for those into “drone metal” —-
KTL feat. Stephen O’Malley/SUNN + Azonic feat. members of Khanate and Blind Idiot God concert March 27 at Poisson Rouge in NYC —

MEMBERS OF EPIC EXPERIMENTAL BANDS SUNN, KHANATE
AND BLIND IDIOT GOD CONVERGE UPON LE POISSON ROUGE IN NEW YORK CITY FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY ON MARCH 27

Azonic is Blind Idiot God (BIG) founder Andy Hawkins on guitars and Tim Wyskida (Khanate, BIG) on timpani, concert bass drum and gong. The band’s signature sound has been dubbed orchestral drone. “From the first booming thud of Wyskida’s timpani,” Echoes and Dust opines “there is an undercurrent of dread that runs through [it]…The dread comes in waves, shot through with moments of shimmering beauty as Hawkins’ guitar rings and shudders through the dark, notes and chords bending and stretching, loops of delay crashing and decaying around them whilst Wyskida stalks around and through, adding subsonic booms, ghostly taps and minimalist distant gong washes…”

“For this material,” Andy Hawkins explains, “adding orchestral percussion to the wide angle sonic signature extends depth and the time scale. The result is oceanic in proportion, a relentless power changing the boundaries between states of matter, and the musical landscape itself.” Tim Wyskida adds “Getting away from a drum kit and getting behind an old, gargantuan concert bass drum, timpani and gong opened up a wide range of possibilities: longer sustains, lower tones, pitch bending — and they can better withstand a heartless assault.“

KTL (Peter Rehberg + Stephen O’Malley) – Rare NYC Performance with AZONIC and Dreamcrusher
Date: Wednesday, March 27th
Venue: Le Poisson Rouge at 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012
Ticket Price: $20
Doors 7pm, Show 8pm
Line up: Azonic with KTL and Dreamcrusher
Tickets on sale HERE.
Event page HERE.

For fans of: Sunn, Khanate, Stephen O’Malley, Blind Idiot God, Bill Laswell, Jimmy Hendrix, Gorgy Ligeti, and Igor Stravinsky.

#dark #ambient #drone #experimental

AZONIC Album Press Release:

NEW ALBUM FROM AZONIC FEATURING BLIND IDIOT GOD FOUNDER ANDY HAWKINS AND 
TIM WYSKIDA (KHANATE, BIG) TITLED, PROSPECT OF THE DEEP VOLUME ONE
OUT NOW

(Brooklyn, NY) – The new album by Azonic titled, Prospect Of The Deep Volume One, is out now featuring album artwork by Seldon Hunt.  Azonic is Blind Idiot God (BIG) founder Andy Hawkins on guitars and Tim Wyskida (Khanate, BIG) on timpani, concert bass drum and gong. The bands signature sound has been dubbed orchestral drone. “From the first booming thud of Wyskida’s timpani,” Echoes and Dust opines “there is an undercurrent of dread that runs through the three pieces here…The dread comes in waves, shot through with moments of shimmering beauty as Hawkins’ guitar rings and shudders through the dark, notes and chords bending and stretching, loops of delay crashing and decaying around them whilst Wyskida stalks around and through, adding subsonic booms, ghostly taps and minimalist distant gong washes…”

Prospect Of The Deep Volume One includes two side-length pieces, “Oblivion Of The Deep” and “The Argonaut’s Reckoning” on the vinyl LP, and a third bonus piece, “Voices Of The Drowned” on the CD. “Prospect Of The Deep” is a natural progression for Azonic,” guitarist Andy Hawkins explains. “Adding orchestral percussion to the wide angle sonic signature extends depth and the time scale. The result is oceanic in proportion, a relentless power changing the boundaries between states of matter, and the musical landscape itself. It was a long time coming, but the wave has broken.” Tim Wyskida adds “Getting away from a drum kit and behind an old, gargantuan concert bass drum, timpani and gong opened up a wide range of possibilities: longer sustains, lower tones, pitch bending — and they can better withstand a heartless assault.“

The album was recorded with Bill Laswell (Motörhead, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Laurie Anderson, Painkiller) at BC Studios. BC Studio (Swans, Sonic Youth, Brian Eno, Khanate) was selected for its enormous tracking rooms, which are ideal for the high volume, long tone qualities of this music. The recording is highly evocative, rich in tone, focused wide and with an immense scale.

The band has played with fan-favorites Sunn (featuring Wyskida’s bandmate from Khanate, Stephen O’Malley). Influences include Jimmy Hendrix, Gorgy Ligeti, Blind Idiot God, and Igor Stravinsky.

ABOUT INDIVISIBLE MUSIC
Indivisible Music is helmed by Andy Hawkins and is based in Brooklyn, NY. The label was established in 2014 and plans to re-issue the remaining two out of print Blind Idiot God records (the self-titled album and Cyclotron) in the near future. Undertow, the band’s sophomore album from 1989 will be re-released on October 13th, 2017. The band is currently rehearsing the material for the fifth Blind Idiot God record, to be released in 2018. Visit the label online at indivisiblemusic.com.