Records: Egregious Harmonics Vol. 1by Reg Bloor
Long-time member of Branca's Ensemble and founder of The Paranoid Critical Revolution, RegBloor began performing as a solo artist in 2014, including at The Red Bull Music Academy New York Festival 2014; at the OFF Festival in 2014, as well as sharing bills with such artists as Onieda, Stephen Omalley, Krallice and God Is My Co-Pilot. She performed as part of Art in Odd Places in May 2021 and can currently be seen performing live on her weekly Twitch stream.
Reg emerged from the Neo-No Wave scene of the 1990s with the Boston-based band TWITCHER who released on CD "Leg of Lamb of God". They performing all over the Northeastern United States on bills with such bands as Melt Banana, Arab On Radar and The Flying Luttenbachers, as well as appearing on the soundtrack to the TROMA film "TERROR FIRMER" directed by the legendary Lloyd Kaufman.
She moved to NYC in 1999 and began working with legendary avant garde composer Glenn Branca with whom she recorded and toured the world for 18 years. She performed in his Symphony No. 12, as concertmaster for his "Symphony No. 13 (Hallucination City)" for 100 Guitars, released on CD by Atavistic Records and "Symphony No. 15 (Running Through The World Like An Open Razor)"(Music for Strange Orchestra), "Symphony No. 16 (Orgasm)" for 100 Guitars and as part of Branca/Bloor the Glenn Branca Trio. She also appeared as part of the Glenn Branca Ensemble on his CD "The Ascension: The Sequel" and on his posthumous 2019 release "The Third Ascension" and subsequent tours. In May of 2016 she participated in a performance of Branca's Symphonies 8, 10 and 12 with an all-star ensemble as part of the Red Bull Music Academy New York Festival 2016.She continues to lead the Ensemble for special events and completed an artist residency at MIT in 2019 about her work with Branca.
This is the first volume in hopefully a continuing project to demonstrate the concept of the harmonics guitar as pioneered by Reg's late collaborator Glenn Branca.
released September 6, 2024
Reg Bloor - Harmonics Guitar,
Producer and Engineer,
Composer,
Cover Artist
Harmonics guitar designed and built by Glenn Branca. This recording is not mastered.
Each track is a single take with no overdubs and no effects.
This is the first volume in hopefully a continuing project to demonstrate the concept of the harmonics guitar as pioneered by Reg's late collaborator Glenn Branca.