Nice!
― grandavis, Monday, 14 September 2015 15:43 (eight years ago) link
ooh
― nomar, Monday, 14 September 2015 16:56 (eight years ago) link
Yeah he mentioned this to me a couple of weeks back when I did the interview but it wasn't for public knowledge yet. Should be a treat.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 September 2015 16:56 (eight years ago) link
Ben on Twitter:
BTW- the 9 songs on Hexadic II are related to the 9 songs on Hexadic. Exultation Wave and Wax Chance use the same "tonal fields."
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 September 2015 18:29 (eight years ago) link
Ben just posted this list of songs that he was listening to circa "Dust & Chimes", which is getting reissued. Pretty sweet:
http://www.sixorgans.com/songs-that-inspired-six-organs/
― grandavis, Friday, 25 September 2015 19:00 (eight years ago) link
great list, never heard of that L record before!
― sleeve, Friday, 25 September 2015 19:05 (eight years ago) link
Have you heard the August Born record Sleeve? Really cool record Chasny did with the guy from L, recommend it highly.
― grandavis, Friday, 25 September 2015 19:07 (eight years ago) link
Also, VHF Records has that whole L record available for streaming on its site (and like every other record, i.e., tons of Pelt/Vibracathedral Orchestra/Sunroof, crazy shit all around).
https://soundcloud.com/vhfrecords/sets/l-holy-letters-vhf-84
― grandavis, Friday, 25 September 2015 19:12 (eight years ago) link
!!!
no, I think I heard abt August Born and then forgot, will investigate
thanks, man
― sleeve, Friday, 25 September 2015 19:15 (eight years ago) link
Sure! That August Born is Drag City, so not streaming, but they may still have copies (I have been surprised at what DC has copies of now and again).
One of my favorite tunes from that August Born record:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MuBN1cMMS8
― grandavis, Friday, 25 September 2015 19:20 (eight years ago) link
Total bummer folk/psych, perfect for Fall weather.
― grandavis, Friday, 25 September 2015 19:21 (eight years ago) link
Nice new Six Organs of Admittance song available to listen to on the Avant Ghetto show on WFMU (open the link and you can open a pop-up player for the track, though the whole radio show is pretty great). From the upcoming Parallelogram series on Three Lobed Records. Very cool, kind of tunefully droney with a little sweet guitar action at the end. I love it:
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/62834
Good write up by Tyler Wilcox for Aquarium Drunkard in re the nature/background of the track as well (it's from a split with William Tyler):
http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2015/09/30/six-organs-of-admittance-william-tyler-parallelogram/
― grandavis, Wednesday, 30 September 2015 20:30 (eight years ago) link
This Six Organs tune rules.
― grandavis, Thursday, 1 October 2015 15:14 (eight years ago) link
A cool keyboard solo of all things, or at least that is what it sounds like.
― grandavis, Thursday, 1 October 2015 15:15 (eight years ago) link
Aquarius instore next Tuesday, livestreamed here:
http://www.pressuredrop.tv/artists/six-organs-of-admittance
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 19:32 (eight years ago) link
And just reconfirming this! Alternate link:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEggLUGWRrQpzyhft-rUL0-wiHNHJ_5mL
Starts in an hour.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 01:59 (eight years ago) link
6OA also responsible for some of my fav blogposts of 2k15 http://www.sixorgans.com/influential-music-pt-3/
― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 14:36 (eight years ago) link
Those posts are great. Ben is the best.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 15:10 (eight years ago) link
new band/project for Chasny
http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/coypu-man-wolf-jackal-and-jungle-cat
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Thursday, 11 February 2016 21:17 (eight years ago) link
And new album just announced, Burning the Threshold, in combination with a new song now streaming:
http://www.npr.org/2016/12/05/504173900/songs-we-love-six-organs-of-admittance-taken-by-ascent
From the PR guff:
With a spacious acoustic sound stage, Burning the Threshold may actually more resemble 2011's Asleep on the Floodplain or 2005's School Of The Flower. All of this is speculative, comparative, unverifiable - but our sense of what is true tells us that nobody plays acoustic music quite like Six Organs of Admittance, and that furthermore, nothing sounds so much like Burning the Threshold as Burning the Threshold.Ben is in a particularly expansive mood this time around, singing and playing with all the thoughts affixed to a quiver of potent melodies launching forth and arcing out through dimensions, seeking infinite space. This space radiates out from the album's first single, "Taken By Ascent", a seven minute plus burner that engulfs the surrounding realm with empathetic waves. Featuring the thrilling vocal accompaniment of Haley Fohr, the massive drumming of Chris Corsano, and flourishing keys of Cooper Crain, "Taken By Ascent" exemplifies Six Organs of Admittance's furvid push into new and thrilling territory with Burning the Threshold.
