The Lost Mariner, by Darin Gray & Loren Connors

The Lost Mariner

by Darin Gray & Loren Connors

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Final copies of the this CD released in 1999. Comes in plastic jewel case.

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Ten-year anniversary reissue of The Lost Mariner released in January 2010. For this ultimate edition, we acquired rights to use "Constance" the 1896 painting by Albert Pinkham Ryder for the cover art. Originally, a bonus 7-inch (At The Old Factory) was included -- these final copies do not include the single.

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1.	Part One 01:49	buy track
2.	Part Two 07:56	buy track
3.	Part Three 00:59	buy track
4.	Part Four 04:40	buy track
5.	Part Five 07:47	buy track
6.	Part Six 03:27	buy track
7.	Part Seven 01:45	buy track

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The Lost Mariner is an improvised dialogue between avant blue legend Loren Connors and bassist Darin Gray (On Fillmore, Dazzling Killmen, Brise-Glace, Grand Ulena, etc.). Structure is there, but it roams as it sways, constantly adjusting and reinventing itself as the two react to its mysterious design. Their delicate whispers are as eloquent as many improvisors' loudest howls.

"Gray is an articulate and compelling melodist; in places Connors responds to him by twisting melancholy counter-melodies around his like ivory around wrought iron, but elsewhere he uses effects to turn his usually distinct notes into black, cavernous sound masses that aptly frame Gray's extrapolations." -- Bill Meyer, Signal to Noise

credits

released November 20, 1999

Electric guitar – Loren Connors
Electric bass – Darin Gray

Recorded at Smith Lee Studios, St. Louis, 1998 by John Katsafanas
Mixed and mastered at Steamroom, Chicago, 1999 by Jim O'Rourke
LP mastered at Salt Mastering, Brooklyn, 2009 by Paul Gold

Cover painting "Constance" (1896) by Albert Pinkham Ryder

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Loren Connors Brooklyn, New York

Loren Connors has improvised and composed original guitar music for over four decades. His music embraces the aesthetics of blues, Irish airs, blues-based rock and other genres while letting go of rigid forms. Connors, who names abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko as his most important influence, also creates evocative print work that arise from the aesthetics of his music. ... more

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