in the hands of these kind of players… it's just a new level, the tone, the touch, the notes!" - Al Di Meola: "An absolute talent; his improvisational ability is light years ahead. It would take two or three lifetimes. It was like when Jacko (Pastorius) came on the scene…how did he get so good and so fast?"
- Joe Bonamassa: "All the kids are talking about it, and I blanked when answering who my new favourit guitarist is... here he is, Matteo Mancuso. I have not seen anyone reinvent like this since Stanley Jordan".

The Players Club is proud to announce the debut studio album from Italian guitar virtuoso, Matteo Mancuso. Hailing from the far-away island of Sicily, nestled in the Mediterranean Sea to the South of Italy, the island has always had a rich cultural heritage, from poets, writers, philosophers, and architects to painters and musicians.

Born in 1996 and raised just outside the capital Palermo, the pedigree runs deep in the veins of those from the region. Had his family relocated to the US, he might be the best-kept secret in the lineage of great Italian-American players like Zappa, Vai, Satriani, Di Meola, Petrucci and Gambale. As a multi-faceted player, either classical or electric, what is astounding is his one-of-a-kind technique and use of his fingers instead of regular picking. With an impressive tone, original sound, and humble demeanour, you have the guitarist no one has ever seen and whose talent puts him in a different league.

CD/ LP:

1 Silkroad
2 Polifemo
3 Falcon Flight
4 Open Fields

5 Drop D
6 Blues For John
7 Time To Leave
8 Samba Party
9 The Journey