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One Feather Shy is also available at iTunes.
Excerpts from all 18 songs on One Feather Shy.
If you have flash, you'll see the flash music player.
Loren Claypool is a Wisconsin-based multi-instrumentalist/composer. He plays acoustic, electric, baritone electric, fretless electric, lap steel, baritone lap steel, touch and synthesizer guitars. Loren composes, arranges, loops, improvises, and manipulates sounds across genre boundaries as diverse as progressive, ambient, Guitar Craft-style acoustic ensemble, and spaghetti western. The common thread is guitar as the basis for his instrumental music.
His new album One Feather Shy can be ordered here! Our flash player has 30 second excerpts of all 18 songs available for your listening pleasure.
The description "genre-indifferent instrumental guitar music" is appropriate for this work, as Loren crosses musical boundaries with little regard for convention. Sometimes delicate, sometimes aggressive, the music is textural, visual, thoughtful, and emotional. Moving from sparse arrangements to densely orchestrated compositions, each song is fascinating on its own, but clearly an integral part of a larger work.
One Feather Shy is as diverse tonally as it is musically. Loren is fascinated with the sounds that can be made with the instruments he plays. He is just as likely to ferociously manipulate a guitar's sound, as he is to preserve the traditional tone of the instrument. The result is a unique sonic approach to instrumental guitar music. And, on this recording, it's all guitar.
In addition to his solo work, Loren is a member of Guitar Circle of Chicago, a group of musicians committed to working with the principles of Guitar Craft as a "way of doing things." Guitar Circle of Chicago performs throughout the Midwest, featuring songs from the Guitar Craft repertoire, original material, circulations, and improvisations. Loren co-scored and recorded the soundtrack for the award-winning independent film Lost Love. He is currently contributing to the [halo] Covers Venture project produced by Lee Fletcher in the UK and is writing and recording at a distance with Fragile, the experimental progressive duo from Estonia.
Loren was asked by Markus Reuter of the German experimental duo Centrozoon to provide audio commentary for their CD Lovefield. The result, described by Mr. Reuter as "a piece of art," is available as a download on the band's website. Loren is an endorsing artist for Industrial Guitars.
Loren currently resides in Mequon, Wisconsin, USA with his family, their koi, and a lot of guitars.
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comments
What are other recording musicians saying about Loren's music?
"Interesting sounds, textures, and melodies, not the usual fare."
- Bryan Beller
"Very nice indeed."
- Patrick O'Hearn
"Ambient in combination with gritty guitar tones and E-bow, very tasteful and wonderful use of electric guitar color."
- Marco Oppedisano
"The cool lap playing brought Kimock to mind."
- Ed DeGenaro
"Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful."
- Mike Gaito
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