Six organs of Admittance?

WHOA -- so, this doesn't officially come out until late Feb (2/22 sez Amazon) but Drag City shipped my order today, that's awesome! along w/ the Basinski re-release(!!!!) and another O'Rourke collabo, v. excited wooooo

sweet. really been digging this one.

looking forward to ned's interview, too

i think ben chasny should also interview ned, in turn

yeah, he's a friendly, funny guy, which doesn't quite come across in his music.

I sat in a candle-lit room and listened to Dark Noontide last night, anticipating Snowmageddon 2011.
It was a good choice.

Ned, can you ask him when Rangda will tour the west coast?

To quote the man himself:

It looks like we are all going to be quite busy with our other projects this year. I think the next plan is to record out here on the east coast sometime this year. We will definitely tour the west coast before we tour any other part of the US. Its just hard with two of us living out here on the east coast now because there are so few places to play out here and not many people come to the shows so there's not a lot of money to cover costs, so we have to plan it very tightly! but we'll be there, no doubt.

i think ben chasny should also interview ned, in turn

Hahah well...it's interesting, how suggestions can work.

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i seriously cannot take this anymore, i need this

Patience.

still waiting for the new rekkid to arrive from drag city (soooon!) but in the meantime, picked up a copy of Empty the Sun CD + book on the cheap and LOVING this record. really low-key chasny, mostly instrumental, restrained but occasionally breathes fire ("goddamn the sun" woooooow)

looove the epic drone on the new one, especially the headsplitting ending. totally worth the wait.
haven't heard the empty the sun thang, where'd you get it cheap? online or a real record store ... ?

ebay! $5 or $6 incl. shipping

oh cool, i'll dig around

ah sorry i guess more like $8 shipped, still a good deal tho. the seller i got it from has 6 more available -- i think he had 10 or 11 a week ago when i bought. he sent me a brand new copy too! cd still sealed.

(notice the link there)

thx!

Listened to this twice today and loved it. The epic drone is soooo good. This one reminds me a bit of School of the Flower in parts.

Okay folks, my interview with Ben is up:

http://thequietus.com/articles/05689-six-organs-of-admittance-ben-chasny-interview

(And the second/flipside part of it will run later this week elsewhere...)

nice interview, ned!

Thanks!

good stuff ned, new album is faaaaantastic btw guys, really awesome

sort of tangentially related but: http://grapefruitrecordclub.com/
anyone signed up for this? i can't really afford it, but it looks cool. the 200 years chasny side project is included.

Okay, so, yesterday I interviewed Ben...

...today, Ben interviews me.

OMG Ned wins the universe

A+

Give yourself credit, you were the one who suggested it!

there was a random suggestion on ILX saying that Ben should interview me, which I passed along to him more as a random joke than anything. But by god if Ben didn’t ask me a set of great questions

O_O !!!!!!!!

What do you think about every music writer comparing every acoustic guitar player to John Fahey as if he had the greatest influence on everyone? Isn’t this the same sort of critical reductionism that would not be allowed in any sort of serious art journal? Wouldn’t that be the equivalent of comparing every abstract artist to Picasso? Or closer to home, perhaps comparing every single music writer to Lester Bangs? Does this sort of non-crtitcal thinking have a detrimental effect on how others view the importance of music criticism? Am I leading the witness? What do you think?

my hero

btw, did you actually mention ILX to Ben? wonder if he will visit/read/post?

I've no idea! It's up to him.

he seems smart-- like, ned raggett level smart, could recite digits of pi ad infinitum level smart

we could use more smart ilx posters imo

i realize i am part of the problem btw before anyone says so ^_____^

so i've pretty much got ned's sloppy seconds, i guess, but i did an interview w/ ben here

really nice guy!

Ned interviewing Ben and Ben interviewing Ned were both great! Thanks for sharing.

Yer welcome!

cool NPR feature on Ben's fav song from the new record: link

nice tidbit from yr interview ilxor: I always have a big space in my heart for, like, Nikki Sudden, you know? For me it kind of satisfies that little itch. I always wanted to be in a band like that.
that makes me excited!

me too!

really liking this so far. "dawn, running home" is reminding me of early tyrannosaurus rex. ben even sounds a little like marc on downers

the rest is very nice too but 's/word' is amazing.

Chasny played an excellent acoustic set last night in New York. I really haven't seen him live as much as I'd like to. Has anyone heard the 200 Years stuff, his duo with Elisa from Magik Markers? Markers played an earlier set so I was hoping for a team up but no such luck.

the rest is very nice too but 's/word' is amazing.

it was a lot more boring in the light of day. : ( and on my proper headphones—the added bottom end made it all atmospheric and took away the concentratedness of the droning from the saz.

loving this new record, listened to it like eight times this week.

Ned, that ruled (both of 'em).

Thanks!

new live recordings from a church concert on Soundcloud http://soundcloud.com/incubate/sets/six-organs-of-admittance-live-2010/

nice, thanks!

oooooooooohhh!