Chris Sainsbury's guitar music
Chris Sainsbury plays a mixture of jazz, folk, surf music, classical and ambient guitar sounds. Recent work includes the Random Earth Band recordings of 2019 (with Chris, Guy Strazz, Steve Marquis, Christina Sainsbury and Rosalie Bourne).
The Random Earth Band at Rod McCormack's Music Cellar Studio 2019.
The Random Earth Band
Upstream Downstream (<< click to hear). Produced and engineered by Rod McCormack
Ocean Song (<< click to hear). Produced and engineered by Rod McCormack
VCE Curriculum piece
Simple Truths score (<< click to download score, guitar piece for VCE curriculum).
Simple Truths (<< click to hear).
ANIMA CD
Eating Marigolds (<< click to hear). from Anima CD.
"I've played it before, but I love it."
(Lucky Oceans, programmer ABC Radio 2008)
First Love (<< click to hear).
Also hear Satori (from the Bouddi Band 1994) at:
Satori (<< click to hear).
Classical
Hear Australian guitar great Ken Murray playing Mango Tango (utilises bi-tones) at: Mango Tango (<< click to hear). This piece is from the North Country Sketches set - 2001.
Hear guitar duo Andrew Blanch and Vlad Gorbach play Rain Falls and After (<< click here)
15 years after the premiere of the Concerto for Guitar, Chris and soloist Jose Maria Gallardo del Rey discuss other work
Publications
*A Compendium of Bi-tone Techniques. Email Chris.
Guitars played by Chris
Instruments by:
Lawrence Smith (Australian luthier)
William Falkiner (Australian luthier)
Gerard Gilet (Australian luthier)
Michael Kelly (American)
Lakewood (German)
Check out these other great Australian and international players:
Lucas Michailidis: http://www.lucasmichailidis.com
Guy Strazz: http://guystrazz.com
Jose Maria Gallardo del Rey (Spain): https://gallardodelrey.com/en/
Izhar Elias (Netherlands): https://izharelias.com