Six organs of Admittance?

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!

this sounds awesome.

should i go see this band in a few weeks? i think so, but would like to know if there is a compelling reason not to.

You absolutely should go. No question.

Ben was also nice enough to send me something through the mail lately that fans of his will want to keep an eye out for.

Ok! It's already on my calendar. This means I have to set about convincing someone to join me. It'll tide me over until the Swans show a few weeks later (!!!!)

ned, braggin' :)
i'd love to see this guy but he never plays in colorado! weak.
that live set posted above is lovely.

THANK YOU to this thread, bc I checked on his tour and found out he's playing in town next friday. my favorite dude right here.

all depends who he's playing with though

current tour is solo iirc

best show I've ever seen him do was a duo with elisa ambrogio. also, put alex neilson on drums behind him and sparks will result.

yeah i guess this 200 Years collab w/ ambrogio hasn't come out? they had it slated for spring of this year.
http://www.dragcity.com/news/254

i wonder who else is coming on this tour? i don't recognize the opening bands.

Saw him years ago in Kansas City, all alone, local openers. One of the most memorable shows I've ever been to.

saw him open for om with a solo set and shitheads talked over it all. could barely hear the guy. :-/

same night - some aggro guy also slammed into this peaceful, stoned longhair that was grooving to om and sent him flying. there was no pit, they guy basically just charged right into him. people suck.

Where do you live? I went to a sold out OM show and everyone waited patiently throughout a 40 minute solo drone set from Lichens.

lol, brooklyn

Huh that's interesting I missed that last tour (Six Organs/OM) I think that show was at Europa? I live in BK too now, but the show I was referring to was in SF. Maybe the old cliche is true that Bay Area audiences are just more stoned and docile. I have no compunction about telling people to shut the fuck up at shows.

dunno, i mean i can see people going to a six organs show maybe expecting a more loud, psych-y blowout thing, if they weren't very familiar with the records. since he plays w/ loud psych-y blowout bands like rangda and comets on fire...

yeah, it was the europa show. not my fave venue for sure.

I guess I saw lichens there too but I honestly don't remember how that went down. but the whole place was talking over the six organs set, wasn't just a couple folks. v. annoying. aggro mosher was the icing on the cake.

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and I don't really think a quiet set is any reason to talk over someone. if anything, it's much worse! and lots of the six organs material is very mellow.

saw this tonight, it was awesome
convinced people to go with me (2!)
whoa can he can play -- so captivating to watch/hear
now i am going to bed

And in spinoff news:

200 Years
"S/T"
LP/CD
November 8th, 2011

Drag City is happy to announce the release of 200 Years!! 200 Years is none other than those straw dogs of skull counting (and flowers!), Ben “Six Organs of Admittance” Chasny and Elisa “Magic Markers” Ambrogio.

The PR goes on from there but I'll be honest, I gotta spare ya.

Excellent news!

interested to see what this'll sound like

first listen sounded a little underwhelming -- nice but not mindblowing? I'll have to dig in a little further, it might be a grower.

more side projecting -- hadn't even heard of this til now: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16437-broda/
sample sounds pretty groovy, different stuff for Chasny.

i'm gonna go see 200 years on friday. never heard them. just wanna see something.

it's pretty mellow, but they've been growing on me. this is great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo-JSFRVexA

the 200 Years album is pretty, quiet, and a bit insubstantial—but some good tunes on there. best when it's deliberately chasny-esque and not just "acoustic magik markers" mode. i wrote about it here.

cannot fuckin wait for new Rangda and Six Organs records, btw....

Ben has returned to rock! Well he never left but anyway:

ANNOUNCING THE ELECTRIC, FULL BAND-SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE EXPERIENCE; NEW ALBUM, ASCENT, OUT AUGUST 21ST ON DRAG CITY
LISTEN TO SIX ORGAN'S "WASWASA" NOW

six organs

Six Organs of Admittance as an electric entity is not without precedent. Ben Chasny regularly performs with a full, electric band, often cascades an electric guitar solo in the middle of an acoustic jam, and has recorded entire sides of electric drone. This element goes all the way back to 2002, when a short-lived rock version of Six Organs (with the members of Comets on Fire) toured the West Coast and etched a few demos to tape before moving on. Ten years later, with the idea to record new songs as a full rock band firmly entrenched in his mind, Chasny warped over to Tim Green's Louder Studios with members of Comets as his backing band. He emerged with Ascent, the rollicking realization of the Six Organs full band experience.

No, these aren't those dusty old 2002 moments with the dust blown off. We live today, and so does Six Organs of Admittance! To manipulate the past would change the world forever. Instead, the time line for Ascent occurs on our identical Earth, on the other side of the sun, telescoping the strength and power of that moment in 2002 and it's electri-Six-O after-affects by viewing it through the mind's opera-glass, in the present. From the opening red storm of "Waswasa" to the sentinel strength of "Even If You Knew" and the sensual lilt of "Visions (From Io)," the sound of this Six Organs is that of full-tilt rock band. The fun and fury of electric Six Organs of Admittance is evidenced in every molten groove.

Ascent will reach this Earth via Drag City Records come August 21st.

DOWNLOAD/LISTEN TO/SHARE SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE'S "WASWASA":
http://www.dragcity.com/system/tracks/downloads/5389/original/1-01_Waswasa.mp3

Ascent tracklisting:

1. Waswasa

2. Close To The Sky

3. They Called You Near

4. Solar Ascent

5. A Thousand Birds

6. Your Ghost

7. Even If You Knew

8. Visions (From Io)

<3 a good molten groove

Great news!

psyched for this

so psyched!

Yeah, high hopes for this. Gonna listen to "Waswasa" right now. Sure hope the Howlin' Rain ethos is not too present.

album of the year potential for me.... can't fucking wait for this

looks like this album is going to be ... cosmic
http://www.dragcity.com/system/album_products/images/1999/large.jpg?1338313449