Album Notes

"What you get is a really focussed and thrilling percussive ride that has your attention in the
palm of its hand for every second of it." New- Noise.NET

"— if Partch had been warmer, more linear and had a better sense of dramatic narrative, he might have made music like this." Milo Miles (NPR)

"..smart and engaging playing...a compelling performance."
New York Times


From edgy to impressionistic, classical to avante garde, the percussion music of performers/composers Thomas Kozumplik and Lorne Watson takes the audience on “a really focussed and thrilling percussive ride,” creating vibrant contemporary music that is “enrapturing and truly alive indeed.” (NewNoise.net. The duo employs the gamut of percussion instruments, from marimba and steel drum to tom-toms, bongos and snare drums, temple bowls and wood blocks, opera gongs and electronics. Based in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, Loop 2.4.3 has toured throughout North America, Europe, Scandinavia, South Korea, and Australia, and has performed for radio, film, and television,including footage for The Learning Channel and MTV.

The group’s debut recording, “Batterie” released in 2007 (Music Starts from Silence) features 6 extended tracks that have been touted as “a feast of gorgeous sounds,” (Lansing State Journal)