Name: Hexadic
Brand: Six Organs Of Admittance

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2015-02-19

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Six Organs Of Admittance

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Drag City

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Classic

Drag City is a renowned music label that was founded by Dan Koretzky and Dan Osborn. With an impressive roster of artists, Drag City has established itself as a leading force in the music industry. Known for their diverse range of genres, the label has consistently released groundbreaking and influential albums. From indie rock to experimental folk, Drag City continues to push boundaries and nurture innovative talent.

Since its inception, Drag City has been dedicated to supporting artists who defy conventions and create unique sounds. The label's commitment to artistic freedom has allowed musicians to explore their creativity without limitations. This approach has resulted in a catalog of critically acclaimed albums that have resonated with audiences worldwide.

With an unwavering focus on quality over quantity, Drag City carefully curates its releases, ensuring each album receives the attention it deserves. Their meticulous attention to detail extends beyond the music itself, with beautifully designed album artwork and packaging that enhance the overall listening experience.

Six Organs Of Admittance is the musical project of guitarist Ben Chasny. With a career spanning over two decades, Chasny has established himself as a prominent figure in the experimental folk and psychedelic rock genres. Known for his intricate guitar work and mesmerizing compositions, Six Organs Of Admittance creates music that transcends boundaries and explores new sonic territories. From delicate acoustic melodies to sprawling electric soundscapes, Chasny's unique blend of influences results in captivating and immersive listening experiences.
Throughout his discography, Six Organs Of Admittance has consistently pushed the boundaries of what can be achieved with a guitar. Chasny's virtuosic playing style combined with his innovative use of effects pedals and unconventional tunings create a distinctive sound that is instantly recognizable. His ability to seamlessly blend elements of traditional folk music with avant-garde experimentation sets him apart from other artists in the genre.
With numerous critically acclaimed albums under his belt, including "School of the Flower" and "Ascent," Six Organs Of Admittance continues to captivate audiences worldwide. Whether performing solo or collaborating with other musicians, Chasny's live performances are known for their intensity and raw emotion. As an artist who constantly evolves and pushes artistic boundaries, Six Organs Of Admittance remains at the forefront of contemporary experimental music.

Six Organs of Admittance's Ben Chasny has devised his very own system of musical composition, The Hexadic System, which is the basis for new album, entitled 'Hexadic' released on Drag City. How The Hexadic System came to be...Ben Chasny's restless intellect has regularly guided the progress of his creation. A lyrical mastery of acoustic finger-picking would be enough to build a body of work for most musicians; this is just the stepping-off point for Ben. From the earliest days of private-press psych home recordings, Six Organs of Admittance has sought out alternative spaces in which to make music and challenge audiences to keep up with his rapid advances into new terrain. Over the last two years Ben assembled a comprehensive system of musical composition. Designed to free sound and language from rational order and replace calculation with indeterminacy, The Hexadic System is a catalyst to extinguish patterns and generate new means of chord progressions and choices. Though it was not his intention upon creating this unique system, the structures generated were so compelling, that they soon became the bones of the next Six Organs record. This is the longest time between Six Organs records since Ben started making them in 1998. This is also why Hexadic sounds unlike anything else made this year, and generally unlike most other things made ever. The System builds all of the tonal fields, chord changes, scales, and lyrics on Hexadic, creating the framework of the songs that the musicians engage with. Yet the System is open; within the framework, Chasny's own personal aesthetics - such as the production mode of loud guitars, the order of songs, the editing of length, were all conscious decisions made to communicate the pieces. The exact same combinatorial patterns used on this record would generate infinite results, depending on the choices of the individual. Ben's years of study have produced an operational agent that has not only built all the songs on Hexadic but is also a system anyone can use to restructure their ways of habit. With a desire to provoke the unconscious and spring past the strictures and limits of the conscious mind, this was the goal: to use the System to make heavy music with as few 'heavy' signifiers as possible. The ones that are left: Volume. Distortion. Impact! This is Hexadic: the sound of the System in the hands of Six Organs of Admittance.

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