Debut album The Sound Of One CD....
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Label: Adventures in Sound
Cat No. AIS CD 1001
"Superb album...the ambassador for British new music" Classic FM Magazine
“Inspirational…Garbi’s extraordinary multi-octave vocal range dazzles†Metro
“This is a remarkable album…It moves with much deeply felt sensitivity and beauty: with echoes of Samuel Barber’s famous Adagio and Debussy‘s Des Pas sur la Neige plus Brian Eno’s old school ambient†Newmusicreviews.co.uk
“Melodies turn into natural phenomena, into a foggy morning or a swelling ocean. Yet they are all pervaded by a glowing grace, a sublime beauty and dignity†Zillo Magazine
“vocals float over one another to conjure glacial imagery - Garbi creates an eerie collection of sounds – the kind of music that could aptly soundtrack a David Lynch or Darren Aronofsky film.†Muso Magazine
“Superb music†Musician Magazine
A deeply moving experience from the multi-award winning vocalist and composer, this haunting music embodies Garbi’s experiences of extreme emotional and geographical environments.
Featuring Andy’s distinctive voice that spans almost four octaves and former Jazz Musician of the Year James Hesford ..o, Violin and Viola, the sound of one is a Neo-classical work, reminiscent of the “holy minimalism†of Arvo Pärt, John Tavener and Henryk Górecki and also the crafted ambience of EG, 4AD and ECM labels.
Andy’s haunting, filmic style has been played on Radio 3 Late Junction, Classic FM, Lyric FM and Chill FM's The Chiller Cabinet and has also been selected twice already to represent the UK for music internationally.
* WINNER *
- PRS Foundation For New Music ATOM Award -
(Advances Toward Original Music)
- Channel 4 Ideasfactory Film Music Award -
(selected by oscar winning film composer Stephen Warbeck)
- Birmingham Conservatoire Masters Prize -
Andy Garbi’s cutting edge vocal, composition and sound art work have gained the support of leading artists in all fields of the performing arts. He has worked with artists such as Nigel Kennedy, musicians from the CBSO, award-wining playwright Chris O’Connell and as Suns of Arqa frontman has also appeared on the same bill as The Prodigy, Roni Size, Transglobal Underground, Square Pusher, Jah Wobble and Massive Attack. Andy has also headlined major stages at Glastonbury, The Big Chill, The Big Green Gathering, Windows on The World, Ely Folk Festival and the biggest world music festival in France the Trans Musicale.
Andy also works with theatre, film, ballet and contemporary dance. In recent years he has worked with Birmingham Royal Ballet, been selected twice to represent the UK internationally for music, created numerous scores for award-winning plays and has also received letters of Commendation from The Royal Netherlands Embassy and The Arts Council of England for his performances.
Andy has just returned from an awarded scholarship at the Banff Centre in the Canadian Rockies, one of the world’s greatest centres for creative innovation where he has been developing his voice in conjunction with music technology.
