Ancestral Star

by Barn Owl

Ancestral Star cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 19 October 2010
  • Label: Thrill Jockey
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:10
  • Community rating: 3.57/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Jon Porras, Evan Caminiti, The Norman Conquest, Portraits, Marielle Jakobsons

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Operating at the desolate crossroads of desert rock and dark ambient music, the San Francisco duo expanded their sound with subtle percussion and harmonium on this release. The sprawling, meditative guitar drones evoke vast, sun-scorched landscapes and an ominous, spiritual atmosphere deeply indebted to Ennio Morricone and Earth.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, instrumental, occult, shamanism, droning, guitars, atmospheric, desert, long-form

Tracklist

  1. Sundown (2:27)
  2. Visions in Dust (4:01)
  3. Night's Shroud (2:14)
  4. Ancestral Star (10:00)
  5. Cavern Hymn (1:58)
  6. Flatlands (6:16)
  7. Twilight (2:35)
  8. Awakening (2:54)
  9. Incantation (1:57)
  10. Light from the Mesa (6:43)

Credits

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