Ben Chasny is one of the more prolific musicians of the last decade. He’s released one or two albums each year since 1998 under his Six Organs of Admittance banner, plus a bunch of EPs, one-offs, and 7″s, and because that didn’t keep him busy enough, he’s also worked with Comets on Fire, Badgerlore, and Current 93.
Six Organs of Admittance - Luminous Night
It could be argued that he’s done more than anyone to establish, develop, and fuel this whole modern freak-folk thing, even if his profile has never risen as high as some of his peers’.
Luminous Night continues Chasny’s association with Chicago’s estimable Drag City label, and it’s something of a summary record, demonstrating most of the range he’s shown over the years, from pretty acoustic guitar ramblings to ambient noodling, droning psychedelic horrors, acid folk tunes, and rumbling noise.
Continue reading: Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Six Organs of Admittance: Luminous Night.
Please click here for the audio stream of Six Organs of Admittance live at Beyond The Pale / Roadburn 2009.
Tags: ambient, Ben Chasny, Drag City, Folk, Freak Folk, Joe Tangari, Luminous Night, pitchfork, psychedelica, Six Organs of Admittance
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