A cut from 2020's Companion Rises, one of Ben Chasny's bravest and most beautiful records. Rian Murphy: Ben Chasny's early Six Organs of Admittance records - and natively unique guitar style - were such impactful and essential listens, we knew we had to try and get with him to make some stuff or us. That was 16 years ago altready! The man just keeps moving. He's got all the great traits we never think to look for but always end up finding in our (and any) great artists - super-restless, quick to fire up with fascination, enthusiasm and ideas, and irascible as … read more
Six Organs of Admittance is the primary musical project of guitarist Ben Chasny, formed in 1998 in northern California, USA. Beginning as a solo endeavor, it now regularly features other musicians in concert and as guests on records. Original inspiration for the band came from wanting to merge the styles of fingerpicked acoustic guitar with more improvisational drone elements. A copy of Hans Peter Duerr’s Dreamtime book provided the early blueprint for the analogy of fingerpicked acoustic guitar as civilization vs. noise/drone as wilderness that was to dominate the first few record… read more
Six Organs of Admittance is the primary musical project of guitarist Ben Chasny, formed in 1998 in northern California, USA. Beginning as a solo endeavor, it now regularly features other mu… read more
Six Organs of Admittance is the primary musical project of guitarist Ben Chasny, formed in 1998 in northern California, USA. Beginning as a solo endeavor, it now regularly features other musicians in concert and as guests on records. … read more