Stratospheric is an instrumental guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

 album (with the exception of one track), released by French guitarist Jean-Pierre Danel

Jean-Pierre Danel

Jean-Pierre Danel is a French guitarist, record producer and composer.-Biography:Danel started his career as a professional guitarist in July 1982, at the age of 14....

 in 2000.
Several songs from the album hit the web downloading charts, including three #1's.

Stratospheric received the Award for the Best Album of the Year 2000 from the Instrumental Rock Guitar Hall Of Fame, and Jean-Pierre also received the Award for the Composer of the Year, for his track “Ballad For a Friend”.

Re-released in 2011, it hits the downloading charts at #46 in France.