LOOP!STATION: OBEY YOUR SIGNAL LOOP THE LOOP It's got a bebop-jazz, plucked-cello backbone holding up a layer of drawn-out bowed notes under the soaring arch of a world class singer. LOOP!STATION uses an RC20 machine to let the performers record their work live onstage and play it back in a repeat pattern. Together Sam Bass and Robin Coomer record, play, record again, and ultimately spin out a wide-ranging and shimmering sonic net. Is it necessary to get such a production-booth level of engineering for a live show? Yes. Cellist Bass' orchestral arrangements are the only suitable accompaniment to Coomer's huge, elastic alto, as muscular and beautiful as the angsty love child of k.d. lang and Suzanne Vega. This girl's voice would eat any lesser music for breakfast. Think the Cocteau Twins with PJ Harvey at the controls. Think halucinatory aural investigations. Think great make-out music... - Hiya Swanhuyser, SF Weekly, March 2006 To listen to the tracks and buy this cd click here LOOP!STATION: BALANCE ON WHAT LOOP!STATION' second release emerged from the studio with a pocketful of potent tunes. And if you dont know who they are yet, LOOP!STATION is your new favorite sonic drug, doled out by the stellar musical duo of Robin Coomer and Sam Bass. One woman, one man, one voice, one cello, multiple layered 'loops' hand tooled and shaped into lovely, cascading, provocative orchestral compositions with an immediate soul-rocking palpability. LOOP!STATION's second release 'balance on what'is as dynamic as it is raw. Coomers voice packs the intensity of a siren wailing atop a speeding vehicle yet paridoxically lures you closer like the true sirens of old, tempting wandering hearts to dash themselves against salty rocks. Sam Bass matches her step for step, bowing his cello near to the breaking point as he mind bogglingly coaxes rich textures and layered themes ranging from chamber classical to rip torn rock out of just one instrument. Like falling in love at first sight with scattering crimson hot embers, LOOP!STATION's music will dazzle you with its firey brilliance - and may just burn you to the core. - Sol Crawford - amnesia To listen to the tracks and buy this cd click here LOOP!STATION: CONVERSATIONS WITH WATER Loop!Station are a contemporary classical duo from San Francisco who have mastered the art of live looping technology. Their music has classical influences that are juxtaposed with a cappella harmonies. Golden cello player Sam Bass begins each song by introducing a backing track precisely sequenced into the loop station. He then establishes a bassline which rest upon a harmonious melody. Once enough audio layers have been arranged, the vocal talents are performed by the gifted Robin Coomer. Her triple vocal harmonies are at times operatic and at tranquil moments, will be soft and soothing. Loop!Station have an unforgetable stage presence that amazes everyone when they perform their live sessions. It's incredible to witness two musicians map an entire world of music around them. Their equipment consists of one microphone, four digital delays, three reverbs and a distortion pedal. All loops are originally created and sequenced live on stage in front of an entire audience. During their Studio Z set, the duo treated the audience to a never-play-live track entitled: "Last Time I Saw You I Nearly Drank Myself To Death". Additional highlights included the live version of "Hello". Robin Coomer's resonating vocals have an astonishing effect, as they will stay with you well after the live performance has finished. Loop!Station's debut album "Conversations With Water" reflects suttle moods with deeply beautiful layers of music. Most memorable is the penultimate track "Fandango" which perfectly integrates all of Loop!Station's greatest strengths. Complex sound sculptures are created using multiple loops cleverly correographed together. Loop!Station paint a wonderful soundscape which is best experienced live. Cellist Sam Bass also performs with Deadweight and has featured on Mr. Bungle's "California" release on Warner Bros. Records. Robin Coomer has also contributed her vocals to Birdsaw, Eric McFadden and Faun Fables. Loop!Station are currently recording their next album and showcasing their new material to audiences from San Francisco to New York. - Jeffery Decoster, San Francisco Magazine, May 2003 To listen to the tracks and buy this cd click here