Luke Gartner-Brereton is an award-winning composer, instrumentalist and folk guitarist from Brisbane, Australia. "Classically-inspired, with folk and world influences," Luke's music relies heavily on the use of classical guitar layered throughout each song, both as a percussive and melodic device. The resulting music tends to blur traditional genres (blending classical tones with folk/Latin rhythms, and even blues), reflecting the composer's diverse musical background and tendency to employ strong melodic structures throughout the music. Since commencing his solo career in 2011, Luke has written a series of instrumental albums with a strong Latin/world flavour, including Dream Baby Dream (2011), Serendipity (2011), Mucho Grande (2012) and Gypsy Moon Rising [2012]. In addition to this instrumental work, Luke also composes music for film, television and other media. Luke's music relies heavily on the use of Spanish, nylon-string guitars, the ukulele, guitalele, and the Bolivian Ronroco (a 10 stringed Bolivian mandolin most notably used by Gustavo Santaolalla [Babel, Brokeback Mountain, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Last of Us]). This use of nylon-stringed instruments gives Luke's music a warm, spacious texture which can be dialled up for more passionate Latin tracks, and dimmed down for more reflective tracks. You can find out more about Luke on his website.

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Tagged as: New Age, Folk, Instrumental New Age, Acoustic Guitar, World Influenced.

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