This auction is for a vinyl record of the 2 x LP double album "Monoliths & Dimensions" by the band Sunn O))). It is in Very Good condition. Item ships by Media Mail between 2 pieces of cardboard, wrapped in bubble wrap and inside of a cardboard record mailer. I only ship to the USA. I only accept PayPal for payment. Please pay for your item within 3 business days max. I will then ship your item within 3 business days. Check out my other items for sale for more CDs and records of bands of Stephen O'Malley (Khanate, Sunn O))), KTL, Thorr's Hammer, Lotus Eaters and Teeth of Lions Rule The Divine). Read below for more information about the item you are buying:

Monoliths & Dimensions is the sixth studio album by the avant-garde drone doom band Sunn O))). The album was created and recorded over a period of two years and features the collaborations of composer Eyvind Kang, Australian guitar player Oren Ambarchi, Hungarian vocalist Attila Csihar, Dylan Carlson from the drone band Earth, and trombonists Julian Priester and Stuart Dempster. Also present is an upright bass trio; French and English horns; harp and flute duo; piano, brass, reed, and string ensembles; and a Viennese woman's choir led by composer and vocalist Jessika Kenney.[1]

However, the band said, "The album is not Sunn O))) with strings or metal-meets-orchestra material." The band took an approach concentrating on more of allusion toward the timbre of feedback and the instruments involved, so the piece is really illusory, beautiful and not entirely linear, stating, "[The end product is] the most musical piece we’ve done, and also the heaviest, [most] powerful, and most abstract set of chords we’ve laid to tape."[2]

When speaking at the launch of Monoliths & Dimensions, Stephen O'Malley told Alex Templeton-Ward that the album was "like a prism... our music is the white light going in, a lot of the colour comes out the other side through the amazing arrangements and personalities of the guest performers and core collaborators… I think the main topic of this album is elaboration, expansion and prismatic detail. The source of that detail is inherent in the sounds of the guitars and the notes of those arrangements."[3]

The final song, titled "Alice", is a dedication to the jazz harpist Alice Coltrane who died in 2007.[4]

Sunn O))) ?– Monoliths & Dimensions

Label: Southern Lord ?– sunn100 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US Released: Oct 2009 Genre: Rock Style: Drone, Experimental

Tracklist Hide Credits

A Aghartha Arranged By [Acoustic] – Randall Dunn, Stephen O'MalleyBass Guitar – Greg AndersonClarinet – Hans TeuberConch [Dung Chen, Conch Shell] – Steve Moore (5), Stuart DempsterConch [Shell] – Julian PriesterDouble Bass – Keith Lowe, Tim Smollens*Electric Guitar – Stephen O'MalleyElectronics [Electric Guitar Effects & Oscillator] – Oren AmbarchiEngineer – Mell Dettmer, Randall DunnEngineer [Assistant] – Floyd ReitsmaEnglish Horn – Taina KarrFrench Horn – Josiah BoothbyPerformer [Hydrophone] – Mell DettmerPiano – Eric WaltonViola – Eyvind KangViolin – Timb HarrisVoice – Attila CsiharWritten By – O'Malley/Anderson/Csihar 17:34 B Big Church [megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért] Arranged By [Choir, Brass & String] – Eyvind Kang, Jessika KenneyBells [Tubular] – Mell DettmerChoir [Alto] – Angela Kiemayer, Jutta Sierlinger, Verena BodemChoir [Soprano/alto] – Katharina Einsiedl, Loma Döring, Stephanie PfefferElectric Guitar – Dylan Carlson, Greg Anderson, Oren Ambarchi, Stephen O'MalleyEngineer – Armin Steiner, Dominick Hummer, Mell Dettmer, Randall DunnEngineer [Assistant] – Mark ClemLead Vocals [Lead Soprano/alto] – Jessika KenneySynthesizer [Korg Ms20] – Rex RitterTrombone, Organ – Steve Moore (5)Trumpet – Cuong VuViola – Eyvind KangVoice – Attila CsiharWritten By – O'Malley/Anderson/Csihar 9:43 C Hunting&Gathering (Cydonia) Arranged By [Brass] – Steve Moore (5)Bass Drum [Concert], Percussion – Brad MowenChoir [Man] – William Herzog*, Brad Mowen, Daniel Menche, Joe PrestonElectric Guitar – Oren Ambarchi, Stephen O'MalleyElectric Guitar, Bass Guitar – Greg AndersonEngineer – Mell Dettmer, Randall DunnGong – Oren AmbarchiPerformer [Wolf Log] – Oren AmbarchiSynthesizer [Moog Voyager] – Rex RitterTambura [Electric Tamboura] – William Herzog*Trombone, Organ [Roland Juno], Synthesizer [Korg Ms20] – Steve Moore (5)Trumpet – Tony Moore (10)Voice – Attila CsiharWritten By – Anderson/O'Malley/Csihar 10:02 D Alice Arranged By [Ensemble] – Eyvind KangBass Guitar – Greg AndersonClarinet, Clarinet [Bass], Flute [Alto] – Hans TeuberDouble Bass – Keith Lowe, Moriah Neils, Tim Smollen*Electric Guitar – Stephen O'MalleyElectric Guitar, Cymbal [Motorized], Performer [Oscillator] – Oren AmbarchiEngineer – Mell Dettmer, Randall DunnFrench Horn – Josiah BoothbyHarp – Melissa WalshOboe, English Horn – Taina KarrTrombone – Julian Priester, Steve Moore (5), Stuart DempsterViola – Eyvind KangViolin – Timb HarrisWritten By – Anderson/O'Malley 16:21

