Felix Martin Releasing New Album In 2017

Renowned as an innovator in the world of modern progressive fusion music and guitar design, Berklee alum Felix Martin is back with a 15-track full-length album of brand new music, set to release in February 2017.

Self-produced by Martin and mixed with Jamie King this year, the album will feature compositions that Martin describes as "clean, outside-the-box and inspired by my South American roots."

Martin details the multi-faceted musical style on his new album: "For this album, I challenged myself to write every note original to my own sound and techniques. I tried to create an album that's doesn't sound like a guitar album, but rather like a band playing music that everyone can enjoy - from a metal audience to pop, from jazz to a classical audience - always keeping the technical aspects very present. It took me a year and a half to complete the writing. I spent a lot of time trying out different ideas, I ended up writing about 50 songs, and keeping just 15 for the album."

The currently-untitled album will feature artwork also inspired by Martin's South American roots, set to be revealed soon. He continues, "A significant portion of the album was written in Venezuela, so I wanted to reflect that in the artwork."

Stay tuned for full album details. This November in anticipation of the upcoming release, Martin will headline a full U.S. tour presented by Gear Gods with special guests The Fine Constant.