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Neon Nights

“This creative exploration is a merger of many artistic worlds. Coming from classical background, I wanted to create music that incorporates my technique into a style that invites the listener to explore virtuosity with sounds of contemporary popular music.” - Mak Grgic

What do you get if you combine a 2-time Grammy nominated classical guitarist, a nerdcore rapper, an Oklahoma-based RnB duo and a young prodigy producer from Slovenia?

Neon Nights is an EP of three songs that are an exploration of sounds of pop and electronica through the prism of classical guitar, Mak’s primary instrument. His desire has always been to pair this instrument with styles beyond classical music, and this is it!

"Last Night" is an ode to every night of our lives, as we live life to the fullest. It's about having a positive attitude, an unforgettable time, and an amazing summer to push us through each and every year ahead. It's about being constantly young at heart and bright of mind, no matter our age.

'Passing Time' is a instrumental pop & electronica tune featuring continuous arpeggios and a catchy melody on the classical guitar. The song is about the momentum of life and how we are constantly on-the-go.

'Anxiety' talks about depression and social awkwardness. This song is to give hope to those who suffer from this problem, and to help raise awareness and positive attitude through the power of music.

Mak Grgic:

MAK|Bach

The Slovenian-born, Los Angeles–based guitarist Mak Grgic has recorded MAK|Bach, an album of popular Bach pieces performed on well-tempered guitar that reproduces a style of tuning used by Bach himself. It will be released on July 2, 2021, on MicroFest Records [and will be available for preorder at www.MicroFestRecords.com and at Apple Music, Spotify, and Amazon.]

MAK|Bach represents the continuation of Grgic!s exploration of microtonality captured on his previous MicroFest album, MAKrotonal, a collection of new music that also contained Bach!s famous Chaconne in D Minor. Listeners who were so captivated by that recording will be thrilled by Grgic!s expanded and deepened Bach recordings on Mak|Bach.

On these recordings Grgic plays a guitar whose individual sliding frets are tuned to a keyboard temperament designed by Johann Kirnberger, a composer who lived with the Bach family while studying with Johann Sebastian. Kirnberger wrote: "Each key has its own special degrees and intervals through which it receives its own character, its own impression, both in the harmony and melody."

In Grgic!s hands, this temperament heightens harmonic drama and tension, finding new shades of familiar colors, and restoring a depth and vibrancy missing from most recordings, which use the modern equal temperament of the standard-fret guitar. "I am delighted to dedicate an entire album to the great master. Music by J.S. Bach is the kind of music that all classical musicians refer to and are often measured by. Secondly, in my exploration of the well-temperament popularized during the times of Bach I found a certain curiosity in the soundscapes and drama that this kind of alternative temperament was creating. Suddenly, the music came more alive, and I was more observant of the ebb and flow of the harmonic, rhythmic, and melodic motions as affected by the slightly different soundscape." 

Mak Grgic:

Cinema Verismo

Mak Grgic, has quickly established himself as one of today's top guitarists. His debut Marquis Music recording: Cinema Verismo, from presents a new approach for solo guitar music showcasing brilliant performances of age-old classical selections, such themes from The Godfather, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Volver, The Mission, West Side Story and Chariots of Fire. Grgic displays a powerful expressive range and a highly inventive combination of bravura, precision, and deep expression. One will be astonished by the reocording's flow and beauty as well as the striking quality of sound achieved on the variety of guitars used in this recording.