Heavy Space Psych Doom Band

So, I'm trying to put together a live/recording unit in the style of Nebula, Sleep, Hawkwind, Comets on Fire, etc. Basically a heavy jammin', fun lovin' Funhouse-era Stooges/Heads/Hypnos 69 kind of creature.



Here's a comp. of the kinds of bands with a similar vibe:

http://www.mediafire.com/?4rmu0zzzeh5
Space Doom Project Idea Bands

Black Dice Meets Bunkur, or More Insectoid Blackened Noise Doom!

As I mentioned in my previous post, I've been messing around a lot with vocals. Sludge Chorus is composed entirely of processed vocals, and Molasses Vibrato is a tremolo picked thing-a-ma-bobber with bleaughhhhgrrrrr vocals.

http://www.mediafire.com/?zzhixzinzey
Molasses Vibrato


http://www.mediafire.com/?mj3mdmuomd2
Sludge Chorus

Pagan Ritual Doom Noise Extravaganza!

http://www.mediafire.com/?mwmylxmjmmj
Green Man Wakes is a new Arha recording. There's a little psych/freak folk, a little ritual black doom, a little "set the phasers on kill" Beme Seed/Sun Dial/Bevis Frond geetar, and a whiff of dancing around the maypole.....

Flat Horizon Sabbat

Flat Horizon Sabbat is the new Arha recording. It consists of more psych-noise-drone, and is inspired by star-gazing. I've been going out into my back yard every night and trying to really look closely at the progression of the constellations. Incidentally, I've also been listening to tons of Amm and MEV, and to some extent, these tracks are inspired by the spirit of late 60's anything goes experimentation. My next spring releases will be a Fahey/Basho/Bishop/Renbourn/Rose/Blackshaw/Jansch/Jones rip-off by Rose Hips, and then a crust/doom thing, inspired by my recent obsession with the new Darkthrone, along with my self-proclaimed Hessian status. Enjoy!

http://www.mediafire.com/?mqyvjnmnybq
Flat Horizon Sabbat

Slug March

Doom Noise
http://www.mediafire.com/?ie542jwyomy

Arha-Slug March

Neu Arha Drone, Doom, Noise, Psych, Shite!

Goofer Dust

http://www.mediafire.com/?wai1yiniikv
The Stars Are Out And Shining
http://www.mediafire.com/?mrdzkitb0xz

A Gash In The Universe (For Poppy Z. Brite)
http://www.mediafire.com/?mrdzkitb0xz

The Veil of Maya Descends Again
http://www.mediafire.com/?mrdzkitb0xz

The Veil Between Worlds Grows Thinner Each Second
http://www.mediafire.com/?mrdzkitb0xz
I recently read the excellent story, "Calcutta, Mother of Nerves", by Poppy Z. Brite, in the fantastic zombie fiction anthology, The Living Dead, edited by John Joseph Adams, and published by nightshade books. I was so struck by the imagery of decay, rebirth, and cosmic eternity contrasted with debased, massed humanity. I was inspired to record three zombie related tunes: Goofer Dust, which is a dark ambient piece, based on processed vocals and nylon-string Spanish guitar (Goofer Dust is dedicated to Zora Neale Hurston, and "goofer dust" is the expression used by voodoo practitioners to refer to grave dust. It was believed that grave dust had magical properties, including the ability to restore a murder victim to life for long enough to avenge their deaths by horribly slaughtering their killer. The other two pieces are "A Gash In The Universe", which is a funeral doom/noise piece, which is dedicated to Poppy Z. Brite, and by extension, Mother Kali, and "The Stars Are Out and Shining", which is an ambient/noise piece. I started out with heavily treated and effected voice and guitar samples from other pieces, then mixed them down and treated them with echo, reverb, and drenched them in delay. The resulting piece sounds a little like a field recording. I love sound manipulation......

Arha Debut Drone Doom!

Sorry about the cut-out at the end. Paste it into Audacity, and you can remix it into a proper eternal drone.... I've also included a couple of older tracks that are dark ambient droners.

Atuan Drone
http://www.mediafire.com/?dcdwknamgnn
Megalithic Echo Chamber
http://www.mediafire.com/?otie24ow9ek
Tectonic Plate Separation
http://www.mediafire.com/?qzjze3umxnw

Coreopsis the Blog Lives, Coreopsis the Band is No More!

I have been more active in Last Fm recently, and I noticed that there is a metal-core band from Texas, also called Coreopsis. I consulted with Depression Exorcism, and the general consensus was to change the name of my project. The same thing happened to Middian, and from what I've seen, the more established (pop-punk)band usually wins the name-thing battle. From now on, all of my recordings will be under the name Arha. The name is from Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea books, and as she is the priestess of the Tombs of Atuan, and dark cavernous sounds (alternating with shimmering airy ones) are my thing, that's what I'm going with. I'm keeping Coreopsis as the blog name, because I love Coreopsis flowers, and they ring the Coreopsis Manor, so they serve a symbolic purpose.

A Harvest of Pumpkin Scented Doom!

Just in time for Samhain, a set of heavy doom pieces.

http://www.mediafire.com/?r2dmhvixmut
The Veil Between Worlds Grows Thinner....

http://www.mediafire.com/?jnyudh5r51d
Samhain Feast

http://www.mediafire.com/?d04mxq10hyz
Samhain Feis

Secession

I was re-reading an old issue of the Wire this morning, and I was struck by the concept , put forward by the Yellow Swans, of psychic secession. It reminded me a bit of the T.A.Z concept, and I thought-why not appropriate it for a piece which references Eno and Corrupted, while doing what Ambient music is supposed to do- alter one's perception of time

http://www.mediafire.com/?ho3mvmsjr4p