six organs of admittance “rtz” triple long playing record set

• resurrection
  
  as voyage, in voyage
  bury dreams
  resurrection song
  the gardener (for ryan hildebrand)
  her breath, a prayer
  
  
• warm earth, which i’ve been told
  
  
• you can always see the sun
  
  
• punish the chasm with wings
  
  keep the cold
  last lantern to be seen from shore
  from the flesh
  distance between here and never
  celestial ascent
  
  
• nightly trembling
  
  redefinition of being (featuring creation aspects earth, air, water)
  
  creation aspect earth (reprise)
  creation aspect fire

drag city press release...

six organs of admittance rtz dc383 3xlp when you think of the way you used to live, the way you degraded the planet. you didn’t know all creatures are equal! today, you look back and see yourself in a different light. to think that six organs was all that held you up to the divine. six little organs of separation. sometimes that’s all it takes. the triple-lp epic called rtz (named after the button on a tascam 484 that “returns to zero”) fashions several lesser-known pieces from six organs of admittance’s early years into a massive prismatic arc, colossal and organic like some wonder of the ancient world. how could it be otherwise? even when existing as only one half of a record, as many of these pieces once did (and still do, somewhere), mr. 6ooa (ben chasny, y’all!) leans into the eternal — letting the winds of time scar his face and the light of all there is burn his skin black. grandmaster chas has sacrificed the body for his music time and again over the years. rtz is an iridescent chimera in full flight, viewed through stained glass. cataloging these early non-album excursions requires a bit of leg-(and mind) work. rtz travels back to the dawn of this century to locate “resurrection,” half of a time-lag split 12” with charalambides. “warm earth, which i’ve been told” is half of a mental telemetry split cd with vibracathedral orchestra and magic carpathians from 2003. “you can always see the sun,” was part of three lobed recordings’ purposeful availments subscription cd series in 2002. and nightly trembling was released way back in 1999 in an edition of 33 copies, all given away for free! that’s some spiritual shit right there. combined with a never-before-released extended piece called “punish the chasm with wings” from pre-millennial days and you’ve got yourself a deep, deep box set, crammed into a multi-faceted lp jacket. rich with excursions to exotic musical climes and rhythmic with prayerful chants from the dark shadows of the earth, rtz uses strings and bells, riffs both warm and icy, glowing lead guitars, massed voices and the pure, open air for its mantras and rituals. as the title alludes, these old sounds were forged in that bastion of personal expression, the four-track recorder. when a man can record a few feet from his bed, he becomes more inclined to render his nocturnal intuitions. and when that man is ben chasny, he can use those remastered (but still good and dusty) early recordings to attain the ultimate goal: a multi-faceted triple-gatefold lp! we should all be so lucky. oh wait, we are — now that we’ve got rtz forever, and more.

six organs of admittance “rtz” double compact disc set

• resurrection
  
  as voyage, in voyage
  bury dreams
  resurrection song
  the gardener (for ryan hildebrand)
  her breath, a prayer
  
  
• warm earth, which i’ve been told
  
  
• you can always see the sun
  
  
• punish the chasm with wings
  
  keep the cold
  last lantern to be seen from shore
  from the flesh
  distance between here and never
  celestial ascent
  
  
• nightly trembling
  
  redefinition of being (featuring creation aspects earth, air, water)
  creation aspect earth (reprise)
  creation aspect fire

drag city press release...

