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PEOPLE. PLACES. is out today.

My third album as a leader, and the result of several years of music, writing, collaborations and experiences between Argentina and Austria.

Eight compositions, eleven musicians, two special guests, and many people who helped bring this project to life.

Recorded in Graz in February 2025 and released today by Challenge Records.

Thank you to everyone who was part of this journey — and to everyone who listens.
 

You can buy it here:
https://payhip.com/b/jXl56

Or listen it here:

https://tidal.com/album/526488302/u
https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/album/5hKqzUj16hzQreq05VquS1?si=3GSTdh2QQbik4CusB_W9-w

Starting today, the second single from my upcoming album "PEOPLE. PLACES. Music for Large Ensemble" is available to stream on all platforms.

This time, it’s “Zamba del Chaguanco”, a beautiful zamba by Hilda Herrera that I took the risk of arranging for this ensemble. We were lucky enough to have the great Klaus Gesing join us as a special guest on soprano saxophone for this track.

You can listen it here:
https://orcd.co/domkepy

I'm happy to share GRAZ, the first single from my upcoming album PEOPLE. PLACES., released today on Challenge Records.

The piece was inspired by the city that became my home after moving from Argentina to Austria in 2019. Graz is where I found a new community, developed lasting musical collaborations, and gradually shifted my focus toward composition. It felt like the natural place to begin this album.

PEOPLE. PLACES. is a collection of original compositions inspired by the people and places that have shaped my life over the past years. Written for an 11-piece ensemble and featuring distinguished saxophonist and bass clarinetist Klaus Gesing, the album will be released on August 21.

I hope you enjoy listening to GRAZ.

Listen here:
https://orcd.co/dz8xq53
 

After more than two years of writing, rehearsing, recording and post-production, I'm very happy to announce that my new large ensemble album, PEOPLE. PLACES., is finally finished and entering its release phase.

The album features seven original compositions and one arrangement of an Argentinian folk tune, inspired by the people and places that have shaped both my personal journey and my artistic development over the past years.

This project would not have been possible without the incredible support of everyone who contributed to the crowdfunding campaign, as well as the generous institutional support of Land Steiermark, Stadt Graz, SKE Fonds, Hinker Fonds der Gesellschaft der Freunde der KUG, and OH-KUG. My sincere thanks go to all of them for helping bring this music to life.
 

The album is now available for pre-order, with two singles leading up to the official release:

• July 24 – GRAZ
• August 7 – Zamba del Chaguanco

PEOPLE. PLACES. will be officially released on August 21, 2025.

More music, videos and behind-the-scenes content will be shared over the coming weeks. I'm looking forward to finally sharing this project with all of you.
 

After a very intense April — concerts, Jazzahead, traveling, and many beautiful moments on the road — May became a quieter month.

Less performing, more writing.
A lot of time spent working on new music, ideas, and everything surrounding PEOPLE. PLACES, the new album coming out this August.

This month also marked the end of the crowdfunding campaign for the record, which was an incredible experience from beginning to end. I’m deeply grateful for all the support, messages, and trust the project received along the way.

And somewhere in between all of that: some much needed quality time with my Fio and Simon ❤️

More soon.

Today I launched the crowdfunding campaign for my upcoming album "PEOPLE. PLACES.", which we recorded last year with my 11-piece band and a special guest appearance by Klaus Gesing.

The idea behind the campaign is to cover the final production costs (mastering, manufacturing, promotion), as well as to serve as a sort of pre-sale for the album.

But the campaign rewards are varied: CDs, lessons, private concerts, and a few other surprises!

I highly recommend you check out the Kickstarter page!

After a lot of preliminary work, preparations, and rehearsals, last weekend we were at Audiotope with the 11tet recording what will be the group's first album and my third.

It was an intense week of rehearsals and three days of maximum concentration in the studio, but we are very happy with the result.

In a few weeks, I will begin selecting the takes and mixing, with the aim of releasing all this music in 2026.

Here are some photos from the session:

 

The second video from the live session we did with 11tet in March at Café Stockwerk is now online. This time, the song is 18/5.

Check out the video for two amazing solos by Jonathan Herrgesell and Thomas Quendler.

I look forward to your comments!

 

In March I took my 11tet to the mythical Cafe Stockwerk in Graz to shoot a series of videos.

I'm happy to announce the release of the 1st video of this series: of course, a song inspired by this city where I've been living for almost 5 years, GRAZ.

I hope you enjoy it!

Good news: CASTELAR, the track #2 of my new album NEW BEGINNINGS was choosen by the prestigious american magazine ALL ABOUT JAZZ as the song of the day.

https://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/track-castelar-by-martin-iaies

It´s also the single of the album, so you can listen to it in all streaming platforms!

NEW BEGINNINGS IS FINALLY OUT!

After a long waiting, I am very happy to show my 2nd album NEW BEGINNINGS to everybody!
As said in previous posts, the album is released by the american label Ears and Eyes Records and is gonna be available for purchase both physical and digital.

For physical (except Europe and Argentina) and digital purchases you should check my Bandcamp:

For physical copies within Europe and Argentina, you can buy directly through the store in my site or you can easily contact me.

