Posts Tagged ‘Randall Dunn’

Cape Cod Rock: Jex Thoth Offers Praise And Worship With Sabbath Assembly

Posted on Friday, June 11th, 2010

Cape Cod Rock Music Examiner George Pacheco recently conducted an interview with Jex Thoth about Sabbath Assembly‘s forthcoming album Restored to One. A few excerpts from the chat follow below:

The enigmatic Jex Thoth doesn’t do many phone interviews, not for her latest Sabbath Assembly project -presenting re-imagined versions of hymns written and sung by the notorious Process Church of Final Judgment – nor for the band of doomsters which bears her name. Indeed, though Jex Thoth the band has just released an incredibly killer EP of their own-titled Witness – it’s Sabbath Assembly’s Restored to One debut for which Jex has come to speak about to Cape Cod Rock, an honor for which we are eternally grateful. Read on, and delve deep into this exclusive Q and A session with the elusive, illuminant princess of the dawn.

Cape Cod Rock: The music here is so evocative of the era in which the Process Church of Final Judgment flourished. It possesses this end of the sixties dream / dawn of seventies danger feeling. Was this sort of the point?

Jex Thoth: Yeah, we really wanted to bring an authenticity to these hymns, and to cultivate this feeling of authenticity to the time in which they originated. Since there was no previous recording of it, we didn’t have any means of inspiration in that department, so it was definitely more about how we felt they MIGHT have been, coming from that era as a response to the hippie ‘flower power’ side of things.

Do you then feel that spiritual music can possess both malevolence and beauty, as a result of the Process Church’s belief and worship of the god and satan ideals simultaneously?

I absolutely do. Especially in the context of how this music was presented originally; each chapter sang the hymns in unison, in the context of their masses and liturgy. It’s very evocative in that way. The songs in how WE’VE been presenting them—sometimes in a college, a bar, or a performance setting—within the context of the liturgy itself have received differing responses depending on those settings. Certainly, it sounds different to ME to sing these hymns in different settings, as well. When we do them in the context of the liturgy, it’s a mixed bag, because some people like going to church…and some people DON’T like going to church! [laughter] So it’s received a number of different responses across the board.

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Sabbath Assembly Release Set Loose New Track We Give Our Lives

Posted on Friday, June 11th, 2010

Sabbath Assembly are unveiling We Give Our Lives,  a track off their chillingly beautiful upcoming release Restored To One (Ajna Records, June 22nd). Click HERE to download the MP3 (Click HERE to download a second track, titled  Hymn Of The Consecration). The album is a contemporary interpretation of hymns performed ...read more

Album of the day: Master Musicians of Bukkake – Totem Two

Posted on Monday, June 7th, 2010

Praise for Master Musicians of Bukkake‘s Totem Two from San Francisco’s Aquarius Records: Sometimes seeing a band play live in the flesh surpasses the experience on record, but other times, there’s the danger of diminishing whatever mystique they’ve created for themselves, which remains safe when one listens at home with ...read more

Stereogum: Progress Report – Black Mountain

Posted on Saturday, May 29th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from Stereogum: Black Mountain completing their followup to Into the Future. Produced by Dave Sardy and Randall Dunn. Talking about the next Black Mountain album has to involve talking about the band’s decision to work with producers Dave Sardy and Randall Dunn, and to use outside producers at ...read more

Album of the day: Master Musicians of Bukkake – Totem One

Posted on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from Obsidian Grave: Sun City Girls fans! Drone-doom freaks! Here’s your unlikely crossover dream come true, kind of. A psychedelically heavy (sometimes) and always eerily exotic new album on the Conspiracy label from this band with the wise ass faux-ethnic name . Now including members of Earth and ...read more

Kayo Dot Unveil New Album Details

Posted on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

After 3 studio albums, Kayo Dot, are back with another, entitled Coyote. It is due to be released on April 6th 2010 by Hydra Head Records. The new album has again, been engineered by Randall Dunn (Sunn O)). Continue reading:  KAYO DOT UNVEIL ALBUM DETAILS!! | Terrorizer.com. Here’s the PR ...read more

Album of the day: Six Organs Of Admittance – Luminous Night

Posted on Saturday, August 1st, 2009

Lovingly pinched from Ventox.com: Six Organs of Admittance return to moody territory on Luminous Night, their follow up to Shelter From The Ash. Recorded and produced by Randall Dunn at Aleph Studios in Seattle, Luminous Night features accompaniment by Eyvind Kang on viola and Hans Tueber on alto flute expanding ...read more

Supersonic Festival 2009

Posted on Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Sunday night’s performance of the reunited Goblin brought Birmingham’s Supersonic Festival to a close, a fitting conclusion to a great weekend for me and Jurgen. One of the special things about Supersonic that we noticed was how much time the musicians from the various bands on the bill spent hanging ...read more