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LOREN CONNORS - Night Through - Singles And Collected Works 1976-2004
Family Vineyard
3CD // £17.99
FOLK / AMERICANA
Released: Jun 2006
Catalogue Number: FV36CD

BACK IN STOCK! Loren Connors is a name which still may not be familiar to many of you despite a career that spans over 30 years in the sphere of the most tantalising and independent stripped down guitar music ever produced. Emerging from a rich musical background, Connors (his Grandmother's surname, replacing MazzaCane) originally started recording and pressing-up his own records in the late 70s - but it was only in the late 80s that he achieved anything resembling popularity. It was a re-discovery by Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, Forced Exposure's Jimmy Johnson and Jim O'Rourke (among others) which catapulted Connors' music into the well polished sights of the avant garde, and before too long re-issues were surfacing of Connors' classic work and the delights of his blues influenced guitar improvisations could be enjoyed by those unable to track down his limited run vinyl pressings. With a recording career that spans over an incredible 9,000 hours of guitar music, this epic box set compiles some of the most interesting moments drawn from long-deleted 7"s, oddities culled from cd compilations and, most importantly, previously unreleased works. Compiled with an evident show of love, the three cds here flow incredibly well and are just a pleasure to listen to from end to end, ranging from his characteristic slow, melancholic and pensive blues to more distorted and lo-fi tracks that almost sound like a cross between John Fahey and Vincent Gallo in places, taking in the debris of his surroundings. Connors has a spontaneity which is apparently due to his Parkinsons disease - he says he never knows which day will be his last playing the guitar - but the recordings seem driven by so much more than biological necessity, it's as if playing guitar is his way of orating his views to the listeners, with words and emotions carried across the sparse notes. This really is quite an incredible collection, fans and newcomers alike should dip in without delay. Essential Purchase.

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