Losfer Words Chronology and Discography
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1987-1989: Losfer Words' first recording, The Stygian Odyssey was a 3 hour epic, with a continuous play, no break between tracks, soundtrack style, that encapsulated a journey through hell and heaven, which was loosely based on Dante's Inferno and Paradiso. Only a limited number of copies were ever released, yet they were warmly received by literary, college-student, bookworm types who took to the epic, as they would to J.R.R. Tolkien's or C.S. Lewis' works. Only two-thousand copies of this recording were made and the majority of them were given away for free simply to get the word out about the music.
1990-1992: With Midnight Wind the signature sound of Losfer Words crystallized, as blend of new age and progressive guitar instrumentals. The music was part progressive-rock, yet not quite Yes or ELP style progressive-rock. It was part new-age, and world music, yet not quite Enya or Kitaro style new age music. It was part instrumental guitar rock, however, if you are expecting to hear another shredding G.I.T. scales, Satriani clone, you will not find that here. What you will find is a unique multi-genre style that is unlike anything you were likely to hear on even the most eclectic radio stations at that time.
1994: On Awakenings, Losfer Words encapsulated some of the pivotal events of J.R.R. Tolkien's, The Silmarillion, into nine instrumental "songs", thus, instantly finding a devoted following among fans of Tolkien's works. This CD has more of a classical and orchestral music influence, yet still succeeds in delivering progressive-rock instrumentals, such as Dagor Bragollach.
1994-1995: For their fourth album, Eye of the Storm, Losfer Words released a collection of mismatched leftover, unmastered tracks that did not make it onto the first 3 albums. Even though it was the 4th CD Losfer Words released, most Losfer Words fans refer to it as the first CD, since the tracks on this one were composed and / or recorded between 1983-1995 and many predate the other recordings. Eye of the Storm is the roughest sounding of the CDs as most of these tracks were demo ideas, that were originally never meant to be released. However, Losfer Words fans gravitated towards this CD, for they felt it gave them a glimpse into chaos and calm, which often occurs behind the process of composing the music. Something about Eye Of The Storm's raw synergy seemed to resonate well with existing Losfer Words fans, who felt as if they were getting a glimpse into the creative process behind the improvisational manner in which the music is composed and created and how the studio project formed.
1996-1997: With Primeval Rhythms, Losfer Words went global by tapping into an eclectic, new-age, and world-music hybrid sound, which drew upon traditional Asian stringed instruments for inspiration, yet applied familiar, guitar-like tunings, and familiar Celtic and New Age styles to those instruments to make the scale and harmony structure a bit more palpable to western ears. Primeval Rhythms draws upon the musical heritage of several cultures to create a rich tapestry of world music. Thus, it is no coincidence this CD found an international audience among new age and world music fans.
2000 Composition and recording of the songs for the Circles and Rings CD began in 1994 shortly after the composing of Temple of Rain and Wishing Well for the Eye of the Storm CD, which greatly influenced the Celtic- new-age style of this CD. Recorded between 1994-1996 and released in 2000, this album is a radical departure from Losfer Words' guitar based sound and features synth based Celtic new-age music. Circles and Rings celebrates the resilient spirit of the Celts (Celtic Sun) in their conflict with Roman invaders. The CD's subject matter also touches on other myths, legendary places and beings including the Twilight of the Norse gods (Norse Skies), and Stonehenge (Circle of Stone). Also included are several instrumentals inspired by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien: a traveling song for the Frodo and his fellow Hobbits (Wondering Around), The Spider's of Mirkwood (The Web), and The Mirror of Galadriel (Wishing Well)
2000-2002: Beginning with the rearrangement of two compositions, Principia Metallica and Chalice, which were not included in the original Stygian Odyssey recording Losfer Words begins to tackle the task of completely reworking their first album from scratch in the summer of 2000, complete with a new original storyline and album concept. The first of what will be a series of cds, The Stygian Odyssey, was released in October of 2002.
2004: Losfer Words Deep Space CD , is a space-music, concept album. Losfer Words' Deep Space CD features new age space music, performed in real time on a variety of analog and digital synthesizers, as well as some of the progressive guitar sounds Losfer Words fans have grown to love over the past decade. The album captures both the beauty and danger of space in a rich, sonic-tapestry of vintage-analog synthesizers, modern digital synthesizers, orchestral instruments, and progressive guitar. The concept behind the Deep Space CD is seeing the fingerprint of the Creator in the wonders of the cosmos based on Psalms 19:1, which states "The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of His hands."
2004-2006:
Dreaming. is an all instrumental recording, which has absolutely delighted fans who describe it as what the Eye of the Storm should have been, and in fact many of the musical arrangements are refinements of the themes from Eye of the Storm. Dreaming merges progressive instrumental rock guitar music with neo-classical guitar music. It encapsulates in music a series of dreams, which range from flying dreams to blissful summer daydreams.
Losfer Words is currently recording new music for their next album, Ethereal Paths.
This CD features a Celtic and World music sound blended with a bit of Losfer Words traditional progressive guitar instrumentals.
In 2009 Losfer Words will take on J.R.R. Tolkien's Trilogy with Riddles in the Dark.
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