Ben is in a particularly expansive mood this time around, singing and playing with all the thoughts affixed to a quiver of potent melodies launching forth and arcing out through dimensions, seeking infinite space. This space radiates out from the album's first single, "Taken By Ascent", a seven minute plus burner that engulfs the surrounding realm with empathetic waves. Featuring the thrilling vocal accompaniment of Haley Fohr, the massive drumming of Chris Corsano, and flourishing keys of Cooper Crain, "Taken By Ascent" exemplifies Six Organs of Admittance's furvid push into new and thrilling territory with Burning the Threshold.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 5 December 2016 18:54 (seven years ago) link
oh man that sounds great
― sleeve, Monday, 5 December 2016 19:13 (seven years ago) link
new song sounds sweet -- with that lineup, this can't go wrong ...
― tylerw, Monday, 5 December 2016 20:01 (seven years ago) link
another song off the new albumhttps://sixorgansofadmittance.bandcamp.com/track/threshold-of-light
sounds a bit like School of the Flower/Shelter From the Ash-era SooA
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 11 February 2017 14:23 (seven years ago) link
Pretty cool, this tour's lineup is Ben, Elisa and Donovan Quinn -- guitar trio and vocal trio. Looking forward to the show (currently at the SF show, Meg Baird opening).
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 03:12 (seven years ago) link
Ah fuck, i love Elisa (and Magik Markers). Saw Ben years back, really good if you like freewheeling raucous guitar improv. Enjoy!
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 03:13 (seven years ago) link
yeah, that seems like a great tour ... new 6 organs is great! maybe one of ben's more welcoming LPs?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 15:06 (seven years ago) link
Wait so no Chris Corsano on the tour?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 15:16 (seven years ago) link
i don't think so?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 15:36 (seven years ago) link
He's touring Europe at the moment with Rodrigo Amado.
― heaven parker (anagram), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 15:39 (seven years ago) link
And a very great performance it was. You need to be logged in on FB to see, I think, but Kathy Harr took a video snippet:
https://www.facebook.com/katherine.harr/videos/vb.100001415534499/1417656364958201/?type=2&theater
Ben started and ended the set solo but otherwise it was as you see in the video. Really great to see three individually strong musicians do the business while following one particular lead. Great version of "Shelter From the Ash" as well, Elisa pulled off a barnburner of a solo.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 16:47 (seven years ago) link
speaking of donovan quinn, he just put out a pretty damn great mini album (with chasny contributions) over on bandcamp -- close to New Bums II: https://donovanquinn.bandcamp.com/album/apocrypha
― tylerw, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 16:56 (seven years ago) link
He's been quietly doing all sorts of things over there.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 16:59 (seven years ago) link
New album in the new year:
https://sixorgansofadmittance.bandcamp.com/track/two-forms-moving
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 28 October 2019 14:43 (four years ago) link
Nice! sounds very good, as per usual. did we take note of Ben's recent Lagniappe Session where he covered the Melvins? Kind of amazing. https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2019/07/23/the-lagniappe-sessions-six-organs-of-admittance/
― tylerw, Monday, 28 October 2019 14:49 (four years ago) link
I'm behind on this stuff, still haven't heard Burning The Threshold even
― Book Doula (sleeve), Monday, 28 October 2019 15:11 (four years ago) link
WELL
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 28 October 2019 15:41 (four years ago) link
Another new track:
https://sixorgansofadmittance.bandcamp.com/track/haunted-and-known
Tour dates:
