Loop-based guitar improvisations/excursions recorded "live" in the studio in a single take. Ted's music is frequently compared to that of David Torn, Steve Tibbetts, Terje Rypdal, Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Sonny Sharrock, Nels Cline, or Bill Frisell, sometimes even David Gilmour, Jeff Beck or Uli Jon Roth. But Ted cites influences that come from all over the map: Leo Kottke, Eliott Sharp, Paul Dresher, Scott Johnson, Vernon Reid, John Abercrombie, Michael Brook, Daniel Lanois, Gary Lucas, Jim Thomas, John Fahey, Jimi Hendrix, John Mclaughlin, Frank Zappa, Pat Metheny, Buckethead, Chet Atkins and Les Paul. Yet, despite this, there is still something uniquely "Killianesque" in his approach. Ted is a guitarist who isn't afraid to paint with the instrument's full color "palette." He's not afraid to make wild, adventurous, passionate "in-you-face" music or sonorous, languid, peaceful harmonic/melodic explorations.
"...Killian's creative music has a charming effect. It won't lull you to sleep. Instead, it will provide you with hours of varied sounds that stimulate different memories each time out..." - Jim Santella, All About Jazz.com
"...Here in eleven tracks, Ted Killian explores the terrain first charted by the likes of Robert Fripp and Fred Frith. Making generous use of electronic effects, Killian creates soundscapes alternatingly terrifying and beautiful. All in all a recording for lovers of extreme guitar and experimental sounds. Nicely packaged..." - Eric Lewis, JazzNow.com