Loren Connors

Loren Connors (also Loren Mazzacane, Guitar Roberts or Loren Mattei , born October 2, 1949 in New Haven , Connecticut ) is an American experimental and improvisation musician ( guitar ).

Connors learned the violin and trombone as a child, and later also the bass guitar. He was influenced by the singing of his mother, who performed pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach at funerals . This led to the occupation with the classical music of Giacomo Puccini and Frédéric Chopin ; he was also influenced by blues music by Robert Pete Williams and Muddy Waters . He studied art at Southern Connecticut University and the University of Cincinnati in the early 1970s before turning to music. In 1976 he returned to Connecticut , where he presented his first albums on his own label Daggett two years later ; A total of eight LPs in small editions with solo improvisations on the acoustic guitar had been released by 1980.

From 1984 to 1989 Connors was musically inactive and engaged in writing haikus . In 1990 he moved to New York City; a Parkinson's disease changed his musical direction. From then on he experimented with long drawn-out electric guitar productions in which he worked with feedback and distortion effects. In the following years he cooperated a. a. with Steve Dalachinsky, Keiji Haino , Suzanne Langille, Alan Licht , Thurston Moore and Jim O'Rourke .

Discographic notes

The Lost Mariner (1999), with Darin Gray
Unaccompanied Acoustic Guitar Improvisations, Vols. 1-9, 1979-1980
Portrait of a Soul (2000)
Little Match Girl (2001)
This Past Spring (2002)
The Departing of a Dream (Family Vineyard, 2002)
Airs 1992-2001 (CD-R, 2003)
Departing of a Dream (Vol.2 & 3) (Family Vineyard 2003/2004)
In France (2003), with Alan Licht
Arborvitae , with David Grubbs
As Roses Bow: Collected Airs 1992-2002
Night Through: Singles and Collected Works 1976-2004
Two Nice Catholic Boys (2009), with Jim O'Rourke
Curse of Midnight Mary (2009)
Into the night sky
Hymn of the North Star
Are You Going to Stop… in Bern? ( hatOLOGY , 2010)

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personal data
SURNAME	Connors, Loren
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mazzacane, Loren; Guitar, Roberts; Mattei, Loren
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American experimental and improvisation musician (guitar)
DATE OF BIRTH	October 2, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH	New Haven , Connecticut