专辑简介

One can find evidence of a pretty broad array of musical touchstones on Abronia’s Obsidian Visions/Shadowed Lands: Morricone Spaghetti Western soundtracks, spiritual free jazz, Tuareg guitar bands of the Sahara, drone metal, 70’s Krautrock, Ethiopiques, Glenn Branca, outlaw country, various tribal music, 60’s psychedelia, and maybe even a little 80’s goth. Abronia unearths the common seed that unites these seemingly disparate elements and makes you realize that all of it, at its core, is just striving for its own kind of transcendence. Your approach, style, and the instruments you use stems from the place you’re from, what you’re exposed to, and what resonates with you based on your personal experiences, but TRANSCENDENCE–well that’s really what this whole thing is getting at.

Recorded onto 2” tape by Jason Powers (an engineer known for his work with Grails and Moon Duo among many others) at the venerable Type Foundry Recording Studio, this album is a document of the first five completed compositions by the six piece. Everyone gathered around the big drum and played together, with minimal overdubbing. It’s a snapshot of a band coming right out of the gate with a powerful, realized vision.