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San Francisco-based drone duo Barn Owl follow in the footsteps of provocative avant-gardists <a href="spotify:artist:0oKYiTD5CdNbrofRvM1dIr">Alice Coltrane</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6BsNCY0qB2WLl5LlXqA79y">Keiji Haino</a>, while building on the doom metal foundation planted by <a href="spotify:artist:5M52tdBnJaKSvOpJGz8mfZ">Black Sabbath</a>. Guitarists <a href="spotify:artist:0FDxPN4OkExGczv8cRTAZx">Jon Porras</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6WdrFGN3q3sjFJqieOi8K6">Evan Caminiti</a> started playing music together soon after meeting in an American Indian science class at San Francisco State in 2005 and realizing they had similar backgrounds playing in metal bands and a shared interest in meditative, psychedelic music. The two made home recordings for the latter half of the 2000s while pursuing a number of side projects. Barn Owl's year of fruition proved to be 2010: as well as starting their own label, Electric Totem, the band released three albums -- Conjurer on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Rootstrata%22">Rootstrata</a>, Headlands on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Important+Records%22">Important Records</a>, and Ancestral Star after signing to <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Thrill+Jockey%22">Thrill Jockey</a>. The band kept up its head of steam by touring internationally as well as kicking off 2011 with the 24-minute Shadowland EP, which was recorded by Phil Manley (<a href="spotify:artist:1YFIyRFTa7povIpq08DcCA">Trans Am</a>) in San Francisco, and following the EP with the full-length Lost in the Glare during the summer of that year. Also recorded by Manley, the sound of the harmonium -- which was so prevalent on earlier releases -- was replaced by a Farfisa organ for this outing. In 2013 the duo returned with fifth proper album V, which expanded their sound to include subtle drum machines and electronics. ~ Jason Lymangrover, Rovi
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