Loop 2.4.3

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NPR's 'Fresh Air' program described Loop 2.4.3 as percussionists who "reinvent percussion from the bones out, so that drums and other beat-makers surprise you, throw you off base and draw you into a vortex of pulses." All About Jazz adds, "this music is meant to be heard live." The duo employs a wide range of percussion instruments, including multiple drums, cymbals, marimba, acoustic/electric steel drum, Chinese opera gongs, prayer bowls, crotales and sleigh bells. The haunting "Urban Mantra" goes further by adding live-triggered samples of voices and analog/digital noise and looping.

Loop 2.4.3 is on tour in support of their highly acclaimed debut album, "Batterie," which has been called "...a really focused and thrilling percussive ride that has your attention in the palm of its hand for every second of it…an unqualified treat from start to finish, with plenty here to love for fans of The Boredoms and Liars (maybe Lightning Bolt or Battles as well)." (New-Noise.net). Time Out – Chicago called the album "Mesmerizing. More freewheeling than academic, the group mingles taut compositions with a stunning improvisational sense, weaving pulsing counterpoints on Reichian marimbas and clattering chimes." See/hear more at www.loop243.com

Photo courtesy Dana Keeton