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Gilbert Isbin is a dazzling and skillful axe wielder currently based in Brugge, West-Flanders (Belgium) who represents his playing style as world music, as a music fan can now experience on his most recent recording, "Gilbert Isbin Plays Nick Drake".  His most utilized guitar is a Cuenca (a Spanish classical guitar). Isbin has been playing guitar since 1975, and straight from the shoulder divulges his career objective, "Continuing to release my music on CDs, publishing my composition on partition, composing music for film, documentary, dance, performing solo and in diverse settings in fact, continue doing what I do now."
When asked to finally make public his favorite or most used effect for the guitar, Isbin unflinchingly stated, "A bit of reverb, most of my sound effects are done with both my hands," and continued by outlining his musicial goals, "I am trying to express what I am as a person -- what I think, what I feel -- but also I try to tell stories, impressions and moods." He maintains a desire to, at some point, study the lute, and compose contemporary music for it, and is presently listening to Nick Drake, Brazillian music, Indian music and Middle Eastern music. His principal gratification? "Writing a satisfying compositon, improvising on the chord progressions, then recording it," he explains absolutely.
Isbin wraps up by noting current and approaching endeavors enthusiastically, by saying, "Upcoming project is the release of the CD 'Gilbert Isbin Plays Nick Drake' on the German label TRTR (Traurige Traupen) with my solo arrangements of some of his compositions (to be released at the end of October this year). Next year is the release of "Twice", the follow up to "Twins", with Geert Verbeke, and a new solo album. Also, performing solo or with my group Gatham."
Isbin's discography (available here at Guitar Nine Records) includes one solo album ("Red Wine") and participation on a number of other recordings (Gilbert Isbin Group "Water With A Smile", Isbin & Iep "Avoid A Void", Isbin & Verbeke "Twins").
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