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KEVIN HEARN:
CALM AND CENTS
Produced by Kevin Hearn, Chris Gartner
and Hugh Marsh
2019 Cellery Music
C.G. - co-production, ambient textures, beats, and bass. co-composer (on Silent Collapse and The Quiet One)
Chemical Valley (featuring Martin Tielli)
nominee 2019
The Silent Collapse
Ghost Birds
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LORI CULLEN:
BLOOD WONDER
2022
Produced by Lori Cullen and Chris Gartner,
Mixed By Kenny Luong and Dean Druliard
C.G. ambient textures, bass, samples, electronics
Anymore or any less
(featuring Drew Jurecka)
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GENEVIEVE WALKER:
HOME SONGS
2022 Blue Yarn Records
Constellations
(featuring Rafe Pearlman)
C.G. - Production, engineering, arranging, bass, beats,
ambient textures, and whistling.
Mastered by Taras Petryk
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MIA SHEARD:
CURSE OF THE VORUS
"Entirely what you want in your brain"
★★★★★ Amazon review
Curse of the Vorus Part 1.
Black Crow
C.G. - Production, arranging, bass, samples
Mixed by Ryan Granville Martin
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TASA:
ALCHEMY
featuring: violinist Mark Feldman, DJ Olive,
and master sarangi player Dhruva Ghosh
Meditation (fretless bass-vocal unison)
"The complete experience of the album leaves the listener feeling as if they had been traveling, shifting in and out of place, space and time.
The “trippiness” of the music can largely be attributed to the soundscaping of producer/bassist Chris Gartner... Fragments of electronica sneak up on you in a delightful and unjarring kind of way."
The Whole Note
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Viola
Sweep
Chant
Applesauce
GENEVIEVE WALKER:
WALKS HOME
2015
C.G. - production, bass, percussion, samples, banjo,
vocals (on Walking Home), ukelele, glockenspiel,
and arrangements
Mastered by Taras Petryk
“WOW!!! It is so amazing…totally loved it.
Falling is my fave.
— Krishna Das
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LORI CULLEN:
UNEVEN HILL
"Producer/bassist Chris Gartner
(Kevin Hearn & Thinbuckle, Mia Sheard), brought his eccentric blend of art rock and world music into the arrangements, which are detailed with such unusual textures as bowed banjo and sampled escalator"
Fear of a Blank Planet
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LANA SUGARMAN:
INVOCATION
"Lana Sugarman's long awaited debut CD, Invocation, delivers a sweet and sultry dose of heart-opening mantra music.
Impeccably produced by Chris Gartner, these fresh tracks provide a gorgeous soundtrack for yogis, dancers and those seeking head bobbing grooves for cruising down the highway of life.
Get yourself a copy!"
- Michael H. Cohen, Dattatreya Kirtan Institute founder
Mastered by Taras Petryk
JAFFA ROAD:
WHERE THE LIGHT GETS IN
"a beautifully crafted album"
World Music Central
"I have been enjoying this record very much. The lead-off track sets an atmosphere that contains consistency and surprise as alternate values, and the record continues functioning on that level throughout. Congrats to producer Chris Gartner." - Paul Corby Regent Park Radio
Mastered by Taras Petryk
nominee 2013
AVIVA CHERNICK:
WHEN I ARRIVED,
YOU WERE ALREADY THERE
“Voices and instruments come together beautifully on this record with a distinctly hymnal vibe.”
Errol Nazareth, CBC Radio 1 Big City Small World
C.G. - coproducer, bass, samples
Mastered by Taras Petryk
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JAFFA ROAD:
SUNPLACE
C.G. - Production, arranging, bass, samples
Mastered by Taras Petryk
LANA SUGARMAN:
INVOCATION
Govinda
Om Kali Ma
Blending traditional kirtan sounds and chants with western and electronic beats, this mantra album is filled with devotion, joy, and sweetness. Recommended for all kirtan fans.
- Timothy Burgin, Yoga Basics
C.G. - production, bass, , samples
Mastered by Taras Petryk
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RACHEL McGARRY
SONGS FOR SAVASNA
Divine Mother (Anandamayi)
Sweet Lament
Rachel McGarry’s debut album ‘Songs for Savasana’ is on repeat in my home! Her voice, which soars with loving tenderness and beauty, is sublime; the exquisite production, performance and engineering by Chris Gartner brings this album of beautifully written songs to life in a unique and powerful way. - Brenda McMorrow
C.G. - production, bass, percussion, samples
Mastered by Taras Petryk
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CHRISTINE LEAKEY
TAPPING TREES
Here I Stand
(featuring Great Bob Scott on drums)
C.G. - Co-Producer,
bass, mellotron cello, percussion loops, chamberlin samples, melotron choir, synth, kalimba, bowed bass, chamberlin vibraphone arrangement, Optigan samples
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INDARRA -
Walk on Fire
2018 Metropolis Records
Illuminate (excerpt)
C.G. Production, engineering, arranging, bass, guitar, beats, for Walk on Fire and Illuminate
Walk on Fire - (excerpt) guitar solo by C.G.
RACHEL McGARRY -
She Rises
2024
C.G. Production, engineering, arranging, bass, keyboards, soundscapes, percussion.
Mastered by Taras Petryk
Winner of the 2024 New Age Notes Radio Music awards for best World/Chant album