Koenji by Guillaume Gargaud

French guitarist Guillaume Gargaud is a renowned improvisor with a unique style and approach. He’s toured the world, released over 35 albums of original music and has worked with a multitude of collaborators.

His work spans a wide range of experimental and improvised music. This album, his first on Right Brain Records, focuses on his special relationship with the acoustic guitar. Guillaume’s abstract improvisations offer a fascinating journey into a world of imagination using the most familiar of musical tools.

"Koenji is a set of seven pieces for solo acoustic steel string guitar by guitarist Guillaume Gargaud of Le Havre. The music here relies on nothing more than the sound of the plain, unadorned instrument and the creative imagination of the instrumentalist. Fortunately, the latter is in abundant supply. Gargaud alternates single-note lines with finger-picked counterpoint and strummed chords; the mood is generally extroverted and energetic. Throughout, free flowing yet complex harmonies unfold with a logic that, for all its apparent spontaneity, coheres around the lead of a handful of well-considered ideas. All of this is played with a sure touch that brings out the bright-edged, austere beauty of the unaccompanied instrument in its fullness."

Daniel Barbiero for Avant Music News

Kōenji is a suite of seven solos recorded in Le Havre, France in spring of 2023.
For more information see:
https://guillaume-gargaud.fr/
https://www.rightbrainrecords.com/

Tracklist

1.	Part One	6:47

2.	Part Two	7:47

3.	Part Three	4:02

4.	Part Four	6:36

5.	Part Five	3:56

6.	Part Six	4:19

7.	Part Seven	4:14

Credits

released July 5, 2023

Cover: Scott Schaffer
Right Brain Records

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