Alex Machacek

Alex Machacek (born 1 July 1972, Tulln an der Donau, Austria) is an Austrian jazz fusion guitarist.

Early years Machacek was born to a Czech family in Tulln, Austria. His family had moved to Austria in the 1960s as refugees. Since then, they have adopted Austria as their nation. He started playing the guitar at the age of eight by taking classical guitar lessons for six years at a music school in Vienna.

Machacek's early influences were heavy metal musicians and bands such as Iron Maiden, Kiss, Deep Purple and Queen. However, in the mid-1980s, he was attracted to the music of Mike Stern, John Scofield, Allan Holdsworth, Frank Zappa, Chick Corea and John McLaughlin. He stated that he is influenced by all the music that he liked, including heavy metal and hard rock.

[Sic] was released in 2005. His wife Sumitra Nanjundan sings on "Indian Girl".

Machacek has toured as the Fabulous Austrian Trio (FAT) with bassist Raphael Preuschl and drummer Herbert Pirker. They have collaborated with Mario Lackner. McLaughlin said, "Alex Machacek's music starts where other music ends".

Discography Featuring Ourselves (Next Generation Enterprises, 1999) Delete and Roll with Terry Bozzio, Gerald Preinfalk (Next Generation Enterprises, 2002) [Sic] (Abstract Logix, 2006) Improvision with Jeff Sipe, Matt Garrison (Abstract Logix, 2007) The Official Triangle Sessions with Jeff Sipe, Neal Fountain (Abstract Logix, 2009) 24 Tales with Marco Minnemann (Abstract Logix, 2010) FAT with Raphael Preuschl, Herbert Pirker (Abstract Logix, 2012) Now with Gary Husband (Abstract Logix, 2013) FAT: Living The Dream with Raphael Preuschl, Herbert Pirker (Abstract Logix, 2015) awesome with Raphael Preuschl, Herbert Pirker (Abstract Logix, 2018)