Six Organs of Admittance – Luminous Night

Six Organs of Admittance, better known as the ineffable and extremely prolific Ben Chasny, is in many ways the backbone of the new folk revival of this millennium (what better time to revive it!). In the words of Devendra Banhart, when talking of modern folk music; "Six Organs are the garden and I am the slug eating the lettuce".  You only have to listen to Chasnys back catalogue (in awe, I might add) to see where Banhart is coming from. It's become increasingly difficult to shed any new light on this folk tradition. But if anyone is going to freshen things up it will be Mr Chasny of course.The regularity and incomparable consistency of Chasny's works deserves him a place as a somewhat guardian, playwright or composer of the new folk chapter. Let us not forget he also makes music as part of psyche rock powerhouse Comets on Fire, as well as Current 93 and many other collaborations arriving from here, there and everywhere. Luminous Night stands up to Chasny's past in somewhat expected fashion, there’s no way he was going to make a bad record - impossible really.There is a definite identifiable theme running through Six Organs music. That of the American Wild West, the lone ranger, the gunslinger”¦ a hitman! Chasny is the one man and his guitar; Lonesome on 'Acteons Fall (Against The Hounds)', the drifting flute and viola harmonies and finely picked guitar hinting at themes of the drifter; Mystical on the quite fantastic 'River of Heaven'; at times Tumultuous as on the brooding drone of 'Enemies Before the Light'. There are influences from the great Western composer Ennio Moricone, whether that be intentional or subconsciously on his part. The guitar playing is melodic precision that is simply out of this world. However, it is the new weight of production that came into play on Shelter From The Ash, where Chasny started recording albums in a studio rather than his usual 4 track, that has opened up a new vastness for him, a pallet that Chasny has explored before but never with such might.All in all Luminous Light is another step of crafty perfection that has become synonymous with Six Organs. Another triumph for Ben Chasny as he crafts his landscape of palatial dream. 70%Six Organs on Myspace