New Beginnings - Martin Iaies 4 feat. Julian Argüelles

1. Pascanas #5
2. Castelar
3. Zamba para Fio
4. Graz
5. Pascanas #1
6. El Mineirazo
7. 21/9
8. PM

Martin Iaies - Electric Guitar
Julian Argüelles - Tenor (4,5,6,7) & Soprano (2,3) Saxophones
Miloš Čolović - Double Bass
Andreas Reisenhofer - Drums

All the tunes written by Martin Iaies

The album will be released by Ears and Eyes Records ( www.earsandeyesrecords.com) on October 27th and will be available for purchase -both physical and digital- from the same date at my website ( www.martiniaies.com ), my bandcamp ( martiniaies.bandcamp.com ) and the label´s Bandcamp ( earsandeyesrecords.bandcamp.com )

Recorded in May 2022 at KUG Studio (Graz, Austria). Mixed and mastered at IDEO Studio (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Recording Engineer: Fabian Spörlein.
Mixing by Mariano Miguez.
Mastering by Pablo Lopez Ruiz & Mariano Miguez.

Photo: Simon Reithofer ( www.reithofer-media.com )
Artwork: Matías Samaniego ( www.instagram.com/cavilarph )

Only 3 weeks to the release of my 2nd album NEW BEGINNINGS!

The album will be available for purchase -both physical and digital- from October 27th through my website  www.martiniaies.com/store for Europe and through bandcamp -both mine and Ears and Eyes Records one-.

The band was killing: Julian Argüelles in Tenor and Soprano Saxophones; Miloš Čolović in Double Bass; and Andreas Reisenhofer on Drums.

Here you can check the Teaser, filmed and edited by Simon Reithofer ( www.reithofer-media.com )

Looking forward to tell you more about it, so stay tuned in the next days!

Some weeks ago I posted about the concert we did in the OH-KUG Jazz Fest on May 24th, opening for Jure Pukl´s Quartet.

The first video of that night is out in my Youtube Channel!

Martin Iaies 4 - “Zamba para Fio” (M. Iaies)

Kaan Karadavut - Flugelhorn
Tobias Melcher - Doublebass
Elias Pivec - Drums
Martin Iaies - Electric Guitar / Composition

Video: Matthias Kessler (Kessler Records)
Sound: Leon Merkel

I am very happy to announce that my second album NEW BEGINNINGS will be released on October 27th.

It is an album that we recorded in May 2022 with my trio formed by Miloš Čolović on double bass and Andreas Reisenhofer on drums, and joined by the great Julian Argüelles on tenor and soprano saxophones.

The album, which consists of 8 original compositions, will be released by the prestigious American label Ears and Eyes Records.

I will be announcing news soon. Stay tuned!

Photo: Simon Reithofer (www.reithofer-media.com)

In June 2021 I was lucky enough to be invited by Asier Ardaiz to record his debut album.
Asier is a virtuoso Spanish trumpet player whom I met in 2019 during my studies in Graz and whom I am lucky to count as one of the great friends that music gave me.

This album was released on all platforms in the last few weeks and is an album worth listening to. Asier arranged 8 Anime songs (Japanese music from animated series) for jazz combo, in different styles and instrumentations.

The album is titled "HERE" and you can listen to it at the following link:

https://open.spotify.com/album/7ymQgcM4QxXRZlqwco5ujv?si=7YLXZ0kLToe3QbpUN4d7_g
 

1. Rush
2. Here
3. Adieu
4. Isabella´s Lullaby
5. Glassy Sky
6. Fukashigi no carte
7. Tonari no Totoro
8. Presence - Yuujin A

Asier Ardaiz: trumpet, flugelhorn & cornet / arrangements
Miriam Kulmer: vocals
Jonathan Herrgesell: alto sax & clarinet
Wesley Rubim: trombone
Martin Iaies: electric and acoustic guitar
Markus Neuwirth: piano
Kajetan Kamenjasevic: doublebass
Sebastian Baumgartner: drums

Recorded by Leon Merkel at KUG Studio (Graz, Austria) in June 2021

Hey!!

I´ve just posted on my Bandcamp site (http://martiniaies.bandcamp.com) the EP of the session we did in March 2019 with my friends and amazing musicians Julian Mekler (doublebass) and Martin Freiberg (drums) a few months before I came to Austria.

"SUMMER TRIO" consists in 4 original tunes of mine plus an arrangement of The Beatles´s Classic "Blackbird", a tune I really love.

The original idea were some summer jams for playing standards with Marto and Juli, whom I used to play with, but finally I got encouraged to write some music with the guitar in the main role unlike my previos projects where the saxophone was leading with the themes. As the music was flowing good and there was a good chemistry in the rehearsal room we decided to get into the studio for a short session, for having a register of that music.

By recommendation of Martin, we went to Panacea Studio were Santiago Iezzi was working as recording engineer. The result is this 5 tunes EP which is available in Bandcamp from July 2nd and will be in the other streaming platforms soon.

You can listen it here: https://martiniaies.bandcamp.com/album/summer-trio

Also some videos: