UTR Presents
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Seldom is the frequency with which gut-wrenching, evisceral heaviness and considered, refined musicianship and sheer virtuosity in songcraft are evenly mastered in equal doses in the same musical project. Less frequently still is such balance achieved in two musical projects, and it is with extreme rarity that two such forces combine to publicly demonstrate their respective unions of sonic extremity and proficiency on the same tour. Uncommon though such a prospect it is, October of 2012 sees it transpire on New Zealand soil when the doom-laden experimentalism, ambience and sludge of SUNN O))) and PELICAN arrive to shatter eardrums along with any preconceptions about the boundaries arbitrarily set in music performance.
The SUNN0))) mission is to create trance-like soundscapes with the ultimate low end/bottom frequencies intended to massage the listeners intenstines into acts of defecation. During their elusive live performances, the band have succesfully made audience members instantly nauseous and running for the toilet in terror with their all-out subterranean aural assaults. With over 25 official recordings (including 2009s acclaimed Monoliths and Dimensions) and numerous collaborations with the industrys most left-of-centre musical geniuses, Sunn O)))s resume speaks volumes to the intensity of their craft and the high regard in which their work is held.
PELICAN represent a pastiche of genre-defying sound; simultaneously cohesive and expansive in influence. Yet they have refined their own sound over the course of their career; constantly refining their experiments in crushing heaviness, albeit a kind melodically and compositionally a breed apart from their contemporaries. However, growth isnt only musical; its also philosophical. Extensive touring has tightened bonds and intensified the creative niche that Pelican has created, and their latest offering - 2012s Ataraxia/Taraxis EP - doesnt depict a shift as much as it exemplifies maturation. Though they have always reveled in textured progressions, their latest showcases more twists and unexpected turns from a band whose only predictable element is their sheer unpredictability.
These landmark performances will not be for the faint of heart or the novice-like of ear, and will be less a straightforward musical performance in a sweaty club than a truly numinous, transcendental experience set to soundtracks that will be simultaneously terrifying and beautiful. Prepare yourselves for a true test of the limits of music.
RW ENTERTAINMENT and UNDERTHERADAR presents
SUNN O)))
PELICAN
NEW ZEALAND TOUR OCTOBER 2012
THE KINGS ARMS, AUCKLAND
FRIDAY OCTOBER 19th
BODEGA, WELLINGTON
SATURDAY OCTOBER 20th
Tickets available 9am, Monday August 27th from www.undertheradar.co.nz
