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词条 Paul Ortiz (musician)
释义

  1. Music productions

     Chimp Spanner  Blessed Inertia  Monuments  Freelance compositions 

  2. Equipment

  3. Discography

     As Chimp Spanner 

  4. External links

  5. References

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}}{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Paul Ortiz
| image =
| birth_name = Paul Antonio Ortiz
| birth_date = February 19, 1984
| origin = Essex, United Kingdom
| instrument = Electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, synthesizer, drums
| genre = Progressive metal, djent, ambient
| years_active = 2004–present
| label = Basick Records
| associated_acts = Chimp Spanner
Blessed Inertia
Monuments
Poetry in Telegrams
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
}}

Paul Antonio Ortiz is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work under the pseudonym, or solo project, of Chimp Spanner. He recorded, produced, mixed and mastered in his home studio, both the 2005 album Imperium Vorago and 2009's At The Dream's Edge. Ortiz has also composed for computer games, advertising, television and radio — and for clients ranging from Red Bull to Dolby Laboratories — and mixed and mastered albums for other musicians.

Music productions

Chimp Spanner

Ortiz categorizes the work under his Chimp Spanner moniker as an ambient/progressive metal project, combining heavy guitars with ambient textures, electronica and melodic elements, whilst also demonstrating his guitar virtuosity. Chimp Spanner is often labelled as djent or progressive metal. {{Citation needed|date=July 2013}} 2005 saw the release of his debut album Imperium Vorago, which as well as being self financed and produced, was also distributed by Ortiz himself, without the backing of a distribution company. Ortiz released his second album entitled At The Dream's Edge in December 2009. The album is available in a physical format and as a download.

On 5 March 2010, Ortiz's project Chimp Spanner signed a deal with Basick Records[1] for the album At the Dream's Edge, which was officially released April 10, 2010.

With the signing to Basick Records, Ortiz began to perform live under the alias Chimp Spanner. The live Chimp Spanner lineup consists of himself, guitarist Jim Hughes, bassist Adam Swan (also of Monuments) and drummer Boris Le Gal.

In early 2012, Ortiz released his first EP under the Chimp Spanner name, All Roads Lead Here, which is focused around a three-movement piece called Möbius. The EP was originally scheduled to be released in May 2011, but was delayed due to personal reasons.

In July/August 2012, Chimp Spanner embarked on their first tour of the United States, alongside Jeff Loomis, The Contortionist, and 7 Horns 7 Eyes. Ortiz enlisted Anup Sastry (Intervals, Skyharbor) and Gregory Macklin (Ordinance) to handle drum and guitar duties respectively, since he could not bring his regular live band to the US with him.

In November 2018, Ortiz announced that he is writing material for a new Chimp Spanner full-length.

Blessed Inertia

In October 2009, Ortiz unveiled a new project under the name Blessed Inertia. Classed as technical progressive metal on its Myspace page, Blessed Inertia is a more straightforward, guitar-driven project. Ortiz stated that Blessed Inertia would be his live band, and although currently instrumental, would incorporate a vocalist at a later date. The project is currently on hiatus due to Ortiz's commitments to Chimp Spanner. Alongside Ortiz, Blessed Inertia currently only consists of one other member, Chimp Spanner's live guitarist Jim Hughes. Both Ortiz and Hughes are cited as playing guitar, bass and drums.

Monuments

Ortiz was a live guitarist for Monuments before they secured Olly Steele (formerly of Cyclamen) as their full time second guitarist.

Freelance compositions

Ortiz has also written music for use in the Ambient Metal Constructions series. The series consists of three Producer Loops sample packs, sold by the audio production company Prime Loops. He has also been cited offering music composition services for anything from theatre and dance projects, to television and multimedia ventures, with an aim to write music for video games and small films.

Equipment

Ortiz uses Ibanez 7 and 8 string guitars and Line 6 POD digital amp modelling units both in the studio and live. He uses Steinberg Cubase as his main DAW for recording.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}

Discography

As Chimp Spanner

Date of releaseTitle
2005Imperium Vorago
2009At the Dream's Edge
2012All Roads Lead Here (EP)

External links

  • Chimp Spanner official website
  • Chimp Spanner on Myspace
  • Chimp Spanner on Soundclick
  • Blessed Inertia on Myspace
  • Chimp Spanner - All Roads Lead Here on Bandcamp

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.onemetal.com/2010/03/06/basick-records-signs-chimp-spanner/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-08-12 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806080032/http://www.onemetal.com/2010/03/06/basick-records-signs-chimp-spanner/ |archivedate=2010-08-06 |df= }}
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