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Loren MazzaCane Connors

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...Or Loren Connors, or Loren Mazzacane, or Guitar Roberts! There is only one word that comes to mind when I think of Connors' music: devastating! Whether an album leans towards the noisier side or the mellower side of his artistic persona, there is something about it that is simply overwhelming. It might hypnotize you or make the hairs on your neck raise, but on thing is for sure: it won't leave you indifferent; you'll either love it or hate it. A particular thing about Connors' records, and this has become his trademark sound, is that no matter what kind of album you're getting, there will always be hiss in the background, as if the records were made using a bargain bin tape recorder and using cheap discarded cassettes that were taped over many times. This was off-putting for me at first. The hiss can be bothersome at times as it often covers up the music like a thick blanket, muffling the sound. This soon becomes more charming than disturbing however, and you rapidly get used to it. I can't say I love all of this artists' albums on an equal level. The quality of his output varies quite a bit, but all are worth investigating.

I was first introduced to his music while in a music store in Montreal, someone suggested an album of his when I asked for something along the same vein as the works of Keiji Haino. I would later find out the two had collaborated on more than one occasion before. When I heard the name MazzaCane on this occasion, I mistook him for Throbbing Gristle muse Monte Cazazza (making a fool out of myself at the same time)! But then again, I didn't know any of these two artists back then. I passed on the album (In Twilight) because I was really out for some Haino material at that point but kept the name in mind. It was on emusic.com that I finally got my first taste of this man's music and boy was I stunned! It was the strangest and most beautiful music I had heard in a long time! When at his most gentle, the music sounds so fragile it feels as if it could break into millions of pieces at the slightest disturbance, but when he shifts into high gear and pulls out his distortion pedal, things can get quite ugly and earth-shattering. It is fascinating to hear these two sides and make a parallel with his life. It is known that Connors has went through some hard times during his life and he now suffers from Parkinson's disease; maybe it's just my imagination, but some of the turmoil comes through very brightly in his instrumental work, his choice of subject matter and even drawings (which sometimes grace his album covers). This is a man bearing his soul through sound, communicating with his beautifully melancholic guitar phrasings or wrathful feedback.

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Album Cover Unaccompanied Accoustic Guitar Improvisations Vol. 1-9 1979-1980
Label: Ecstatic Peace/Father Yod
Release: 1979-1980
Format: 4CD
Cat. no: E#101/FYCD#11-14

Song list:

CD 1:
  1. Vol. 1 (32:41)
  2. Vol. 2 (34:13)
CD 2:
  1. Vol. 3 (Edited) (33:31)
  2. Vol. 4 (37:46)
CD 3:
  1. Vol. 5 (32:40)
  2. Vol. 6 (35:06)
CD 4:
  1. Vol. 7 (Edited) (13:24)
  2. Vol. 8 (34:54)
  3. Vol. 9 (Unissued) (24:51)


Album Cover In Pittsburgh
Label: Dexter's Cigar
Release: 1989
Format: CD
Cat. no: DEX7

Song list:

  1. Trouble In Mind (4:16)
  2. Prelude 1 (2:24)
  3. Trouble In Mind 2 (1:57)
  4. Prelude 2 (2:14)
  5. Wish Train (3:25)
  6. Child's Blues (3:58)
  7. Fallen Son (3:17)
  8. Blue Ghost Blues (6:12)


Album Cover Rooms
Label: St. Joan Records
Release: 1990
Format: CD
Cat. no: ST.J.17

Song list:

  1. Grip My Hand (3:04)
  2. Blues No. 25 (4:04)
  3. Blues No. 10 (Fallen Son) (3:14)
  4. Blues No. 12 (3:53)
  5. Blues No. 13 (1:08)
  6. Blues No. 15 (1:42)
  7. Blues No. 16 (2:17)
  8. Blues No. 19 (3:19)
  9. Blues No. 23 (4:14)
  10. Blues No. 24 (Midnight) (4:21)
  11. Blues No. 26 (The Cup) (2:35)
  12. Blues No. 27 (1:58)
  13. Blues No. 28 (2:07)
  14. Blues No. 29 (2:22)
  15. Blues No. 30 (Palms) (3:32)
  16. Can't Forget (2:43)
  17. Blues No. 31 (2:36)


