R Keenan Lawler
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R.Keenan Lawler is a musician and sound artist based in Louisville Kentucky. For over 25 years his musical journey has taken him from early experiments with reverb tanks,noise and tapedecks to all manner of avantgarde,"new" music,psychedelia,electro acoustic,drone,ethnic and sampler based work. Lawler is best known for developing a highly personal and exploratory language for the metal bodied resonator guitar which Baltimore's John Berdnt called "Cosmic, monolithic and deeply American. Indeed his work is informed by carnatic classical,Charles Ives, Albert Ayler, blues, minimalism and non western trance musics. Primarily a solo performer,he is also known for collborative work. The Keyhole II album he recorded with Pelt and metal worker Eric Clark is one of Pelt's most beautiful and memorable recordings. and His guitar playing is also heard on releases by Paul K,Jack Wright,My Morning Jacket and most visibily on Matmos The Civil War.He has collaborated or performed with a wide range of foward thinking musicians and mavericks including Rhys Chatham, John Butcher, Pelt, Eliott Sharp, Charalambides, Ignaz Schick/Perlonex, Matmos, Philip Samartzis, Valerio Cosi,Kaffe Matthews, Burning Star Core,Jason Kahn,Ut Gret,Thaniel Ion Lee,My Morning Jacket, Ed Wilcox ,Ramesh Srinivasan,Kevin Drumm,Craig Colorusso,David Watson, David First, Lukas Ligeti,Raoul Bjorkenheim,Arco Flute Foundation,Jack Wright,Eric Clark,John Berdnt,Neil Feather,Helena Espvall,Ian Nagoski,Thomas Ankersmit,Paul K and the Weathermen,Connor Bell,Andy Willis,John Brunner,The Golden Fleece,Spiral Joy Band,Ian Wadley, Alan Licht,Taksuya Nakatani,Tom Carter,Mike Tamburo,Dave Gross,Mike Bullock,Bhob Rainey,Chris Cooper,Red Fly Nation,Aaron Rosenblum, Joe Dutkiewicz,Meisha Feigin,Ben Vandermeer,Evergreen,Eric Carbonara and Joseph Suchy