torc

Bio:

Formed by veteran musicians Fran Long and Ken Crotty torc was conceived as a project producing music that reflects the multitude of influences they share, from soul, funk & jazz to pop, hip-hop and dance music producing a distinctive sound of seedy guitars mixed with Gonca Basak's sultry vocal. torc shapes and flirts with bold questions and dark, honest truths that turn down suspicious corners, peek behind thick private walls, and lead you around unsuspecting bends that just never seem to quite go away. Their very unique modern sound centers around a magnificent, bold and blue-blooded voice that flaunts and demurely teases, and that perfectly suits their own musically fascinating, distraught and narcotically estranged character; then dares you to follow along on their very different kind of reality ride. Their music is apt to amp you up a bit, but not likely to let you down. torc's debut EP 'Grace' features some of the tracks on their MySpace page. 'Torc bring a touch of sophistication to their musical adventures...with snazzy guitars and an impressive vocal' Jackie Hayden - Hot Press March 2009 ‘Grace’ is a soulful, emotional, graceful, and powerful E.P. which won’t let you go for a while. Sarah (L.E.G. March 2009) ..

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Members:

Ken Crotty (bass) Fran Long (guitars) featuring Gonca Basak on vocals
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Influences:

Frans guitar influences; Mick Ronson, Rory Gallagher, Toni Iommi, Scott Gorham & Brian Robertson, Michael Karoli, Billy Gibbons, Lindsey Buckingham, Peter Green, Steve Turner & Mark Arm, Dave Murray & Adrian Smith, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Ritchie Blackmore, Jimmi Page, Carlos Santana..... Ken's influences-Krishnamurti, Lao Tse, Charles Bukowski, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, - my medication-, my inability to articulately express myself & my emotional states, Edward Said, Foucault, the old testament, classics...I better stop there the list is endless.....

Sounds Like:

like nothing you've heard before