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previous artist: solveig bark		there are 3 titles featuring barn owl in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: tim barnes

$13.44

back in stock as of
march 5th, 2010

first in stock on
october 12th, 2009

threads:
modern-psych
guitar-themed
minimalism-drones

digitalis arts & crafts editions (usa) #ace029 cd

evan caminiti “psychic mud shrine” compact disc

frozen plains
melting temple / plumes of babylon
midnight's road
kcalb egdol

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "kcalb egdol"

2009 release ; much like his partner-in-crime jon porras’ recent solo album (see below), barn owl’s evan caminiti here drops a southerwestern-themed quartet of extended pieces, each highlighting his evocative guitar playing & venturing out into some high-gain amplifier worship on the way ...

digitalis arts & crafts editions press release...

ace029: evan caminiti "psychic mud shrine" cd

for my money, barn owl is the best new band to emerge in the last five years. their trajectory has been meteoric, progressing musically and conceptually in leaps and bounds. i've been thrilled to be there from the beginning, watching and listening in awe as the duo of jon porras and evan caminiti have carved out an impressive niche of their own. heavy doses of guitar savagery and tribal essence have them firmly planted at the top of the mountain. so it makes sense to deconstruct the duo and present each as a solo entity, soaring on their own.

in a perfect world, evan caminiti would be a guitar god worshipped by hordes of spike-wearing metalheads. seriously. caminiti's newest solo offering (and first large-scale release) is a big, smoldering mass of guitar sacrifices. we're deep down in the hollows now. "psychic mud shrine" is epic in every way. thick, massive walls of lava-flow guitars bow down at an altar of excess. caminiti creates jagged drones like no other. distorted guitars sound simultaneously tortured and energized like it's unsure if this hell on earth brings pleasure or pain. it's just so fucking massive. with titles like "melting temple/plumes of babylon," you know what direction this is heading and it's a train you don't want to miss.

"psychic mud shrine" is a powerful statement from an artist coming into his own. over the course of four sprawling masterpieces, you'll be entranced and exalted. this album rings out from the deep valleys carved straight to the fucking core.

edition of 500 in gatefold jackets with all art designed by caminiti.

$16.81

back in stock as of
june 15th, 2010

first in stock on
march 5th, 2010

threads:
modern-psych
guitar-themed
minimalism-drones

digitalis vinyl (usa) #digiv019 lp

higuma “den of spirits” long playing record

glacial tongues
the ocelot
hexed and vexed
hathor's dance
kaleidoscope moon
sun crown
are you nobody too?

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "are you nobody too? "

january 2010 release ; awesome set of rising guitar & vocal drone pieces from barn owl’s evan caminiti & lisa mcgee ...

picking up from where their root strata disc left off, the pair meld some soft acoustic guitar & bell / hand-percussion-laced pieces with heavily misted / time-effected stereo-guitar blasts & vocal cloudings that remind me a bit of the recent alter/pussygutt material, albeit with a largely more “positive” outlook ...

digitalis vinyl press release...

digiv019: higuma "den of spirits" lp

january is always time for new beginnings and sewing the seeds for the year to come and i can think of no better way to start things off than with this massive, dusty blast from san francisco duo, higuma. comprised of barn owl's evan caminiti and lisa mcgee. like a phoenix from the shambles, "den of spirits" comes from a place buried deep and forgotten. these are sonic explorations steeped in the sound of the earth's core. caminiti and mcgee have concocted an epic brew of dirt-stained drones.

higuma first showed their faces on their debut cdr on the great root strata label, but "den of spirits" shows them as a band evolving and more mature. basic, tribal percussion underpins the scorchers as they soar. "the ocelot" is a short, concise epic that bleeds in mid-air, stuck like a fading star resigned to a cold, desolate fate. caminiti and mcgee's voices echo through the dense, rich space they've created flowing perfectly into the contemplative loneliness of "hexed and vexed." this certainly is not child's play.

the flipside adds tinges of hope to the mix, piercing the murk with a cascade of ultraviolet. again, it's the duo's voices that tell the story. "sun crown" never lets up. caminiti's exquisite guitar explorations are puncuated by the absolutely inspiring vocals from mcgee. terrestrial choirs never sounded so good. each subtle shift teases that everything will fall to shambles at any minute. it's a carefully constructed, delicately held-together mini-masterpiece. don't worry, though, because when you come down, you'll come down gently into a bed of crystal clean air. stunning all the way.

vinyl only edition of 250 copies. silkscreened sleeves with original art from evan caminiti.

$13.44

back in stock as of
june 3rd, 2010

first in stock on
april 12th, 2010

threads:
modern-psych
guitar-themed
minimalism-drones
doom

root strata (usa) #rs-44 cd

barn owl “the conjurer” compact disc

into the red horizon (5:11)
across the deserts of ash (16:59)
procession of golden bones (3:51)
ancient of days (14:42)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "ancient of days"

april 2010 release ; cd version of the now o/p “breakthrough” lp from chosen sons barn owl ...

excellent summoning of darkened light from this bay-area duo, hot on the heels of several well-received titles on root strata, blackest rainbow, not not fun, their own electric totem, and digitalis / foxglove ...

taking their cue(s, at least in part) from earth’s recent “doom americana” phase, there’s plenty in the way of slow, lumbering rhythms, played on heavily tremelo’ed guitar(s) and plodding drum-kit ; but for every measure of cinematic/pentatonic glory, there’s an equal dose of popol-vuh (hell, even organum, or artemiev at that) -esque flute & vocal droning that tempers the “power trio” cathars into something much more meditative ... highly recommended !!!

root strata press release...

barn owl
"the conjurer"

rs-45
cd
edition of 1000

the conjurer is the latest offering by bay area duo barn owl. this new long player finds evan caminiti & jon porras finally (by way of an actual recording studio) documenting something that is a bit closer to their very heavy live sets, with expanded peaks of white light distortion and enormous valleys of bottom end. each side opens with a brief funeral dirge to set the mood, a precession of bare bones drum beats and bell like guitar statements that bridge the gap to the wider open spaces of the almost side long 'across the desert of ash' and 'ancient of days''.

it may seem obvious, or even a little overwrought, but it has to be said that these guys really do evoke all kinds of cinematic drama with their music. apocalyptic westerns, bleak melodramas, mother nature fever dreams, it all seems to come to mind amid the evening guitar passages, incantations, flute tones, and finally, the solo piano that emerges lost among the electric mayhem to close the album. considering the amount of terrain, the conjurer is far from being scattered or rushed sounding. the record as a whole moves at a crafted even rhythm, slowly merging from one scene of violence to the next of almost silent recovery, then back up the mountain again.

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solveig bark

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tim barnes