Press Kit – Rolando Rafael Pardo

Bio

Rolando Rafael Pardo has been a recording and performing musician for over 20 years. Not really adhering to the pop 4/4 rhythms or 1-4-5 musical structure many players are forced to learn, Rolando found his niche in writing riffs and poly rhythms. Living in Austin now for 10 years he has come to admire the singer songwriter approach and took a swing at it with his new album Halo Forming. Formally writing and recording under the pseudonym, The Ambient, he attempted to write on all instruments to convey his dream of having a full band someday. Never having had the opportunity to meet like minded musicians he succeeded in carefully crafting a full band sound with his sophomore album, Through the Looking Glass. During the 2020 national lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he picked up the guitar after almost a 5 year hiatus and recorded Halo Forming. It contains 6 previously released songs from his 2 subsequent albums and 4 new arrangements. From the driving rhythm of his very first single “Solemn Path” originally released in 2009, to the soft spoken ode “Free to Fly”, he has traversed the singer songwriter terrain and found a new home within it.