Album Cover Come Night
Label: St. Joan Records/Nonsequitur Foundation/¿What Next? Recordings
Release: 1991
Format: CD
Cat. no: WN 0004

Song list:

  1. Take Me Up (2:19)
  2. Flames (2:20)
  3. The Dream Comes (3:53)
  4. Never The Blues (4:26)
  5. The Cave (1:39)
  6. In The Sunrise (3:09)
  7. Leaves (1:06)
  8. Almost You (1:04)
  9. Sure (2:19)
  10. Tell Me Where (1:57)
  11. No Words (2:30)
  12. Still Bound (2:24)
  13. Spectres (1:29)
  14. Willow (9:07)
  15. Cross Town (2:09)
  16. Too Late (2:21)


Album Cover Hell's Kitchen Park
Label: Black Label
Release: 1993
Format: CD
Cat. no: BL9301

Song list:

  1. Mother & Son (2:22)
  2. New Morning (1:30)
  3. Father's Dream (2:07)
  4. 10th Ave. (3:12)
  5. An Air (1:21)
  6. The McCaffrey Playground (5:28)
  7. Out Alone (3:19)
  8. Hell's Kitchen Park (2:21)
  9. Child (1:46)
  10. Death Avenue (2:11)
  11. Sorrow In The House (2:32)
  12. Brigid's Song (1:27)


Album Cover Moonyean
Label: Road Cone
Release: 1994
Format: CD
Cat. no: ROCO 008

Song list:

  1. Untitled (2:03)
  2. Untitled (2:32)
  3. Untitled (1:27)
  4. Untitled (1:29)
  5. Untitled (2:11)
  6. Untitled (1:09)
  7. Untitled (1:53)
  8. Untitled (1:39)
  9. Untitled (1:59)
  10. Untitled (4:55)
  11. Untitled (2:36)
  12. Untitled (2:53)
  13. Untitled (2:02)


Album Cover 9th Avenue
Label: Black Label
Release: 1994
Format: CD
Cat. no: BLACK 3

Song list:

  1. Thunderbird (1:31)
  2. 9th Ave (6:10)
  3. Stilled Wind (1:45)
  4. Dawn On 47th (2:31)
  5. Shadows (3:12)
  6. In Cushman Row (3:29)
  7. Cardboard Pillow (1:07)
  8. O'Connor's Last Air (2:57)
  9. Prayer (2:02)
  10. Little Wind (1:35)
  11. Siren (2:53)
  12. Untitled (2:53)


Album Cover Keiji Haino/Loren MazzaCane Vol.1 - Live At Downtown Music Gallery
Label: Persona Non Grata
Release: 1995
Format: CD
Cat. no: PNG-2

Song list:

  1. Untitled (24:36)


Album Cover Keiji Haino/Loren MazzaCane Connors Vol.2
Label: Menlo Park Recordings
Release: 1997
Format: CD
Cat. no: MENLO PARK 7005

Song list:

  1. I. Taken From Soundcheck (15:29)
  2. II. Taken From Performance (12:24)


Album Cover Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell!
Label: The Lotus Sound
Release: 1997
Format: CD
Cat. no: TLS003

Song list:

  1. Untitled (2:25)
  2. Untitled (1:55)
  3. Untitled (1:57)
  4. Untitled (3:10)
  5. Untitled (3:12)
  6. Untitled (1:43)
  7. Untitled (1:20)
  8. Untitled (2:24)
  9. Untitled (2:39)
  10. Untitled (2:19)
  11. Untitled (1:56)
  12. Untitled (2:17)


Album Cover Calloden Harvest
Label: Road Cone
Release: 1997
Format: CD
Cat. no: ROCO 018

Song list:

  1. Premonition (25:48)
  2. Enemy (2:13)
  3. Wild Night (3:41)
  4. Come Death, Lord Cromwell (7:14)
  5. First Light (3:46)
  6. A Calling (2:54)
  7. The Road To Drumassy (3:38)
  8. No Way Home (3:46)
  9. Calloden Harvest (3:37)


Album Cover The Bridge
Label: Megalon Records
Release: 1997
Format: CD
Cat. no: MEG 03

Song list:

