Transiency

Along with Spacemen 3 and My Bloody Valentine, Robert Hampson and Loop redefined guitar rock in the '00s - fusing an aggressive, hypnotic, angular guitar edge with a stripped-down, post-punk ethic, but not without healthy references to psych and krautrock. After an influential and groundbreaking string of releases on Beggars Banquet, Hampson's post-Loop Main is back, composing timeless compositions for Fat Cat, Touch, K-raa-k, and Staalplaat. Main's ear-catching ambient/electroacoustic music contains strong references to Stockhausen and Xenakis, but fully enjoys the benefits of modern technology, digital processing and reconstruction. If there is anything left to harvest from the carcass of The Almighty Guitar, Hampson is there to pick the bones clean.