BIOGRAPHY

Carlos Garo (Madrid, October 12, 1986) is a Spanish composer, multi-instrumentalist musician and independent producer. Garo, despite being born in Madrid, has grown up in Toledo where he resides today.

He is considered “the promoter of the New Age in Spain” internationally. He is the author of five albums: The Fifth Palace (2012), Entrance To the Parallel Universe (2015), Sky Dancer (2017), Dream Landscape (2019) and Samsarak (2023).

The Fifth Palace is an EP of 6 instrumental tracks that mixes World music, Folk, Rock and Symphonic styles..
His second work, Entrance to the Parallel Universe, is a conceptual and more personal album that mixes ethnic, spiritual, electronic and spatial genres. The third album, Sky Dancer, is part of the collaboration between the English composer Terry Oldfield and Carlos Garo himself, and combines the characteristic language of New Age Music with the latest trends in commercial rock and dance. Their fourth album Dream Landscape, mixes folk, Celtic and ethnic sounds, includes two collaborations, Terry Oldfield on “Snowglobe” and Airyn on “Eterna”.

The fifth work is titled Samsarak and is based on Garo’s vision of the cycle of births: life, death and reincarnation. Where he tries to achieve the vision and treatment of cultures such as Hinduism, Shintoism, Buddhism, as well as other traditional cultures such as the Roman, which is based on a timeless life and civilization.

He took his first steps in the world of music when he was 12 years old and began experimenting with the instruments that his father kept in the family home, especially with the Spanish guitar, which would become the musician’s favorite instrument. At the age of 14, when he already mastered the guitar, bass and keyboard, he began to compose his own music.

During his adolescence he played in several groups performing Spanish rock covers. Thanks to one of these performances in 2011 he won the award for best guitarist at the Rockobisa festival (Cobisa, Toledo). Then he was already composing what would be his first album, The Fifth Palace, an EP composed of 6 songs that garnered sales throughout Spain. The project served as a starting point for the making of a more serious album with greater production.

Entrance to the Parallel Universe is his second album. It was released in 2015 under the Crazy Sandwich Records label. He was nominated at the 2016 Hollywood Music In Media Awards in the Best New Age/Ambient Song category for “Desert.”
In May 2016 he began a tour presenting the album in cities such as Madrid, Toledo and Valladolid, opening for flutist Terry Oldfield, brother of fellow musicians Sally and Mike Oldfield.
He reached number 1 on iTunes, in Kyrgyzstan, for I’m Not Afraid during the month of July 2016.

As a result of those concerts with Terry Oldfield during the tour of Spain, both artists formed a friendship that led them to create an album together, the album would be called Sky Dancer (Rocket Music), composed 17,000 kilometers away, those that separate The studio Carlos Garo in Toledo (Spain) and Oldfield on the Sunshine Coast (Australia).

The harmony between Garo and Oldfield made Sky Dancer become one of the most popular New Age releases of 2017 and Reach Out, its single, was an emblem of the fusion of styles between both authors, winning the award at the Global Music Awards. Awards and being among the favorites in Soul Traveler’s Conscious Music Songs Awards. Both artists toured Spain with concerts in Madrid, at the Galileo Galilei hall, and Valladolid, at the Laboratory of Arts in the Valladolid city.

Proclamation: On August 11, 2017, Carlos Garo spoke as a crier and began the patron saint festivities in Honor of “La Virgen de La Piedad and San Roque” in Almorox (Toledo), the town where he grew up.

In 2018 he released his first compilation “The Complete Collection (2012-2018)” which includes two unreleased songs The World Keeps On Spinning Remix 2018 and Desert Remix 2018 produced by Tommy López. During that year he reached number 1 on the Radio La Roda list with his song “The World Keeps on Spinning” from the album Entrance to the Parallel Universe.

In 2019, Dream Landscape was released, where Terry Oldfield and Airyn collaborate, it has generated great interest in the United States and Europe, being awarded at “The Akademia” awards in Los Angeles with the single ‘Omen’ as best Ambient/Instrumental song 2019. Finalist at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards for best song “Mundo” of the year 2019 for “Omen”. In 2019, after the release of Dream Landscape, he became a member of the LATIN GRAMMY® (Latin Recording Academy).
In 2020 he becomes part of the PRS Guitars artist program (Carlos Garo’s favorite guitar brand) where he also begins to be sponsored by the guitar strap brand RigthOn! Straps.
That same year he is awarded in the US with The Akademia 2020 Artist Vision award, finalist in The Akademia Music Awards for the Ambient / Instrumental Artist of the Year Award in 2020 and nominated in the Maximum Hispanic Pride Europe 2020 awards as New Artist.
In September 2020 he releases a new single titled ‘Time to Fly‘ with the collaboration of singer Enrique Ramil.