  1. The Bridge (31:35)


Album Cover The Carmelites
Label: P-Vine Records
Release: 1997
Format: CD
Cat. no: PCD-5139

Song list:

  1. The Carmelites (2:43)
  2. Those Of Us (1:34)
  3. The Bell (2:40)
  4. Forever Gone (2:17)
  5. These Walls (1:36)
  6. Hidden Hands (2:29)
  7. A Breath, A Touch, A Stone (2:01)
  8. Succession Of Sins (2:36)
  9. Night Prayer (2:11)
  10. Body And Soul (3:04)
  11. Angel Of The Wall (2:07)
  12. Temptation (2:03)
  13. Tomorrow (1:01)


Album Cover Evangeline
Label: Road Cone
Release: 1998
Format: CD
Cat. no: ROCO 021

Song list:

  1. Evangeline (1:11)
  2. Dance Acadia (1:14)
  3. Ships (1:11)
  4. The Burning Of Grand Pre (1:30)
  5. Two Paths (3:01)
  6. The Bridegroom Of Snow (7:44)
  7. Voice Of The Ocean, "Despair Not!" (4:44)
  8. Once You Touched Me (2:14)
  9. Jesuits (1:33)
  10. Sister Of Mercy (1:37)
  11. His Room (In The Almshouse) (1:24)
  12. Oh, My Beloved (1:21)
  13. Gabriel Dies (2:01)
  14. Evangeline (1:05)


Album Cover In Twilight
Label: Alien8 Recordings
Release: 1999
Format: CD
Cat. no: ALIENCD11

Song list:

  1. Part 1 (29:11)
  2. Part 2 (19:42)


Album Cover St. Vincent's Newsboy Home
Label: Item Recordings
Release: 1999
Format: CD
Cat. no: 9901D

Song list:

  1. Extra, Extra Read All About It! (1:25)
  2. Inside The Cruelty Of Day (2:32)
  3. Angels Of The Rooftops (1:48)
  4. O'Carolan's Air (2:47)
  5. Father Drumgoolle (2:52)
  6. Doorsteps (2:10)
  7. Frozen Star (1:50)
  8. Onora's Kid (3:10)
  9. Forgotten Shoe (1:16)
  10. Silent In The Soul (1:45)
  11. Oh, How It'd Be! (Without The Deaths Of The Innocents) (2:08)
  12. Empty Lights (1:59)
  13. Rumours (Of Something Grand) (1:33)
  14. More Than Faith (Throughout The Night) (2:26)
  15. Opening Day (2:18)


Album Cover Airs
Label: Road Cone
Release: 1999
Format: CD
Cat. no: ROCO 023

Song list:

  1. Untitled (Airs) (1:42)
  2. Untitled (Airs) (1:50)
  3. Untitled (Airs) (2:11)
  4. Untitled (Airs) (2:15)
  5. Untitled (Airs) (1:58)
  6. Untitled (Airs) (3:19)
  7. Untitled (Airs) (2:03)
  8. Untitled (Airs) (1:41)
  9. Untitled (Airs) (1:58)
  10. Untitled (Airs) (1:45)
  11. Untitled (Airs) (2:03)
  12. Untitled (Airs) (3:19)
  13. Untitled (Airs) (1:48)
  14. Untitled (Airs) (1:25)
  15. Untitled (Airs) (1:25)
  16. Untitled (Airs) (2:01)
  17. Untitled (Airs) (2:22)
  18. Untitled (Airs) (1:20)
  19. Untitled (Airs) (1:05)
  20. The Death Of Shelly (2:49)


Album Cover In Bern
Label: Hat Noir
Release: 1999
Format: CD
Cat. no: HATNOIR 803

Song list:

  1. Now Who Are These Guys? (5:20)
  2. Still Going (19:37)
  3. Are They Going To Stop? (13:46)
  4. You Can Stay If You Want, But I'm Going Home (10:05)


Album Cover Portrait Of A Soul
Label: FBWL Label
Release: 2000
Format: CD
Cat. no: FBWL 20

Song list:

