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Ancestral Star

Barn Owl

2010 · Rock

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Ancestral Star by Barn Owl

Ancestral Star is an Electronic album by Barn Owl, originally released in 2010. On Gatefold: 4 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.

About

Jon Porras and Evan Caminiti formed the San Francisco duo Barn Owl after meeting in an American Indian science class and bonding over a love of doom metal, drone rock, free jazz, and Americana folk. <i>Ancestral Star</i> tastefully blends all these influences, then stretches them across an ever-changing sonic topography. “Sundown” opens with a magnifying glass held over the pitted textures of dual guitar distortion played at a crawling pace, before “Visions in Dust” takes a more assertive stand on composition. Its lazy stride requires a patient listener, as Porras and Caminiti slowly build up the tunes before arranging them. The 10-minute title track plays like an epic journey, starting with lilting blankets of ambience that gradually ascend in volume. The guitars gradually shift to approximate those of ambient black metal before thinning out onto a more organic minimalist ground.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Sundown2:27
  2. 2Visions In Dust4:01
  3. 3Night's Shroud2:14
  4. 4Ancestral Star10:00
  5. 5Cavern Hymn1:58
  6. 6Flatlands6:16
  7. 7Twilight2:35
  8. 8Awakening2:54
  9. 9Incantation1:57
  10. 10Light from the Mesa6:43

Sound DNA

  • Electronic
  • Ambient & Downtempo
  • cavernous
  • brooding
  • desert

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Evan CaminitiELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, VOCALS, PIANO ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, VOICE, PIANO
  • Jon PorrasELECTRIC GUITAR, DRUMS, HARMONIUM, VOCALS, PIANO, TRUMPET ELECTRIC GUITAR, DRUMS, HARMONIUM, VOICE, PIANO, TRUMPET
  • Marielle JakobsonsVIOLIN
  • PortraitsPERCUSSION
  • The Norman ConquestSYNTHESIZER VOCALS

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