“Detached Objects” available now

Detached Objects unfolds as a dialogue between unaccompanied guitar works and intricate layers of synthesizers, drum machines and percussion. While the interplay between guitar and synth has long been part of Rojas’ musical identity, here it moves to the foreground—shaping an atmosphere that is ethereal, emotive, and reflective, occasionally suffused with a sense of melancholy and dystopia. 

Imagine Nels Cline meets the soundtrack to Blade Runner...

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released October 23, 2026

Alvaro Rojas - guitars, synths, percussion, and other sounds

All compositions by AR, except “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” by Charles Mingus
Recorded by John Raham @ Afterlife Studios, Vancouver BC
Mixed and Mastered by James Meger
Cover Photo by Alvaro Rojas

EP “Translation Studies” available now

With the EP ‘Translation Studies’, Vancouver based composer/guitarist Alvaro Rojas begins a new chapter in his work; exploring how simple rules inspired by nature can yield beauty and complexity. Developed during studies with composers/sound artists Susie Ibarra and Jake Landau, Rojas explores recursive and self-similar processes found in branching, spirals and paper folding patterns, and creates a set of pieces that is a statement on its own, as well as a preview of future investigations. Elements of these natural processes are translated into musical material, and slowly unravel through 4 reflective pieces for solo guitar, and 1 for guitar quartet.

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released August 21, 2026
Guitar & synths - Alvaro Rojas

Recorded by Alvaro Rojas in Vancouver, Canada
Mixed by Jake Landau in Berlin, Germany
Mastered by Jake Landau in Berlin, Germany
Produced by Susie Ibarra

Album Artwork - Scattered in the Now #9 by Kai Liu

Released by Habitat Sounds