The one, true guitar hero, Loren Connors is nothing if not prolific: 50-plus records as far flung as Drag City to Ecstatic Peace/Father Yod to Table of the Elements, as well as countless more via his own imprints (Daggett, St. Joan, Black Label, etc.) under at least as many aliases (Loren MazzaCane Connors, Loren Mattei, Guitar Roberts, ad inf.).
Despite being diagnosed with Parkinson's in the early 1990s, live and in-person, Connors continues pretty much unabated (cf. with Keiji Haino at the Whitney, with Tim Hecker at the Wick, that sold-out show at ISSUE Project with girl-in-a-band du jour Kim Gordon).
Faster than Derek Bailey, more powerful than Rhys Chatham and Glenn Branca combined, able to leapfrog over Ry Cooder with a single, boundless bar of blues, his 65-year-old l'éminence grise answered some of Classicalite's none too pressing queries via e-mail.
Classicalite: Since we talked to Tim Hecker about it earlier, how did you get involved with the Tinnitus Music Series? I wouldn't call your sound "extreme," per se.
Loren Connors: I was glad to be part of that night at The Wick. Tim Hecker is always good, and it was my first time hearing Haley Fohr [Circuit des Yeux]. I hope she comes here a lot more often. So, I guess I'm extreme sound--extreme internally, I guess.
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