Sunn 0))) are a strange proposition. Their robes-and-smoke-machine aesthetic could well give the impression that they're an elaborate joke.
Describing their music doesn't go far to dispel this impression - for much of their Koko gig they cycled through three or four ultra low chords at a pace so sluggish that each change sounded like a rock face collapsing into the sea.
There are no drums. The music has no propulsion aside from the crowds willing it on. The tension builds incrementally until you feel they have to change chord or the place'll vibrate itself apart.
Slower and heavier music may be possible but it'd be hard to say how... MORE +
01. IGOR STRAVINSKY the rite of spring
02. THE BEATLES sgt. pepper
03. LEONARD COHEN the sisters of mercy
04. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART electricity
05. VELVET UNDERGROUND venus in furs
06. NICO my only child
07. LOVE alone again or
08. PINK FLOYD astronomy domine
09. JIMI HENDRIX purple haze
10. BOB DYLAN the times they are a-changin Via
Cosey Fanni Tutti - Bioschismic
Time is defined by and within the human experience yet the dominance of ‘linear’ time prevails. We are inextricably linked with time, ‘Life’ is measured in time.
Depending on particular situations our experience of time can be elusive, appear stretched, accelerated, and on occasions all too specifically in synch with defined parameters. Audio recordings, film, Internet, and photography are some of the means by which we choose to mark ‘times’. Such documentary methods signify our need to externalise particular events and also to activate memories.
‘Bioschismic’ is created solely from audio and photographic documentation of Xeni’s time spent receiving Chemo Therapy. The repetitive drip drip rhythm of the toxic chemicals measured in precise doses over a specific period of time provide the prospect of extending (life) time. Time is the dominant force yet the effects of the drugs change the experience of time to a space that is other worldly - a different time zone - a schism within and for life itself. - Cosey Fanni Tutti