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About Me

"Sometimes musicians experiment for the sake of experimenting, and sometimes they experiment because theyâ€™re trying to find an alien beauty they canâ€™t get to any other way. As the local duo LOCRIAN, Andre Foisy and Terence Hannum (who also play together in the gothic folk combo Unlucky Atlas) sculpt eerily gorgeous noise from an impressive array of materials: looped keyboards, jumbles of effects pedals, overdriven wordless vocals, electric and acoustic guitars (bowed, plucked, or just leaned against an amp to feed back), even miked aluminum foil. Their unwieldy heap of gear makes for an awkward-looking stage show, but the sounds they coax out of it are ineffably graceful. So far theyâ€™ve got a stack of small-edition releasesâ€”CD-Rs, seven-inches, cassettesâ€”on equally small labels, which document a range of approaches from...doomy metal crunch to dreamy drone, often in the same piece. â€”Monica Kendrick (Chicago Reader)" ||||||||"Last night I went to see some music downtown at Nihilist, an artspace converted from an industrial building into a home-built loft inhabited by any number of amps, records, and weirdos.The second of four acts was a local duo called Locrian, who built a huge pillar of feedback, right on top of my head. One guy started picking an acoustic-electric guitar while the other shouted into a echoed out mic, both of them way too close to their amps, guitar feeding back, mic feeding back, keyboards pounding and probably also feeding back somehow. They each had a big mess of pedals to get a big swirling, pummeling sound, real nice low end from the keys, sometimes the hint of a melody or progression lurking under the squeal, and when the guitarist plugged in the electric, things got nuts. It ended with both sweaty and prostrate before their cabinets, and they were really cool and appreciative and gave me a cool cd-r! Anyway, if you are in Chicago and like loud noise, Locrian is awesome." - from brokenpants.com |||||||| "Plague Journal" is the A side of a n upcoming 7" on Bloodlust! recorded by Jeremy Lemos ||||||| "Gruen Transfers" will be featured on an upcoming cassette compilation on Katchmare and was recorded live at WHPK |||||||| "Setting Yr. Jetta on Fire Parts I & III" are sections of a live peformance in Chicago, recorded by sound engineer Tanadej (DJ) Siriwattaprayoon.

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Member Since: 11/11/2005
Band Members: ANDRE FOISY; TERENCE HANNUM
Influences: John Cage, Suffocation, Glen Branca, power tools, Brian Eno, Obituary, Stockhausen, broken records, sirens, empty buildings, television static, Throbbing Gristle, air through vents, mouth breathers, field recordings.
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My Blog

"Plague Journal" 7" Review from THE WIRE UK

LOCRIAN "Plague Journal/Apocryphal Cities, Portents Fallen" BLOODLUST! 7"Debut vinyl by a Chicago duo who spoon through the night mounted upon a guitar or a synth. It's a noisy piece of work, but the...
Posted by LOCRIAN on Fri, 02 May 2008 04:17:00 PST

"Ruins of Morning (Plague Journal)" CDR on Crank Satori

We are happy to announce that our most recent CDR is now available from us and Crank Satori."Ruins of Morning (Plague Journal)" comes from a live set we performed in May of 07 on Phil von Zweck’...
Posted by LOCRIAN on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 10:01:00 PST

"Plague Journal" 7" Review from Blastitude

Not too long ago, in response to their relatively pastoral track on the split cassette with Daleth, I said that I wanted to hear a Locrian recording more like their loud and aggressive live sets, and ...
Posted by LOCRIAN on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:17:00 PST

"Plague Journal" 7" Review from Dusted

Locrian"Plague Journal" b/w "Apocryphal City, Portents Fallen" 7"(BloodLust!)Two sides of atmospheric post-industrial drone for guitar and machines. There's a picture of a wind-damaged storefront on t...
Posted by LOCRIAN on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:41:00 PST

"Plague Journal" 7" review from Plaguehaus.com

Released as part of Mark Solotroffs' (Bloodyminded) Private 7" series, Locrian offers up two metal-tinged slabs of dizzying psychedrone.Side A leads off with the EP's title, a 5 minute plus ride of ag...
Posted by LOCRIAN on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:51:00 PST

Lost (or Found) in Translation

FROM Molehill (Japan)The United States Chicago two person formation projects Locrian due to Terence Hannum and Andre Foisy which repeat the release in activity and independent announcement in base. 08...
Posted by LOCRIAN on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:53:00 PST

"Plague Journal" 7" OUT NOW! + Release Show

"Plague Journal" b/w "Apocryphal City, Portents Fallen" 7" on BloodLust!OUT NOWWe will be releasing the 7" at the show on the 9th at Mr. City in Chicago with our pals OAKEATER who is also releasing th...
Posted by LOCRIAN on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:39:00 PST

LOCRIAN (T-shirts)

!!!NEW!!!LOCRIAN t-shirtsblack ink on gray shirt (S-XL)$10ppdmessage us for shipping and payment options....
Posted by LOCRIAN on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:21:00 PST

Ordering the 7" from Bloodlust!

FROM BLOODLUST!:These two new private series 7-inch singles are at the pressing plant and they will be out on BloodLust! next month.Please note that due to sharp pricing increases just instituted by t...
Posted by LOCRIAN on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:17:00 PST

Blogstitude Review + Release Updates

From BLOGSTITUDE"Locrian side of split cassette has been a favorite for awhile. Really just sounds like a sublime krautwise organ drone-song, which I didn't know they had in their vocabulary. I do wan...
Posted by LOCRIAN on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:28:00 PST