•Lukas Mathias Brenner isn't trying to do too much right now. Working within the confines of a modern quartet, you’ll only hear electric, acoustic, and bass guitars, plus a single synthesizer. The ensemble feels like a proper limit; only being able to use instruments that are at an arm’s reach, and not getting lost in the myriad of options that digital-audio offers.
This ensemble first took shape in 2013 as a trio, while writing the music for a dance piece by Liz Conway, ’Spitting Image.’ Out of which came 'Three Winds of Nickel,' showcasing the guitars (it's title coming from their nickel-wound strings). The quartet was formed after the ever-favorite OP-1 was acquired and given a role.
Guitars, Keys, Common Surface Reflections, the first full length album from L.M. Brenner, is a conglomerate of refracted thoughts and emotions, spilling from palms and breaking over chords. Seven songs that provide space to think, walk, wonder.
