SUNN O)))

hendramarshall · Post by **hendramarshall** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:25 pm

so... uh... yea i ran across this on the youtube. shit is crazy but i dont really get it. what is its purpose? its so... uh... out there... i guess. i dunno im kinda stumped by it. just seems like noise. any ninjas care to enlighten me? is there some sort of drug use associated with this? i just feel like if i was on a lot of acid i could easily be captivated by this/lose track of time

is just some sort of sonic experiment? i saw in another vid they have songs over 100 minutes in length

also the cloaks are weird, almost religious...

matt5120 · Post by **matt5120** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:30 pm

You know, a lot of people think that dubstep sounds boring and repetitive... music is subjective.

I don't really like SUNN O))), but I love Boris, some of there stuff is kinda similar.

Astral · Post by **Astral** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:31 pm

Sounds like what you do when you pretend to be able to play a guitar.

wolf89 · Post by **wolf89** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:32 pm

Basically seeing them live is the ultimate thing that will make you get it. It's fucking awesome.

Otherwise get an album by them and listen to it really fucking loudly (books fell of the shelf last time I listened to their black album)

watching them play on youtube is kind of boring as fuck and will result in you missing the point (like listening to Loefah through laptop speakers would)

kingGhost · Post by **kingGhost** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:37 pm

they're good. stoner/drone/doom metal etc etc. gotta listen to it several times to "get it"

hendramarshall · Post by **hendramarshall** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:46 pm

wolf89 wrote:Basically seeing them live is the ultimate thing that will make you get it. It's fucking awesome.

right, i hear that. this was kinda the way dubstep was for me... until i could FEEL the weight of the bass, the pressure, i didnt really get it. will give this a few more listens with some proper speakers and see if anything clicks

saw a video of the singer throat singing which was pretty cool, i know (well i've heard) how difficult that is.

wolf89 · Post by **wolf89** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:51 pm

Well, yeah it's the same as dubstepe in a way. Gotta have it so loud you can soak up the sound and feel the bass rattle through you

It says on the cds "Maximum volume yields maximum results" in fact. haha

Genevieve · Post by **Genevieve** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:57 pm

From beginning to end, listen to it. <.<

It's all about the sub and repetition and the distortion. It either works for you or it doesn't, I suppose.

hendramarshall · Post by **hendramarshall** » Mon May 30, 2011 6:04 pm

matt5120 wrote:You know, a lot of people think that dubstep sounds boring and repetitive... music is subjective.

I don't really like SUNN O))), but I love Boris, some of there stuff is kinda similar.

nono man, wasnt trying to have a go at them... genuinely intrigued by this because of the element in it that evades me at this point (if that makes any sense). im sure they are incredibly talented musicians.

its like 2 am here so im gonna give this a better listen tomoro when my parents are not asleep on the floor beneath me

Genevieve · Post by **Genevieve** » Mon May 30, 2011 6:08 pm

hendramarshall wrote:nono man, wasnt trying to have a go at them... genuinely intrigued by this because of the element in it that evades me at this point (if that makes any sense). im sure they are incredibly talented musicians.

That's cool that you're genuinely curious about them. There's a video on youtube of Sunn0))) tunes sped up and it sounds like classic Sabbath riffs. They're definitely not just hitting some chords, basically.

wubstep · Post by **wubstep** » Mon May 30, 2011 6:11 pm

Everything said so far is pretty much correct, but I do think they're overrated. Far too many people seem to worship at the Altar of Sunn, even live it gets boring after a while.

Fucked off after about half hour at Roadburn, needed rest before Scorn

capo ultra · Post by **capo ultra** » Mon May 30, 2011 7:59 pm

The best Sunn album is Earth2

loads of hipsters love Sunn, pointy shoes and that

test_recordings · Post by **test_recordings** » Mon May 30, 2011 8:08 pm

'Acid rock', when I'm in the mood it's good

Icey · Post by **Icey** » Mon May 30, 2011 8:24 pm

Sunn isn't my favorite band but they're okay. I like Earth more.

wubstep · Post by **wubstep** » Mon May 30, 2011 8:26 pm

Earth's second incarnation is so far superior it hurts, totally different shabang though.

Damn I love Earth.

garethom · Post by **garethom** » Mon May 30, 2011 8:26 pm

"It Took The Night To Believe" or "CandleGoat" are the ones for me.

Worth checking out Boris (as mentioned above). "Farewell" on the album "Pink" kills it, quite shoegazer-y compared to the rest of their stuff.

Sleep are also worth checking out, especially Dopesmoker, if you've got an hour or so to listen to one track.

wolf89 · Post by **wolf89** » Mon May 30, 2011 8:27 pm

Icey wrote:Sunn isn't my favorite band but they're okay. I like Earth more.

This is my favourite Earth track by far!

Icey · Post by **Icey** » Mon May 30, 2011 8:36 pm

wolf89 wrote:
Icey wrote:Sunn isn't my favorite band but they're okay. I like Earth more.

This is my favourite Earth track by far!

Yeah, it's awesome. Reminds me of my best friend and his summer place.

tomm · Post by **tomm** » Mon May 30, 2011 8:48 pm

nowhere near the best Drone music by a long shot but their live show is pretty great. it can be sinister as hell and its LOUD))).

a lot of folk love noise, ambient, drone, expermental, minimal electronic/microsound, sound art etc. it doesn't have to be a (by western standards) rhythmically cohesive slice of "my mum can understand this" music in order for it to be great. most of my favourite music makes fuck all sense on paper.

apmje · Post by **apmje** » Mon May 30, 2011 9:30 pm

I can't say anymore than what has already been said.

Just going to leave this here though.

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