Six Organs of Admittance January 22, 2008

Six Organs of Admittance is is the music of one man -- Ben Chasny, along with whomever he ropes in for recording sessions and shows. Sometimes nobody’s there with him, depending on his mood. And that’s alright too.

In 2005, Ben found a home at Drag City and released the landmark album, 'School of the Flower'. Free jazz ninja drum master Chris Corsano joined Ben for the session and the results were a perfect blend of melody, minimalism, out-folk groove and noise. This version of Six Organs of Admittance toured, getting much applause along the road. At year’s end, School of the Flower landed on many critic’s best-of lists in magazines including Mojo, Wire, Magnet and a shit-ton of others.
2006 saw the release of 'The Sun Awakens', which featured the darkest, most feedback-drenched, cult-chanting, completely beautiful music ever released by Six Organs of Admittance. Chasny also wrote music for Current 93’s critically-endorsed album Black Ships Ate The Sky, toured around the U.S. and Europe in Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy's band, and finally took it to Russia as Six Organs of Admittance. Squeezing one last band into the winter of 2006, Ben formed the guitar-assault trio Basalt Fingers with Brian Sullivan of Mouthus and Elisa Ambrogio of Magik Markers.

Ben’s now taking a break from all his other projects to concentrate fully on Six Organs of Admittance and write the record he always wanted -- 'Shelter From the Ash'. Beyond a culmination of the very best that Six Organs of Admittance has ever offered, from minimalist/surrealist sound incantations to pounding twilight mountain-ascending guitar affirmations to ruminations on love in the time of war and death and the end of the world, this is the Six Organs record that Ben has been wanting to release from the very beginning.

Official Website: http://www.sixorgans.com