Sandor Szabo
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Baritone Guitar Excursions
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An accomplished and often recorded guitarist out of Hungary, Sandor Szabo has recently released Acoustic Poetry, an instrumental collection of solo baritone guitar pieces. Free and experimental, but at the same time, composed and structured, Szabo utilizes the full potential of his solo guitar playing. His guitar is a custom-made grand concert M-style Lakewood with a 650 mm scale, with two contra bass strings, followed by two treble strings and then the middle section. A unique tuning contributes to the special recorded sound he gets, and his compositions flow naturally, as Szabo takes his listeners through a virtual trip around the world - performed on his acoustic guitar. Acoustic Poetry is a seductive and compelling work, and should be sought after by fans of acoustic music.
Born in 1956 in Törökszentmiklos, Hungary, Sandor started his studies with a private teacher of classical guitar. After trying different styles from the middle of the seventies, he began to focus on jazz and improvisation. In the beginning of the eighties Sandor continued his studies in Budapest in the Jazz Facultaty of Bela Bartok Music Conservatory as a guest student. His career started in 1980. Sandor was the first to play solo acoustic guitar music in Hungary. His records have been released in England, USA and Germany. Sandor's playing can be heard in the three SzaMaba trio albums released in Hungary. In the eighties, he often invited musicians from other countries to play together, while in the nineties he met Massimo De Mattia, the Italian flutist. They played several tours in Italy and in Hungary, and their collaboration can be heard on the first album of SzaMaBa, "Hypnos". The SzaMaba trio disbanded in 1996, and since then Sandor has concentrated on his solo career.
Besides the acoustic projects, Szabo composes and plays contemporary experimental music introducing a new sound called AmbiMorph. In the last few years he has conducted far-reaching experiments to use the electric guitar sound in a radically different way. He created a new conception called Multishift for developing new interesting electric guitar sounds, which are based on the psychokinetic hearing.
MP3 Songs
Valley Of Shades
Walk
Contact Information
Sandor Szabo
Garam U. 7. 1/3
2600 Vac
Hungary
E-mail:
Sandor Szabo
Web site:
www.sandorszabo.com
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Iz
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Iz This Guitar Music?
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Yes it iz! Fresh from the cerebrum of guitarist Mike Serviolo is the genre-bending instrumental CD entitled Iz. This being the Denver musician's second release, he decided on this go round to couple the power and attitude of heavy metal with the avant garde flavor of a jazz combo - using the guitar as a centerpiece - to come up with something completely different. And that's Iz, a brazenly composed work that shifts tempos, gargles riffs and changes tones and moods at the drop of a hat (perhaps one of Mike Keneally's hats). This is some interesting stuff here - instead of the standard if-Satch-can-do-so-can-I wankfest (not that there's anything wrong with a wankfest - plus he can wank when he wants to), Serviolo goes the extra mile to deliver something that will provide hours of repeated listening - as long as your ears and mind open up wide enough to soak it all in.
Michael is a longtime staple on Denver, Colorado's music scene. He has appeared with Local Threat, Peace Corp and Acid Ranch as well as the original Jux County, with founder Andy Monley. Michael later decided to concentrate on two projects - the hard-rocking IZ and an electronic recording project called Elan. His heritage, a mixture of Sicilian, Jewish, Native American and Uzbekistani, contributes in no small part to the blend of wide-ranging musical flavors found on his recordings. Michael formed his own label, Infinite 7, so that he would be free to do his own thing. "For the most part, Infinite 7 is just projects that I'm involved with," he reveals. "In truth, it's a vanity label, like most labels. Even labels that put out other bands are vanity labels, in a sense."
Serviolo spends most of his time around music - performing, composing, teaching, and handling promotion and publicity. "Teaching is the thing that I like to do more than anything else," he has been quoted as saying.
MP3 Songs
Butterfly Phoenix Mark III
Chrome Baby
Contact Information
Sinergy Distribution
3650 Osage Street
Denver, CO 80211
United States
E-mail:
Iz
Web site:
www.thisisiz.com
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