Six Organs Of Admittance / Rtz

Drag City

The double-CD, 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. 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) leans into the eternal—letting the winds of Time scar his face and the light of All There Is burn his skin black. RTZ is an iridescent chimera in full flight, viewed through stained glass. 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 for its mantras and rituals. (STREET DATE - 1/20/2009)

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