| Interview with Lloyd Arthur by John Stillman, Landlight Lloyd Arthur is a true American primitive. He plays alto saxophone w/ a raw abandon that calls to mind classic ESP free jazz, Japanese live-fast-die young iconoclast Kaoru Abe, and a bit of punk rock. Arthur keeps a relatively low profile in the Boston area, performing very infrequently, and seems committed to maintaining a fairly enigmatic persona. This may soon change. Cambridge Mass�s purveyor�s of obscure music, Twisted Village, will be releasing an LP by the Lloyd Arthur 3, Spheres of Nothing, sometime in the coming year. I managed to catch Lloyd on the phone to ask a few questions. JS: How did the Twisted Village release come about? LA: Not sure really. They heard a tape? And liked it, I guess. Yeah, I�m not sure how, but they seem pretty cool. JS: What tape was this? LA: Just some session or radio show or something. A friend played it for them. JS: How long have you been playing? You don�t seem to play out much. LA: I�ve been playing here and there for a while w/ different people. It�s tough to keep anything together for too long, but I�ve been playing pretty regularly w/ Frank O�Dell. He�s a drummer� seems to be on the level. JS: And what level is that? LA: Kick f#@%*n� a** - that�s the level! Sheer beauty, sheer violence. JS: What led you to this sort of playing? Any particular influences? LA: I like the Brainbombs. JS: What about people like Albert Ayler or Kaoru Abe? LA: When they kick f#@%*n� a**, I�m into it. JS: Do you think you�ll maintain a slightly higher profile once the CD comes out? LA: Probably. We might do some kind of tour in the spring or early summer. JS: Thanks for talking w/ me, Lloyd. Anything else you�d like to say. LA: Skreeeeeeagghghhjkagh!!!!! |