  1. Day (1:52)
  2. Day (2:37)
  3. Day (1:29)
  4. Day (2:35)
  5. Day (1:14)
  6. Day (2:21)
  7. Day (2:32)
  8. Day (1:44)
  9. Day (1:46)
  10. Day (1:47)
  11. Day (1:49)
  12. Day (1:15)
  13. Day (2:03)
  14. Day (2:19)
  15. Evening (1:46)
  16. Evening (1:58)
  17. Evening (1:50)
  18. Evening (1:51)
  19. Evening (2:05)
  20. Night (1:42)
  21. Night (2:01)
  22. Night (1:43)
  23. Night (1:32)
  24. Dawn (1:42)
  25. Dawn (1:48)
  26. Dawn (2:11)


Album Cover The Little Match Girl
Label: Road Cone
Release: 2001
Format: CD
Cat. no: ROCO 029

Song list:

  1. The Little Match Girl (1:24)
  2. Falling Snow (2:15)
  3. She Was Hungry And Very Very Cold (1:52)
  4. The Veil (1:08)
  5. Grandmother (1:53)
  6. Falling Star (Comets Light The Way) (3:03)
  7. The Dawn (6:48)
  8. The Art Of The Blues (2:31)
  9. The Art Of The Blues (2:27)
  10. The Art Of The Blues (3:23)
  11. The Art Of The Blues (2:16)
  12. The Art Of The Blues (1:32)
  13. The Art Of The Blues (2:47)
  14. The Art Of The Blues (3:58)


Album Cover Lullaby
Label: Carbon Records
Release: 2001
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: CR45

Song list:

  1. Lullaby (The 1st) (2:11)
  2. Whispers (1:54)
  3. Lullaby (The 2nd) (2:21)
  4. Lullaby (The 3rd) (1:32)
  5. Want Me To Tell You (Why I Cried?) (1:34)
  6. Lullaby (The 4th) (1:35)
  7. "Don't Leave" (3:22)
  8. I'm Scared (Of The Dark) (1:09)
  9. And The Shadows On The Wall (1:47)
  10. Lullaby (The Last) (2:16)
  11. ...Sleep... (2:50)
  12. The Kiss - A Moment At The Door (3:18)
  13. Woven Dreams (2:00)
  14. Through The Stars (1:36)


Album Cover The Departing Of A Dream
Label: Family Vineyard
Release: 2002
Format: CD
Cat. no: FV11

Song list:

  1. The Departing Of A Dream (9:44)
  2. The Departing Of A Dream (1:36)
  3. The Departing Of A Dream (4:55)
  4. The Departing Of A Dream (2:41)
  5. The Departing Of A Dream (4:19)
  6. The Departing Of A Dream (1:39)
  7. The Departing Of A Dream (1:48)
  8. The Departing Of A Dream (1:56)
  9. For NY 9/11/01 - The Silence (2:46)
  10. For NY 9/11/01 - And Sorrow (2:46)


Album Cover The Departing Of A Dream II
Label: Family Vineyard
Release: 2003
Format: CD
Cat. no: FV22

Song list:

  1. The Departing Of A Dream II (10:51)
  2. The Departing Of A Dream II (1:44)
  3. The Departing Of A Dream II (1:29)
  4. The Departing Of A Dream II (1:54)
  5. The Departing Of A Dream II (1:10)
  6. The Departing Of A Dream II (1:39)
  7. The Departing Of A Dream II (10:15)
  8. The Departing Of A Dream II (2:24)


Album Cover The Departing Of A Dream III: Juliet
Label: Family Vineyard
Release: 2004
Format: CD
Cat. no: FV34

Song list:

  1. Her Love (20:39)
  2. Her Fate (4:54)
  3. Her Death (1:46)
  4. Juliet... (1:26)
  5. In Lovers Eyes (1:45)


Album Cover Arborvitae
Label: Häpna Records
Release: 2005
Format: CD
Cat. no: H.13

Song list:

  1. Blossom Time (4:28)
  2. Arborvitae (10:07)
  3. The Ghost Of Exquisite (7:20)
  4. Hemlock Path (5:25)
  5. The Highest Point In Brooklyn (6:26)


Album Cover Sails
Label: Table Of The Elements
Release: 2006
Format: 2CD
Cat. no: TOE-CD-89

Song list:

