SUNN O))), Boris May 25, 2006

"Is it possible to alter your mind by pushing air? Drone masters SUNN O))) prove it is, in an evening of guitars so heavy that tonality takes on a physical life of its own. An important aspect of the evolution of recent music, from 1970s punk to ?80s hardcore to ?90s experimentalism, drone captures those influences while reflecting the precision and chaos represented in the multiplicity of musics being created today. Many-layered sonic textures are matched with an ear toward the meditative, an atonal density of energy that is nearly transcendent in its result. An evening with the duo is as much performance art as concert, invoking a mystical aura of doomcore-trance that aligns with the spiritual paths of bands like Earth, Thrones, and the Melvins. They are joined in a rare U.S. date by Japan?s legendary Boris, at long last making a Minneapolis appearance. Exquisitely noisy and distortedly languid, the trio segue from Stooges-inspired psych riffs torn up and spit back through the investigative lens of Keiji Haino and Merzbow to the lowest grinding sludge experiments the likes of Sleep and Corrupted." - Walker Art Center Info Page