BARN OWL The Conjurer LP sunn grouper eleh earth coil nww six organs keiji haino
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BARN OWL "THE CONJURER" LP (RS44) 2009 Root Strata Records. Made in the U.S. Sleeve and Record are in UNPLAYED/MINT condition. OUT OF PRINT. This version is limited to 250 copies. Includes printed insert.
Track listing:
SIDE A: 1.Into The Red Horizon 2.Across The Deserts Of Ash
SIDE B: 1.Procession Of Golden Bones 2.Ancient Of Days
Review by Ned Raggett:
Barn Owl's metier, as readily sensed in their live shows as on album, is about constant change -- while the basic setup of two guitarists remains the same, each release finds its own path. Their 2010 album for Rootstrata finds the duo shifting toward a dark, twangy gloom that freely tips its hat to such forebears as Morricone, Swans, and Earth, among others, suggesting blasted Western landscapes at night, somewhere between the 19th century and the post-apocalypse. The steady grind and echo of "Into the Red Horizon" pumps up that feeling even more with its title, but would likely suggest it on its own, as the core melody steadily unwinds and moves into the no less suggestive "Across the Deserts of Ash," all plucked notes and heavy sustained feedback. The basic mood of the disc doesn't change for its length, but the final song, "Ancient of Days," aims for a slightly gentler but no less compelling approach by starting with acoustic guitar and then shifting into one of the prettiest arrangements the band has yet done, distanced feedback and soft, steady filigrees -- and eventually, simply piano -- sounding much more like 1986 Cocteau Twins than end-of-millennium Godflesh, though a mid-song shift to a slow rhythmic arrangement of those elements adds a little more disturbance. It all comes across as an excellent contrast to many of their more black-Wall-of-Sound releases and performances, exchanging sheer, violent overload for low-key drone and doom that emphasize space and a looming sense of something in the distance drawing all the more near.
Biography by Jason Lymengrover:
San Francisco-based drone duo Barn Owl follow in the footsteps of provocative avant-gardists Alice Coltrane and Keiji Haino, while building on the doom metal foundation planted by Black Sabbath. Guitarists Jon Porras and Evan Caminiti started playing music together soon after meeting in an American Indian science class at San Francisco State in 2005 and realizing they had similar backgrounds playing in metal bands and a shared interest in meditative, psychedelic music. The two made home recordings for the latter half of the 2000s while pursuing a number of side projects. Barn Owl's year of fruition proved to be 2010: as well as starting their own label, Electric Totem, the band released three albums -- Conjurer on Rootstrata, Headlands on Important Records, and Ancestral Star after signing to Thrill Jockey. The band kept up its head of steam by touring internationally as well as kicking off 2011 with the 24-minute Shadowland EP, which was recorded by Phil Manley (Trans Am) in San Francisco, and following the EP with the full-length Lost in the Glare during the summer of that year. Also recorded by Manley, the sound of the harmonium -- which was so prevalent on earlier releases -- was replaced by a Farfisa organ for this outing.
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