Carbon Records
Years 2000 were very peculiar as loopers became popular and accessible. The democratization of looping technology marked a pivotal moment in musical experimentation. This technological watershed presented artists with both opportunities and philosophical quandaries: How does one preserve artistic spontaneity within the confines of cyclical repetition?
Fragments of Free Vol. 2 emerges as a meditation on these very questions. While its predecessor drew inspiration from Loren Connors, eschewing the drone-focused approach of works like Broken Words and Lost Answers and Water Belongs to the Night, the album instead explored the delicate interplay between melodic phrases captured and sustained through repetition like an inner dialogue contained by the loop and trying to achieve poetry.
For this vol. 2, I proposed to record a new improvisation based on the same gear. I let the Akai Headrush constantly recording in looper mode and I decided to cope with this reality and this technical limitation. The device, functioning as an infinite delay, gradually erases earlier recordings as new layers accumulate—a technical limitation transformed into creative catalyst. The final extended piece, Untie unphased liminal spiral waves, (recorded this year) serves as a thoughtful response to the album's opening quartet of miniatures (recorded 20+ years ago), where melodic patterns cascade and interweave like waves in an endless sea.
The work stands as a testament to an intriguing paradox: true artistic freedom can emerge through the embrace of technological determinism. In accepting these mechanical constraints, freedom is found not as a whole or an absolute value but through fragments, Fragments of free. (Like in Free Jazz, Free Rock, etc..)
Recorded during 2003/2004 except Track 05 recorded in February 2025
Music, sound and B&W photo by Lunt
Cover photo by Lionel Maraval IG @petrovsk
This album is a sequel to Fragments of free vol. 1 which can be found at lunt.bandcamp.com
Special thanks to Joe Tunis for his support. Thanks to all the people who support my musical work.