CD 1:
  1. Pretty As Ever (1:45)
  2. Pretty As Ever (3:14)
  3. Pretty As Ever (2:04)
  4. Pretty As Ever (1:23)
  5. Pretty As Ever (1:27)
  6. Pretty As Ever (1:07)
  7. Pretty As Ever (1:34)
  8. Pretty As Ever (1:25)
  9. Here, I'll Whisper It To You (2:56)
  10. Trinity (1:38)
  11. Trinity (4:38)
  12. Trinity (2:09)
  13. Portrait Of A Fool (2:30)
  14. Portrait Of A Fool (5:19)
  15. In The Night (4:59)
CD 2:
  1. Dark Is The Night, Cold Is The Ground (with John Fahey) (6:49)
  2. Sails (36:07)


Album Cover Night Through: Singles And Collected Works 1976-2004
Label: Family Vineyard
Release: 2006
Format: 3CD
Cat. no: FV36-3CD

Song list:

CD 1:
  1. Come On In My Kitchen (1:49)
  2. Ribbon O' Blues (7:03)
  3. Pickin' It Up (1:23)
  4. Tight And Loose (3:53)
  5. Mother & Son (2:17)
  6. Many Miles More (2:54)
  7. When You Sleep (1:45)
  8. Along The Way (3:02)
  9. Home Again (1:20)
  10. No Goodbyes (2:30)
  11. Departure (2:57)
  12. The Five Points (1:51)
  13. Moonyean (2:12)
  14. Saoirse ("Freedom") (4:16)
  15. Little Shoes (2:28)
  16. Jesus Is Condemned To Death (1:24)
  17. Jesus Carries The Cross, The First Fall (2:05)
  18. Jesus Meets Mary (1:34)
  19. Simon Helps Carry The Cross, Veronica Wipes His Face, The Second Fall (1:26)
  20. Jesus Comforts The Women Of Jerusalem (1:17)
  21. The Third Fall, Jesus Is Stripped Of His Garments, The Crucifixion (0:58)
  22. Jesus Dies (1:22)
  23. The Deposition (1:33)
  24. Entombment (0:46)
  25. Deirdre Of The Sorrows - Part 1 (0:29)
  26. Deirdre Of The Sorrows - Part 2 (0:40)
  27. Deirdre Of The Sorrows - Part 3 (0:47)
  28. Deirdre Of The Sorrows - Part 4 (2:59)
  29. Battle Of Clontarf - Part 1 (1:44)
  30. Battle Of Clontarf - Part 2 (1:15)
  31. Battle Of Clontarf - Part 3 (3:28)
  32. Battle Of Clontarf - Part 4 (2:02)
  33. Battle Of Clontarf - Part 5 (1:57)
  34. Battle Of Clontarf - Part 6 (2:45)
CD 2:
  1. Betty Mae (5:14)
  2. Night Through (1:54)
  3. Blight (2:04)
  4. Eviction (2:14)
  5. Exile (1:10)
  6. The End, The Afternoon, The Light (3:09)
  7. The End, The Afternoon, The Light - Part 2 (4:45)
  8. A Selke's Air (4:41)
  9. Adonais (4:11)
  10. Spirit (6:28)
  11. In A Street Full Of Rain (4:58)
  12. Air (4:41)
  13. Oh Bonny Doone (3:58)
  14. Woman Taken In Adultery (4:21)
  15. For NY 9/11/01 (4:08)
  16. Pretty As Ever (2:45)
  17. The Departing Of A Dream Vol. 4 (1:33)
  18. Moon Gone Down (9:57)
  19. Peace (1:15)
CD 3:
  1. Why We Came Together (1:38)
  2. Suzanne's Rain (6:08)
  3. I've Had Trouble, I've Had Joy (5:14)
  4. Untitled (2:10)
  5. Haunted House (15:20)
  6. Shadows (3:29)
  7. Only When You Sleep (5:05)
  8. I Love You Porgy (3:40)
  9. Star Of Bethlehem - Part 1 (1:42)
  10. Star Of Bethlehem - Part 2 (1:35)
  11. Earth (3:15)
  12. Stars (2:23)
  13. Night In Vain (2:55)
  14. Untitled (1:49)
  15. Untitled (1:19)
  16. Untitled (1:48)
  17. For Miles Davis (6:54)
  18. For Miles - Part 2 (3;20)