Artist description We investigate the convergance and divergance of synthetically and acoustically created sound,producing huge cinematic soundscapes and trippyexcusrsions into other worlds.We DON'T rely on drum machines etc. We actually PLAY every note you hear, live andwithout overdubs.

Music Style Electro-Acoustic Soundscapes

Musical Influences Zappa, Cage, Stravinsky, Buddy Guy

Similar Artists Eno, Hans Zimmer, Thomas Newman

Artist History Formed in 1985, put on hiatus for many years afterSamuel Claiborne had a near fatal spinal cord injury. Resumed perfoming in 1999. Just released a live album 'Stranger Than Truth' in Feb. 2001.

Group Members Loons is a duo consisting of Jennifer Lowman: Synths and Samuel Claiborne: Guitar, Viola, Nose Flute, Whistles, Percussion etc.

Instruments Synths, Guitar, Viola, Flutes, Whistles, Percussion

Albums Stranger Than Truth

Press Reviews “If you only listen to two tracks on this CD, make it ‘Sugar Tip?(track 4) and ‘IRT #6 Downtown?(track 7). I think you’ll be astounded by the range of these two pieces and their unique beauty.?- Frank Malton, IMHO“From the cascading metrical rigor of ‘Archangel?to the wide screen Technicolor spectacle of ‘Dissonance is Gliss? to the subtle breath of ‘IRT #6?to the deconstructed postmodern Gutbucket Blues of ‘Sugar Tip? this CD covers a lot of ground. Full of sumptuous textures and vertiginous stylistic leaps, its breadth and richness is all the more surprising in that it was all produced live on stage by a duo.?- Elspeth Thomas, Madison Apoplectic“Raw and polished works sit side by side on this zany-yet-serious CD. Some big powerful pieces are interspersed with tiny little jewel-like interludes. The one misstep is the scatological, Zappaesque ‘Bad Smells?which this reviewer could well do without (though my (grown) kids loved it). - Warning: this is the only track with lyrics, and they are (slightly) explicit.?- Andrew Peters, Charleston Crier“I have rarely heard such range in any musical agglomeration. The music is vast, sweeping, theatrical and cinematic. At only 47 minutes, I was left panting for more.?- Jonathan Kearney, WMJ “Very uneven. My responses veered from a sort of hypnotic thrall to annoyance. - Kate Milliner, Poultice?Donald Gets Off?and “I-Spy?are keyboard tour-de-force performances by Ms. Lowman. Her playing is assured and very energetic, with an innate flair for the dramatic. I was puzzled about all of the guitar that the liner notes alleged Mr. Claiborne to be playing on many tracks until I saw them on stage. It turns out that a lot of the ‘keyboards?I had heard on the CD were really guitar, sometimes electronically processed, sometimes just played with strange techniques that rendered it unrecognizable.?- Peter Milam, Onus“Sure, some of this music might be called ‘New Age? but just barely. It’s not easy-listening music. It takes you on trips. It’s like a drug, a passionate drug. You need to sit down with this CD and loose your earthly bonds and slip away for awhile? Though I loved the unique and searing Blues of “Sugar Tip? it didn’t fit in - it brought me back to earth too hard and too fast. I would have preferred it on another type of album? ‘Bad Smells?was hysterical! I was laughing so hard my guts hurt. It was the perfect last track.?- Kelty Prior, Mckenney Irregular“I simply couldn’t believe that the guitar on ‘Sugar Tip?was played without a whammy bar! An anti-virtuoso, virtuoso performance.?- Dan Kale, Guitar Fiend Newsletter“IRT #6 Downtown 3 A.M. is an out and out masterpiece. It’s a new-age Sunday Mass - with a sweeping grandeur that is somehow paradoxically subtle and meditative. I didn’t like it at all at first, but I have a rule that I listen to everything I review at least three times before I pass judgement. Now, the seamless communication between the viola and synths, the breath and grace of it, haunt me. I’m afraid it’s altered my brain structure or DNA, like a virus or something.?- Kate Maldonado, Fire Eater

Location New York, NY - USA

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