In 2021, the album Entrance To The Parallel Universe reached #3 on the sales charts in Italy and the album Sky Dancer reached #5 on iTunes in Latvia.

AT PRESENT

In 2022 he travels to London to master, together with sound engineer Geoff Pesche (Mike Oldfield, Enya, Coldplay), at the famous Abbey Road Studios, the single “Nirvana”, the first preview of his album Samsarak, where he was awarded for best song world with a bronze medal at the Global Music Awards 2022.

Months after the release of the single “Nirvana”, the directors of the European Delegation of the International Press Association of Las Vegas presented the nomination for the Maximo Orgullo Hispano Europa, together with the piper Hevia, María Jiménez, and Carlos Garo were nominated for the awards.

Samsarak is released on March 10, 2023 and was presented at the Casino Gran Vía (Madrid) before the media, where they could listen to the entire album in a room equipped with great sound.
Samsarak was born from the idea of being conceived on vinyl. The first side is a suite, while the second is darker with separate themes. A repertoire of emotions and purely instrumental compositions that cover styles such as New Age or World Music.

In June 2023 Carlos Garo begins as a voting member of the GRAMMY® AWARDS (Recording Academy).

On August 17, 2023, the HIMAwards were held in the United States at The Avalon theater in Hollywood (California), where Garo was awarded the Hollywood Independent Music Awards (HIMAwards 2023) in the ‘World’ category thanks to his song ‘Karma ‘. included on the album Samsarak. Garo shared the red carpet and nomination with other figures such as the Japanese Masa Takumi, winner of a Grammy® for best Global Music album in 2023.

TUNES

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

YEAR

TITLE

AWARD

CATEGORY

RESULT

2011

Festival de Música Rockobisa

BEST GUITAR PLAYER

WINNER

2016

Desert

Hollywood Music In Media Awards

BEST NEW AGE SONG OF THE YEAR

Nominee

2017

Reach Out

Global Music Awards

BEST NEW AGE SONG OF THE YEAR

WINNER

2017

Reach Out

Conscious Music Songs

BEST SPIRITUAL AND AWARENESS SONG

Nominee

2019

Omen

The Akademia Awards

BEST AMBIENT / INSTRUMENTAL SONG

WINNER

2019

Trayectoria musical

Máximo Orgullo Hispano Europa

BEST NEW ARTIST 2019

Nominee

2019

Omen

Hollywood Music In Media Awards

BEST WORLD SONG OF THE YEAR

Nominee

2020

The Akademia Awards

BEST AMBIENT / INSTRUMENTAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Nominee

2020

The Akademia Awards

2020 ARTIST VISION AKADEMIA AWARD

WINNER

2022

NIRVANA

GLOBAL MUSIC AWARDS

BEST WORLD SONG OF THE YEAR

Winner

2022

Trayectoria musical

Máximo Orgullo Hispano Europa

BEST NEW ARTIST 2022

Nominee

2023

KARMA

HOLLYWOOD INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS

BEST WORLD SONG OF THE YEAR

Winner

Year

2011

Title

Award

Festival de Música Rockobisa

Category

BEST GUITAR PLAYER

Result

WINNER

Year

2016

Title

Desert

Award

Hollywood Music In Media Awards

Category

BEST NEW AGE SONG OF THE YEAR

Result

Nominee

Year

2017

Title

REACH OUT

Award

GLOBAL MUSIC AWARDS

Category

BEST NEW AGE SONG OF THE YEAR

Result

WINNER

Year

2017

Title

REACH OUT

Award

CONSCIOUS MUSIC SONGS

Category

BEST SPIRITUAL AND AWARENESS SONG

Result

Nominee

Year

2019

Title

OMEN

Award

THE AKADEMIA AWARDS

Category

BEST AMBIENT / INSTRUMENTAL SONG

Result

WINNER

Year

2019

Title

OMEN

Award

HOLLYWOOD MUSIC IN MEDIA AWARDS

Category

BEST WORLD SONG OF THE YEAR

Result

Nominee

Year

2020

Title

Award

THE AKADEMIA AWARDS

Category

BEST AMBIENT / INSTRUMENTAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Result

Nominee

Year

2020

Title

Award

THE AKADEMIA AWARDS

Category

2020 ARTIST VISION AKADEMIA AWARD

Result

WINNER

Year

2022

Title

NIRVANA

Award

GLOBAL MUSIC AWARDS

Category

MEJOR CANCIÓN DEL AÑO WORLD MUSIC

Result

Winner

Year

2022

Title

TRAYECTORIA MUSICAL

Award

MÁXIMO ORGULLO HISPANO EUROPA

Category

BEST NEW ARTIST 2022

Result

Nominee

Año

2023

Trabajo

KARMA

Premio

HOLLYWOOD INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS

Categoría

BEST WORLD SONG OF THE YEAR

Resultado

WINNER