The League of Guitarists includes players from all over the world.
The group performs on acoustic guitars tuned in Guitar Craft Tuning, which extends the sonic range of the traditional guitar tuning.
Its repertoire is constantly evolving, the music remains true to a common conceptual approach, and includes a rich variety of original compositions and interpretations of material arranged for the context.
A characteristic and outstanding part of the repertoire are improvised and/or written group compositions, known as Circulations.
The LG’s background and lineage is The League Of Crafty Guitarists which was founded in 1986 by Robert Fripp and toured worldwide until 1991. During this first period of activity several albums were released: “Live 1″, “Get Crafty”, “Live 2 – Live At The Victoriaville Festival”, “Show Of Hands” , “Live 3 – Intergalactic Boogie Express”.
The LCG returned to live performance in January 2002 under the direction of Hernan Nunez, and has toured Europe, The US and Latin America since then. The album ‘The Official Bootleg’, featuring highlights of these tours, was released as a limited edition in 2009.
Robert Fripp Soundscapes & The LCG toured Italy, Spain, Portugal, Argentina and the US between June 2006 and August 2009.
The RF & The LCG albums “Live At The Bottom Line, NYC, 1990″ and “Live in Argentina 2007′ were released by DGM Records in 2010 and 2012.
The group performed in April 2015 with the ‘Compañia De Danza Lucia and Valentina Fusari’ in Mendoza (Argentina), in Santiago and Viña Del Mar (Chile) in November 2015, in Mendoza and Córdoba (Argentina) in March and April 2016, and completed its touring with highly acclaimed performances in Villa Maria, Rio Cuarto and Córdoba in October 2016.
This period of touring is documented in the album ‘The LCG V – LIVE IN SOUTH AMERICA’, available on Bandcamp since July 2020.
The name of the group was recalibrated to The League Of Guitarists in March 2017 and the focus since then has been mainly centered on developing the new repertoire in Europe and South America, performing in Mendoza, Viña Del Mar and Stgo De Chile until November 2019.
The LG will be performing in Argentina in November 2022 (La Plata 23, Quilmes 24, Buenos Aires 25).
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The League Of Guitarists incluye a músicos de todas partes del mundo.
El grupo utiliza guitarras acústicas en la Afinación Guitar Craft, la cual extiende el rango sónico de la afinación tradicional de la guitarra.
Su repertorio evoluciona constantemente, la música permanece siempre fiel a un enfoque conceptual común, e incluye una amplia variedad de composiciones originales e interpretaciones de material arreglado para el contexto.
Una destacada y característica parte del repertorio son las composiciones grupales improvisadas y/o escritas conocidas como Circulaciones.
El antecedente y linaje de The LG es The League Of Crafty Guitarists, fundada en 1985 por Robert Fripp, la cual realizó giras en todo el mundo hasta 1991. Durante este primer período de actividad se publicaron varios álbumes: “Live 1” “Get Crafty”, “Live 2 – Live At The Victoriaville Festival”, “Show Of Hands” , “Live 3 – Intergalactic Boogie Express”.
The LCG volvió a las presentaciones en vivo en Enero del 2002 bajo la dirección de Hernán Nuñez, y ha hecho giras en Europa, Estados Unidos y Latinoamérica desde entonces. El álbum “The Official Bootleg”, presentando los hitos de estas giras, fue publicado como una edición limitada en 2009.
Robert Fripp Soundscapes & The LCG realizaron giras en Italia, España, Portugal, Argentina y Estados Unidos entre Junio de 2006 y Agosto de 2009.
Los álbumes de RF & The LCG “Live At The Bottom Line, NYC, 1990 y “Live in Argentina 2007” fueron lanzados por DGM Records en 2010 y 2012.
The LG actuará en Argentina a fines de Noviembre 2022 (La Plata 23, Quilmes 24, Buenos Aires 25).
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