This my definitive homage to the memory of master Ralph Towner. The collection comprises 8 of his compositions: new mixes of 6 tracks previously featured in Chromatographies vols. 1 to 4, plus two previously unreleased pieces, Beneath An Evening Sky and Serenade, opening and closing the set. Rest in peace Master Towner
Tracks featured in this collection:
A small jam dedicated to the master. Rest in peace master Towner.
A telecaster from Suhr came into our hands. Black and gold. Maple neck and fingerboard. Low action, smooth playability, wonderful tele tones.
Listen to the new Suhr telecaster in action in the latest track released for the Chromatographies project, the beautiful “ASIA” by Paul Motian:
“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 pedalboard v5 in use since June 2023 introduced many changes from the previous iteration.
“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.
Our latest guitar acquisition is a cross-over nylon string guitar made in 2005 by John Buscarino. This is his Grand Cabaret model with a number of special woods and appointments. This instrument was purchased through the wonderful (and highly addictive) Dream Guitars shop and website run by Paul Heumiller in North Carolina. Full specs can be found at their website here. Dream Guitars had two instruments that caught our attention and we schedule a live demo with them to see and hear the two instruments through an uncompressed video link. 
There were several features in this instrument that tilted the decision. A wider nut and the cedar top were the more critical, aside of its fancy woods and appointments. What’s a crossover guitar?
“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.
The Casimi C5S baritone guitar is finally here. Ordered in Mach 2021, and finally finished now, in mid September 2023. Matthew Rice and Matthias Roux are Casimi Guitars, based in Muizenberg, outside Cape Town. They are in high demand and only make a handful of instruments per year, hence the long waiting list. This is a multiscale instrument, also called “fan-fret”, with the 6th string at 28” and the 1st at 27”. To be noted is the tilted bridge, and the perpendicular fret at the fifth position. It features a sound port on the top side as well as subtle arm and chest bevels.
As for woods, the top is made of Moonspruce, a master grade spruce that is harvested at a particular moon phase. The back and sides are African Blackwood, a hard tone wood similar to Brazilian Rosewood. Bindings are made of beautiful koa. The neck is mahogany and fretboard is ebony with golden Evo frets like our Buendia 12-string. The nut and saddle are Black Tusq.
