Gunter Herbig - Wherever I Go - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

In his music, Heitor Villa-Lobos wanted to combine the culture of the street with high culture, to fuse indigenous elements with the polyphonic structures of European classical music. The German-Brazilian guitarist Gunter Herbig, who lives in New Zealand, expands this spirit by transferring the guitar music of the Brazilian grand master to the electric guitar, giving it a meditative expanse and cosmopolitan openness that transcends the classical field of sensibility. After his groundbreaking Gurdjieff album for BIS Records, this is already the second unorthodox album on which Herbig uses the fine-nerved possibilities of his Gretsch White Falcon electric guitar to breathe into the music a dreamy spirit that flies over and unites worlds, transporting us to unknown dimensions. And finally, in the famous Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, he unites with the samba singer Alda Rezende, who here too - an octave lower than usual - makes the music shine in a completely different new light. An album for dreamers between worlds and those who want to become one.

Gunther Herbig - Symphony 7 [COMPACT DISCS] date 12/26/2006

Phil Manzanera and The Sound Of Blue Band A double CD of 23 tracks recorded at Billboard Live in Tokyo, Japan on July 2, 2017. Phi Manzanera is backed by eclectic and hugely talented Sound of Blue Band featuring Sonia Bernardo on guitar and vocals, Yaron Stavi on bass and Lucas Polo on guitar and vocals. This line-up interprets a selection of stellar tracks from Phil's back catalogue as well as some Roxy Music standards. Bass, Vocals - Yaron Stavi Drums - Javier Weyler Guitar, Guest - Tomoyasu Hotei Guitar, Vocals - Lucas Polo, Phil Manzanera, Sónia Bernardo Keyboards, Vocals - Andres Mesa Saxophone, Keyboards - Joao Mello