Story

The Lore City Music publishing imprint was established in 2020 to facilitate the musical releases of Laura Mariposa Williams and Eric Angelo Bessel.

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Lore City’s music is born from the transformational power of sound. We hand over words, instruments, and rhythms; trading back and forth until everything belongs to both of us. Until we are indistinguishable. We create from the belief that we are all one, and that we’ve been here before. Song fragments are shimmering all around us, ready to transport. We tune in and transcribe. Deep knowing, alongside the unfathomable unknown, is where we reside. Sonic soundscapes give way to archetypal figures and voices materialize. Sometimes we are just singing along with the ghosts that emerge from our chorus of effect pedals.

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Lore City is a duo formed in 2011 and currently based in Portland, Oregon. Band members include Laura Mariposa Williams (vocals, keyboard, guitar) and Eric Angelo Bessel (percussion, keyboard, guitar). 

Laura and Eric met in 2003 as peers in the College of Visual & Performing Arts at Syracuse University. Reconnecting years later, they formed Lore City and married shortly after that.

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Discography

Visitation (2023), Lore City Music
Under Way (2022), Lore City Music
Participation Mystique (2021), Lore City Music
Alchemical Task (2020), Lore City Music
Kill Your Dreams (2014), Already Dead Tapes and 1980 Records
Absence and Time (2013), Already Dead Tapes