Lone Kent has traveled the world. Young, he embraces a multitude of exotic sounds.
"He's come from far, met lots of people. With a tremendous voice and fiery rock attitude, his songs sound like jewels played on any radio; with a natural charisma on stage."
"Rock à Nu" festival-
He moves to Europe in the 80's, and enriched by different experiences, creates a unique style.
"A hazardous synthesis , 'Teamster songs' and electro music. Ornate and happily accessible."
La Montagne-
"Captivating : "Trip Rock" (rock, pop, moodiness, on catchy, slow rhythms)"
sortons.net -
His music reflects his absence of roots. With song form as a vehicule, he manages to scramble the listener's references.
"An amalgam that’s intriguingly catchy"
Las Vegas Times-
On his third CD “Oysters”, he carves out each sound with surgical precision, while his lyrics reflect on politics: "Ocean", the donwfall of ignorance: "Smarter", or quirky love songs.

Lone Kent Bio

Lone Kent is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, who has traveled the world due to his father's career in the foreign service. That's how, very young, he was able to embrace a multitude of exotic sounds and impressions.
After Berklee College of Music in Boston, he spent several years touring the East Coast, performing his own material. Feeling the urge to move on, he winds up in San Francisco, making a living playing seven nights a week in a wild Fern Bar.
"Lone Kent has travelled far with his guitars, met lots of people, and become a real expert in his art form. With a tremendous voice and fiery Rock attitude his songs sound like jewels played on any great American radio station ; his natural charisma on stage was a highpoint." "Lone Kent has been the best surprise of the festival. His guitar playing could well have made many turn pale. He is an exceptional guitar player, who puts out the purest sounds in all of rock's grandeur."
"Rock à Nu" festival, Feb 8th 2000
"... As soon as the first notes appear, it’s hard not to be won over. A minimalist band, a sound of rare purity, a captivating musical style : "Trip Rock" : rock, pop, atmospheres from another world made of electro sounds, the whole on catchy but often slow rhythms, and Lone Kent, clearly charismatic, has a voice which is smooth and deeply sensual"
www.sortons.net, Aug 26th 2005
True to his nomadic upbringing he moves to Europe in the eighties, and gets involved with unusual contemporary musicians: he becomes a section leader for Rhys Chatham’s “100 guitars” project, with whom he tours worldwide, he plays for contemporary dance performances with Kasper Toeplitz (Chateauvallon, Beaubourg), he records and tours with experimental new music composer Hector Zazou.
Enriched by these different musical experiences, he succeeds in creating his own unique style.
"Lone Kent has created a hazardous synthesis between, 'American teamster songs' like Bruce Springsteen, and specialized electro music, and, though ornate, it is definitely happily accessible."
La Montagne, Dec 18 2000
His music reflects his absence of roots, of which he is proud. He uses a pop song format as a main vehicule, but always includes an unexpected twist that scrambles the listener's references.
"Lone Kent deserves respect in at least one sense : the man boldly ignores all concept of tastefulness, and that’s not meant as a put down…
This CD’s worth checking out just to witness the tidy little genre Lone Kent has carved out for himself."
Las Vegas New Times Oct 20 1994
"Lone Kent’s got a nice groove to his music. Some of the frantic guitar work betrays the music’s tranquility, showing a dark swampy side. But all in all, melody prevails as Lone Kent’s low voice presents a relaxing but alternative sound."
Gavin, San Francisco Oct 21 1994
“Oysters” is Lone Kent’s third album, after “Granite and Sand” (1994) and “The Need to Know” (1999). On this CD he uses the recording studio as a tool, carving out each sound with surgical precision, while his lyrics reflect on politics: "Ocean", the woes of modern man: "You Know Doubt", the donwfall of ignorance: "Smarter"; or simple quirky love songs "Blind For You".
"His ambient rock creates a velvet climate, an atmospheric environment made of softness and quiet, where you can easily abandon yourself to the delights of hypnosis... , this captivating music, in which technology and electronics are only there to emphasize the subtlety of his fingers, is really full of fleeting emotions."
La Dépêche, Nov 16 1999
Based now in France, he is the composer and leader of “GuitarKestra”, a 12 piece guitar band and is a teacher and educational coordinator at “Music’Halle”, a school of “Musiques Actuelles” in Toulouse.



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