Alvord Loop
sonic dissonance and beauty...
Lawrence Dolton
sound artist, mixer, engineer
oakland, california

Lawrence is an audio post engineer based in Oakland, California focusing on sound-for-film, experimental sound art, and recording environmental sounds.

Working under the name Alvord Loop, Lawrence takes everyday sounds and forms them into unique textures and patterns to create engaging soundscape compositions. His work is electronic, ambient, dissonant, and experimental.

Photo of the Steens mountain range in Southeastern Oregon by Lawrence.

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Recent Works
  Push Pull   Clean Water
  Tumble   Through The Breezeway
  Front To Back
60 Second Pieces
  Floater   Interference In The Air
  June Eve
Sound Collage
  Metro Haze   Mineral King
  Pounding Rain   Ruby's Message
  Dwayne   Anything Of Interest
electrovid
A series of short visual and aural adventures on YouTube.

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Web Projects
  Sound Transit Lawrence is a contributing sound artist to this fascinating site. Experience sounds from around the world.
  The Dwayne Split For the Third Coast Festival experiment, 99 Ways To Tell A Radio Story.
  Seeking Refuge A remix for Byrne and Eno's Bush Of Ghosts project.
Links
sound transit
luggage store gallery
sf sound
lissenup
third coast festival
quiet american
phonography.org
vocalo.org
free sound project
earth ear
zounds! what sounds!
in sound from way out
Featured
Toys Noise Playground
Toys Noise Playground
   An interactive site built in Flash.
   Make noise with Everett's toys.
Foxfire
Foxfire
   A quiet, beautiful film.
   Collaboration with photographer
   Dorothy Gantenbein.
Listen Map
Listen Map
   An interactive map where you
   can listen to local sound
   compositions.