“The Singles Collection” is a compilation album featuring a selection of tracks from the first 4 volumes of Chromatographies.
Chromatographies is the jazz and ambient guitar project of Carlos Ibanez. The recordings consist of solo guitar performances that alternate improvised ambient guitar meditations with jazz guitar pieces.
Tracks featured in this collection:
“Synaptic Wisdom”, the latest track in the Chromatographies project, is an ambient guitar meditation to bring focus on the inner workings of our synapses. Totally improvised on the Casimi C5S baritone acoustic guitar tuned to open D, it is meant as a background to meditation and introspection.
The interplay between light, water and time can give extraordinary results in slow-shutter photography, a technique in which long(ish) exposures (1/15 – 1 sec) combine with various camera movements to yield magical streaks of light reflections on a surreal background. The covers and inlay photography of the four albums of my ambient and jazz guitar music project “Chromatographies” used this technique to turn familiar land and cityscapes into abstract paintings of movement, light and color.
The gallery above shows the photographs used for the four covers each followed by an (approximately) corresponding image taken with a normal shutter speed and no camera movement. Click on each picture for an enlarged image and try to guess where they were taken. Read further below for the spoilers.
“Acoustic Ribosomes”, the fourth volume of the Chromatographies project, is now live in Bandcamp for download or streaming. The download includes a digital booklet. There are also CDs available.
Chromatographies is the jazz and ambient guitar project of Carlos Ibanez. The recordings consist of solo guitar performances that alternate improvised ambient guitar meditations with jazz guitar pieces.
Different from previous volumes, the present recording mainly features acoustic instruments. In addition to original tracks, it includes pieces by Ralph Towner, Egberto Gismonti and Jimmy Page.
Tracks featured in this recording:
Compositions by Carlos Ibañez except as indicated.
“Bonding Hydrogens”, the second advanced track from forthcoming vol. 4 of Chromatographies “Acoustic Ribosomes”, is an acoustic guitar meditation with a pastoral flair that evokes the open spaces of the green pampas. It is available for download at Chromatographies’ Bandcamp page.
“Peace On The Chromosome”, an advanced track from forthcoming vol. 4 of Chromatographies “Acoustic Ribosomes”, is a slow, extended meditative improvisation in the style of an Indian raga. It is available for download at Chromatographies’ Bandcamp page.
“Chiral Centers”, the third volume of the Chromatographies project, is now live in Bandcamp for download or streaming. The download includes a digital booklet. There are also CDs available.
Chromatographies is the jazz and ambient guitar project of Carlos Ibanez. The recordings consist of solo guitar performances that alternate improvised guitar meditations with jazz guitar pieces. All sounds and effects are made in real-time using stomp boxes.
Chiral Centers follows the structure of the first two volumes, with improvised compositions by Carlos Ibanez intermixed with renderings of pieces by Charlie Haden, John McLaughlin, Larry Coryell and Ralph Towner.
Volume 2 of the Chromatographies project is out in the Bandcamp website for download or streaming. The free download includes a digital booklet. There are also CDs available upon request.
Chromatographies is the jazz and ambient guitar project of Carlos Ibanez.
The Chromatographies project consists of solo guitar performances that alternate improvised guitar meditations with jazz guitar pieces. As in a live performance, each volume is arranged as a continuous suite with all sounds and effects made in real-time using stomp boxes.
The second volume follows the structure of the first one, with improvised compositions by Carlos Ibanez intermixed with renderings of pieces by Maurice Ravel (from an arrangement by Larry Coryell), John McLaughlin, Horace Silver and Ralph Towner.
Chromatographies is the new jazz and ambient guitar project of Carlos Ibanez.
The Chromatographies project consists of solo guitar performances that alternate improvised guitar meditations with jazz guitar pieces. As in a live performance, each volume is arranged as a continuous suite of single track recordings, and all sounds and effects are made in real-time using stomp boxes.
The first volume includes improvised compositions by Carlos Ibanez and renderings of pieces by Bill Connors, Victor Young, Charles Mingus and Ralph Towner.
Volume 1 has just been released at the Bandcamp website. The free download includes a digital booklet. There are also CDs available upon request.