4/14/20 @ The Back Room at Colectivo in Milwaukee, WI 4/15/20 @ Constellation in Chicago, IL 4/16/20 @ Trinosophes in Detroit, MI 4/17/20 @ Longboat Hall in Toronto, ON4/18/20 @ Bar Le Ritz PDB in Montreal, QC4/20/20 @ Space in Portland, ME4/21/20 @ Great Scott in Allston, MA4/22/20 @ Columbus Theatre in Providence, RI4/26/20 @ Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia, PA4/27/20 @ DC9 in Washington, DC4/29/20 @ The Mothlight in Asheville, NC4/30/20 @ The Earl in Atlanta, GA5/1/20 @ Third Man Records in Nashville, TN5/2/20 @ Zanzabar in Louisville, KY5/11/20 @ Fox Cabaret in Vancouver, BC5/12/20 @ Barboza in Seattle, WA5/13/20 @ Mississippi Studios in Portland, OR5/15/20 @ Cafe du Nord in San Francisco, CA5/16/20 @ The Partisan in Merced, CA5/17/20 @ Fernwood Resort in Big Sur, CA5/18/20 @ The Crepe Place in Santa Cruz, CA5/19/20 @ Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles, CA
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 03:24 (four years ago) link
New album sounds great (although I haven’t been able to keep up with him over the last years, so don’t really know how it compares to recent stuff)
― Mule, Saturday, 22 February 2020 16:24 (four years ago) link
new album is the best thing i've ever heard from him.
gotta wonder how often he breaks his guitar strings.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Thursday, 5 March 2020 21:38 (four years ago) link
Tangentially related here, but New Bums (Chasny & Donovan Quinn) launched a new Instagram account last week. Does that mean we might get new material soon?
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 7 December 2020 21:46 (three years ago) link
yeah! I think a new new bums album sometime in the spring. and there's a great new 6o record coming out early next year too on three lobed.
― tylerw, Monday, 7 December 2020 21:48 (three years ago) link
Man I had forgotten about the cancelled tour earlier this year and I'm just annoyed all over again with 2020.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 7 December 2020 21:50 (three years ago) link
Sorry Ned!
I hadn't heard anything about new New Bums, but that's great news! Always appreciate more Six Organs as well!
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 7 December 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link
yessss tyler hipped me to the latest donovan quinn album and it is incredibly good, psyched
― adam, Monday, 7 December 2020 23:35 (three years ago) link
I HATED that first New Bums record. Not for me.
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Monday, 7 December 2020 23:37 (three years ago) link
Was just thinking about this guy this weekend, must check latest album. Previewed his Feb '08 Columbus OH show, which got pretty wild:Six Organs Of AdmittanceFriday @ the Ravari Room
Six Organs Of Admittance is defined by the guitars and vocals of Ben Chasny, who also ignites Comets On Fire. The latest Six Organs album,Shelter From The Ash, tends toward standard psych-folk-rock moves, but Chasny’s standards are high (Six Organs high). He knows how to finger-pick his way through waves of feedback, and, on the title track, “Final Wing,” and “Goddess Atonement”, his sustained, tilting notes successfully pan for stars in a blind sky. Still, live improvisation often provides wider, deeper mind-dilation, for this artist and his audience.
― dow, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 02:04 (three years ago) link
i liked a 6OA-adjacent record that came out this year — can't remember what it was now tho!
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 02:34 (three years ago) link
Hmm, can't think of what that might have been besides the 6oA album from February. There has been some new Howlin' Rain stuff this year from some of the other Comets of Fire dudes.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 14:45 (three years ago) link
there was an actual six organs album that came out at the beginning of this very long year ...
here's new new bums! https://newbums.bandcamp.com/album/last-time-i-saw-grace
― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 15:09 (three years ago) link
It’s been awhile since I’ve bought vinyl from Drag City, do they still not include digital downloads with them? Trying to decide how to get the new New Bums.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 20 March 2021 20:59 (three years ago) link