FRANTZ LORIOT - While Whirling LP Alternative a small Louisiana town would

a small Louisiana town would quietly become home to "The Band That Souled The World"

The genre was popularized in the 1930s and 1940s

Piercing guitars and heartbeat drums on “Everlasting Arms” warn that “something’s growing in the basement” and something comes “from within

Tim Hecker

FRANTZ LORIOT - While Whirling LP Alternative a small Louisiana town wouldOn While Whirling, French Japanese violist Frantz Loriot presents a thrilling and radical musical language; with a total mastery he explores the violas outer limits and reveals a near endless spectrum of sounds filled with subtle and unexpected sonorities. From a single acoustic instrument, he seemingly miraculously teases hallucinatory impressions of harpsichords pounded, bells struck, electronics cracked, dirt shoveled; Loriot has created a unique,