![]() ![]() It's very soft and unassuming, even for Om, using its repetitive nature to slowly build up emotional tension in the listener over a time span of just five minutes, which, if you're unfamiliar with the band, is almost unheard of for them.Īlpha & Omega's first reworking, "Ababa Dub", shows an interesting take on the piece. The (comparatively) short opening track from Advaitic Songs, "Addis" is a very light piece that lays Arabic-influenced chant and instrumentation over Om's usual raison d'être. The first, the Addis Dubplate, is a reworking of Om's song "Addis". But they aren't stopping anytime soon-in addition to a planned single from frontman Al Cisneros to hit later this year, two of the band's tracks from their latest release have been handled by British reggae/dub act Alpha & Omega to be released as a series of dubplates. Believe.Everyone's favourite stoner rock band with a flair for the religious Om has been on a roll lately, releasing the incredible Advaitic Songs just last year. Their vibrations of the philosophical and the physical are meant to move you. You can go to the shelf and study it: there are comparative religions, philosophy, metaphysics, mythology, and history. Al Cisneros has been pursuing the pure note as OM (and previously with Sleep) for many years now, but this is the first OM record to feature the battery of Emil Amos, who replaces Chris Haikus in the chair. The duo that is OM is composed of bass and drums and whatever else comes into their mind that will serve the song and do it justice. With careful microscopic increase, the energy grows through the four songs, leading towards moments that one could interpret.revelation? Oblivion? Awakening? Since 2004, OM have burned their name into the annals, trolled the fertile crescent, faithfully made more out of what little was put into their hands, forged three full-length albums from white-hot evaluations of the infinite. As ever, dynamic relationships and the slow building of mood are attenuations that shape the structures of God is Good. And in doing so, they seek to release you as well. As the ghat liberates soul from body to the ultimate, so too do OM strive to disengage from the finite object of their objective mortal self to rest in the empty and timeless witness. Playing the music is visceral, emotional, a catharsis of soul and spirit. OM albums are rituals, personal convictions transcripted into verse. Songs come from innumerable sources, filtering through the external and the internal. It's true that the one way pursued by OM leads in many different directions. Are you surprised? Perhaps you've haven't understood what OM was saying to you. OM have done their time in the desert, and ever-changing, are returned. "It's been years now - just about two, judging from the sun. ![]() ![]()
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