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***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. As documents of the origins of the guitar-as-centerpiece school (which includes, for example, the ambient and electronic music of Christian Fennesz and Oren Ambarchi), Main records are always studied and well-constructed; Hampson's personal and unparalleled ability allows him to combine concrete and acoustic sounds with manipulated-beyond-belief guitarwork. - The legendary Main is fully reactivated with a healthy release schedule of new works and live appearances throughout the world
- Aside from fronting Loop and Main, Robert Hampson has also released music on Fat Cat and Lo as Chasm; played in Godflesh; collaborated with Jim O'Rourke as Indicate, with Janek Schaefer as Comae, with Paul Schutze, with David Shea, with Bruce Gilbert of Wire, with Organum, and with O Yuki Conjugate
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