August Born 'August Born'

August Born
August Born (Drag City 2005)
For those not in the know August Born are Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance, Comets on Fire) & Japan's Hiroyuki Usui (Fushitsusha ('L'), Marble Sheep & early Ghost) & best known for his psychedelic masterpiece with L, Holy Letters. And it is this album where one can hear a strong influence for sounds heard on Six organs of Admittance.

Thanks to journalist and Japanese music lover Alan Cummings, Usui and Chasny started an e-mail-based conversation that became collaboration through mail. Chasny sent off a nugget of sound, Usui added to it and sent it back & so on. Cleary the music feeds of each other as the artists must have been eagerly waiting for each new sound or piece of music to arrive.

It is a mellow, yet experimental work based on the idea of 'fortuitous mistranslation.' The various poles of influences are evident, yet somehow there appears to be a natural sybiosis & meshing of the sounds. Whilst the album may seem like just a rough & haphazard work, further listenings will guide you otherwise. Chasny appears to defer to his highly respected partner most often, yet is still heard in quite a convincing manner in more subtle ways.

Looking forward to more from these guys - that's for sure!

August Born = Hiroyuki Usui (vocals, guitar, banjo, tambura, harmonium, vibraphone, bass guitar, didgeridoo/yidaki (this is the proper indigenous word), drums, conga etc);
Ben Chasny (vocals, guitar - accoustic & electric, autoharp, recorders)
& Ryan Hilderbrand: Field Recordings (trks 1 & 4)

Get this via their label Drag City.

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