…played two really great gigs last week. The first was Lumper/Splitter, the duo-guitar improvised soundscape project that Joe Rut and I hatched four or five years ago. Lumper/Splitter rarely performs these days, but Joe and I have a great rapport and our set at the Luggage Store Gallery this past Thursday showed that. We performed [...]
Lumper/Splitter Improvisational Surgery for Dummies @ BEMF2 2007
A short clip of Lumper/Splitter’s ‘Surgery’ @ SF Exploratorium 2007
Lumper/Splitter w/ Krispen Hartung @ BEMF2 2007
Sometimes a theme comes at you from all angles and this past week it was art for art’s sake.
Last night I took in the animated film, Persepolis. It is an adaptation of the memoir by Marjane Satrapi and tells the story of a girl growing up in Tehran before, during and after the Iranian Revolution. [...]
Hey, It’s here – summer. Hooray. And this summer finds me on the east coast with some NYC gigs and some other delights. First off, the rumor was true, myself and Joe Rut (Lumper/Splitter) did appear in The June issue of Guitar Player.
Okay, it’s just my hands, feet and guitar and…what exactly is Joe doing? [...]
Welcome to the new ‘blogstyle’ website. It’s all a bit of a mess and not so very sexy for now. The QC department is slowly parsing thru and transferring content from the old site. In the meantime you can check out the LucioLoud blog and Flickr photos.
The April Northwest tour with Rob Price and David [...]
3 sets at the 2nd Boise Experimental Music Festival!
1st was a trio improv with Joe Rut on guitars and things, Krispen Hartung on Max MSP warped vocal and myself on Noise Swash. Very fun.
2nd was an improv with Rob Price and Dave Grollman, who I had been touring in support of for the past week. [...]
This past weekend Joe Rut and I – the two members of the guitar noisefest we call Lumper/Splitter played the Y2K6 ‘Loopfestival’ down in Santa Cruz, CA. I tend to categorize music in terms of composition and genre rather than by the tools used to make it, but sometimes a little community comes together [...]
Lumper/Splitter
Lumper/Splitter is the mind meld of two ‘obsessive soundhounds,’ Joe Rut and Lucio Menegon. Combining their extensive experimental and improvisational experience, the Oakland, CA based duo create sonic tapestries using effects manipulation, looping, amplified objects, homemade instruments, found sound, and even some honest guitar playing.
Lumper/Splitter’s eponymous recorded release
Sputnik by Lumper Splitter
One man’s sputter of [...]