six organs of admittance rtz dc3832xcd when you think of the way you used to live, the way you degraded the planet. you didn’t know all creatures are equal! today, you look back and see yourself in a different light. to think that six organs was all that held you up to the divine. six little organs of separation. sometimes that’s all it takes. the double-cd epic called rtz (named after the button on a tascam 484 that “returns to zero”) fashions several lesser-known pieces from six organs of admittance’s early years into a massive prismatic arc, colossal and organic like some wonder of the ancient world. how could it be otherwise? even when existing as only one half of a record, as many of these pieces once did (and still do, somewhere), mr. 6ooa (ben chasny, y’all!) leans into the eternal — letting the winds of time scar his face and the light of all there is burn his skin black. grandmaster chas has sacrificed the body for his music time and again over the years. rtz is an iridescent chimera in full flight, viewed through stained glass. cataloging these early non-album excursions requires a bit of leg-(and mind) work. rtz travels back to the dawn of this century to locate “resurrection,” half of a time-lag split 12” with charalambides. “warm earth, which i’ve been told” is half of a mental telemetry split cd with vibracathedral orchestra and magic carpathians from 2003. “you can always see the sun,” was part of three lobed recordings’ purposeful availments subscription cd series in 2002. and nightly trembling was released way back in 1999 in an edition of 33 copies, all given away for free! that’s some spiritual shit right there. combined with a never-before-released extended piece called “punish the chasm with wings” from pre-millennial days and you’ve got yourself a deep, deep box set, crammed into a multi-faceted lp jacket. rich with excursions to exotic musical climes and rhythmic with prayerful chants from the dark shadows of the earth, rtz uses strings and bells, riffs both warm and icy, glowing lead guitars, massed voices and the pure, open air for its mantras and rituals. as the title alludes, these old sounds were forged in that bastion of personal expression, the four-track recorder. when a man can record a few feet from his bed, he becomes more inclined to render his nocturnal intuitions. and when that man is ben chasny, he can use those remastered (but still good and dusty) early recordings to attain the ultimate goal: a multi-faceted triple-gatefold lp! we should all be so lucky. oh wait, we are — now that we’ve got rtz forever, and more.

six organs of admittance “shelter from the ash” long playing record

• alone with the alone
  
• strangled road
  
• jade like wine
  
• coming to get you
  
  
• goddess atonement
  
• final wing
  
• shelter from the ash
  
• goodnight

six organs of admittance “shelter from the ash” compact disc

• alone with the alone (4:15)
  
• strangled road (5:33)
  
• jade like wine (4:11)
  
• coming to get you (7:28)
  
• goddess atonement (6:01)
  
• final wing (8:35)
  
• shelter from the ash (3:24)
  
• goodnight (3:36)

six organs of admittance “the sun awakens” compact disc

• torn by wolves (1:42)
  
• bless your soul (5:57)
  
• black wall (5:29)
  
• the desert is a circle (2:57)
  
• attar (2:53)
  
• wolves' pup (1:50)
  
• river of transfiguration (23:50)

six organs of admittance “school of the flower” compact disc

• eighth cognition / all you've left (5:22)
  
• words for two (1:40)
  
• saint cloud (5:36)
  
• procession of cherry blossom spirits (3:30)
  
• home (3:53)
  
• school of the flower (13:31)
  
• thicker than a smokey (3:12)
  
• lisboa (2:58)

hush arbors “hush arbors” compact disc

• water (1:45)
  
• follow closely (3:41)
  
• rue hollow (3:12)
  
• gone (4:10)
  
• bless you (5:33)
  
• sand (4:09)
  
• the light (4:50)
  
• water ii (4:19)

ecstatic peace! press release...

hush arbors hush arbors cat: e#100h all songs by keith wood all instruments by keith wood & leon dufficy guitar solo(s) on "follow closely" - ben chasny track 3 & 6 recorded by greg hughes all other tracks recorded by keith & leon keith wood, along with constant foil leon dufficy, is hush arbors, and while his self-titled ecstatic peace! debut is not his first album by any means - he's been at this almost ten years - it does provide the perfect introductory point to hush arbor's distinctive take on psych folk. combining the pensive songwriting of john phillips circa wolfking, the plaintive honesty of neil young, and the fishtank-gazing cacophony of six organs of admittance (wood is a frequent collaborator), wood writes classic-sounding songs that sound readymade for am radio, circa 1968. these songs would play as comfortably over a scene from the wonder years as they would piping from a noxious chillout tent at terrastock. there are songs here that resonate with the minor key melancholy of bert jansch or perhaps even mark kozelek, while others hint at a wire subscriber's siamese dream, all propulsive rhythms and lysergic electric guitar. some albums are 'growers' - not this one. while repeated listens reveal more and more details, as good albums should, this is also an album that commands immediate attention. try to put it on in a crowded room - just try. you'll have a 'high-fidelity-beta-band' scene on your hands within two minutes.

noel von harmonson / ben chasny “plays the book of revelations” long playing record

• plays the book of revelations (1)
  
  
• plays the book of revelations (2)