A San Francisco duo whose droning, repetitive tracks stretch across minutes with minimal variation.
For a sense of their sound, 'Pilgrimage' is the one to hear. Or put on 'Addis' if you want to see how they stretch a pattern across many minutes.
If you've heard 'Pilgrimage', you know their sound: long, heavy patterns that feel either meditative or challenging, depending on your ear. Tracks like 'Addis' or 'State Of Non-return' don't follow traditional song structures, they just unfold slowly, built around Al Cisneros's bass lines and Chris Hakius's drums. It's a specific kind of listening that hasn't changed much since they started in 1995.
They formed in San Francisco in 1995 and put out early work like the 1999 EP 'Variations on a Theme'. Albums like 'Conference of the Birds' in 2002 and 'Pilgrimage' in 2004 defined their approach, and later additions like Emil Amos on guitars and keyboards didn't really shift the style. Records up through 'Universal Om' in 2018 have kept that same focus on heavy, repetitive soundscapes.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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