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Loons used to be a trio but there are four members now. They are: Erwan (guitar, instruments, songs & vocals) Caroline (most vocals) Morgan (guitar, instruments, songs & some vocals) Catherine (viola) |
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A "loon" is a melancholic aquatic bird with a peculiar call. They're beautiful. |
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History of Loons At a time when Erwan was beginning not to attend classes anymore, he and Morgan met in a Parisian school upon Morgan's return from a 3 year, late childhood stay in the US. After a few years of youthful, light-hearted occupations such as "do-it-yourself-ping-pong" or secret escapades by train to the britany shores, we finally got around to make music. After at least two more years of brilliant if unrewarding work we started Loons and eight months later, in February of 1993, through an ad at the local independent record store, we met Caroline (who had up till then been spending her leisure time doing poetry and other artful crafts in the south of France and listening to the same sounds as we). Incidentally she was the only person to ever answer the ad so it never occurred to us that we might have been lucky there. Since then she has become the indispensable third pillar supporting the weight of our hopes and dreams (sigh). A first LP was released in Spain through Elefant records around 96 and, since then, the trio has been solidified by orchestra musician, Catherine, who has been "performing" the viola parts on the most recent songs. We are all still in our twenties (thank God) though we are dangerously "nearing that big moment" when the two becomes a three........ and to think two of the three can't even drive yet (how sad)............... |
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Loons favourite artists:
the Softies, Brian, New Order, Momus, Neil Young, the Go-betweens, Field Mice, Shelleyan Orphan, My Bloody Valentine, Hit Parade, Band of Holy Joy, The Zombies, Pacific, Tracey Thorn & Ben Watt, Joao Giberto, The Apartments, House Of Love, Heidi Berry, American Music Club, The Durutti Column, Dead Can Dance, Felt, Heavenly, The Pale Fountains, Stereolab, Slowdive, Red House Painters, Idaho, Yo La Tengo, Nick Drake, East River Pipe, Blueboy, The Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil...... |
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