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Studio Litho
• Recorded At – London Bridge Studio
• Recorded At – Aleph Studios
• Recorded At – Rochuspark, Vienna
• Recorded At – Forum Music Village
• Mixed At – London Bridge Studio
• Mastered At – Sinister Kitchen Laboratories
• Published By – Ideologic Organ
• Published By – Sabbath Rehash

Credits

• Arranged By [Additional Ensembles] – Randall Dunn, Stephen O'Malley, Steve Moore (5)
• Art Direction – Stephen O'Malley
• Cover – Richard Serra
• Directed By [Ensemble Arrangements] – Eyvind Kang
• Featuring [Key Players] – Attila Csihar, Oren Ambarchi
• Illustration [Aziluth/asiyyah Drawing] – T. Ketola*
• Illustration [Cyanotypes] – Mathilde Darel
• Illustration [Triptych Illustration] – Cathy Ward
• Mastered By – Mell Dettmer
• Performer [Sunn O))) Is] – Greg Anderson, Stephen O'Malley
• Photography By [Cover] – Rob McKeever
• Photography By [Portraits] – Jenn Anderson, Kerry O'Sullivan, Marco Fusinato, Mathilde Darel
• Photography By [Teotihuacán Photo] – Gisèle Vienne
• Producer – Mell Dettmer, Randall Dunn, Sunn O)))
• Written-By – Sunn O)))

Notes

Mastered at Sinister Kitchen. Cover is Serra's "out-of-round X" (1999), and was photographed by McKeever. Choir arrangement from Big Church inspired by Dylan Carlson.

All songs mixed at London Bridge, Shoreline Nov 08.
Aghartha recorded: Litho, Seattle Oct 08; London Bridge, Shoreline Jan 08; Aleph, Seattle Jan 08.
Big Church recorded: Litho, Seattle Oct 08; London Bridge, Shoreline Aug 08; Rochuspark, Vienna Aug 08; Aleph, Seattle, Jan 08; Forum Music Village Feb 06.
Hunting&Gathering (Cydonia) recorded: Litho, Seattle Oct 08; London Bridge, Shoreline Nov 08; Aleph, Seattle Jan 08.
Alice recorded: Litho, Seattle Oct 08; London Bridge, Shoreline Jan 08; Aleph, Seattle Jan 08.

Side A: 33 rpm
Side B: 45 rpm
Side C: 45 rpm
Side D: 33 rpm

Pressed on 180 gram vinyl and housed in a heavy-weight cardboard jacket wrapped in vellum jacket. Includes folded insert with credits and lyrics.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A): 84010 1A SUNN 100
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): 84010 1B SUNN 100
• Matrix / Runout (Side C): 84010 1C SUNN 100
• Matrix / Runout (Side D): 84010 1D SUNN 100
• Barcode: 808720010015
• Rights Society: BMI