Marc Manning San Francisco native artist is a Portland based musician who explores the possibilities of the guitar. He has a discography of 5 releases on Tract Records, Dragons Eye Recordings, hinah and Not on Label and collaborates in a bunch of albums, EP’s and singles. One of his latest collaborations is with Dragons Eye label director Yann Novak on ‘Pairings’ (2007). Manning verges in Ambient music and craft six gorgeous pieces ranging from delicate guitar chord to hidden guitar discrete distortion. He evolves in subtle finger picking creating spirals of soft string sections. An endless guitar soundscape runs the whole album which is very melodic, melancholic and moreover with captivating atmospheres.
– Guillermo Escudero