Sebastian Manfrin is a multi-instrumentalist with a focus on guitar. He began guitar lessons at the age of 6, and has since learned keyboard, vocals, and self-taught drums. In his teen years, he played with The Con Artists, an ensemble which plays folk styles predominantly from non-western Europe. Sebastian grew up with rock music, especially liking prog rock, but has become accustomed to all sorts of music including jazz, electronic, etc.
For my major project, I recorded a 3-piece EP with all instruments played by myself. My interest in this project was the relationship between live recording and DAW sounds, so each piece contains a different degree of each. The first piece In Vivois predominantly recorded live and is a rocking piece with the utilisation of an octatonic mode for unique tonal exploration. The second piece Elevator Pitch is an intermediate between live sounds and DAW sounds and uses a looping drum-machine as the basis for tense jamming. The third piece Missing Lips is mostly made from DAW sounds and is an abrasive drone piece with some room for harmonic development in the second half.For all of these pieces, the electric guitar is the instrument which keeps each exploration grounded, while also creating interesting timbres through the use of effects including delay, reverb, phase shifting, and tremolo.