The new Bill Van Loo record, “6 strings for a winter’s day”, is now officially released. It features 8 tracks of layered, delicate ambient guitar work that should appeal to fans of Steve Reich, Daniel Lanois, Robert Fripp or Sigur Ros.
bill van loo: 6 strings for a winter’s day
“6 strings for a winter’s day” […]

A quick update on the recently recorded “winter guitar record”:
1. There’s now an official title for the record. It’s going to be called ‘6 strings for a winter’s day’, to reflect the two important pieces of the record’s inspiration (winter) and sound source (guitar).
2. It will be officially released on Tuesday, January 31 - just […]

On Saturday, February 4th, the duo of Bill Van Loo + J. Schnable will team up once again to perform a set of live music. The theme for this night is “playing instruments”, and will feature more physical instrument-playing than the duo had often done in past live performances. Expect looped ambient guitar, lovely filtered […]

The winter guitar recording session finished well on Tuesday. I’ve added some more photos to the photoset at flickr.
Overall, I was very pleased with how the recording session went. I ended up playing and recording all the pieces on Monday, then doing some critical listening and editing on Tuesday. I believe the record will consist […]

The recording process for the as-yet-untitled record of wintery guitar songs in now in full swing. Last night, all the gear was loaded in, and today the recording sessions started in earnest.
Check out the photos via flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chromedecay/sets/1733833/
If you have no idea what this is referring to, check out the year-end update for more info:
goodbye […]