Elm (Barn Owl) - Woven Into Light

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5...according to our Ant on Thu 08 Jan, 2009.

Wow! Two minutes in and I'm thoroughly taken by 'Woven Into Light' by Elm which is the solo project of Jon Porras who is half of duo Barn Owl (Not Not Fun). This was recorded at home in San Francisco during the summer of 2008. Porras uses guitars, vocals, harmonium, harmonica, drum and flute combined with a huge amount of talent and imagination to create his own mysterious world. 'Rising Smoke Woods' is very cinematic and dramatic sounding with it's epic drones and deeply haunting guitar.'Fog Water Shroud' is a very moving piece of music. There's a kind of underlying menace and bleakness but there's light shining through with gorgeous tones that I find very uplifting. Phil is reminded of the celestial vibes on the recent Ekca Liena album on Dead Pilot albeit this is more organic. A mighty fine 7 track album that I can't recommend enough. Getting lost in this stuff is a real joy. Ltd numbered edition of 250 copies on Blackest Rainbow. Don't miss the boat on this one. Already sold out at source.

Solo project of one half of Barn Owl, Jon Porras... and its an absolute mind blower. Following his previous release on Digitalis (that vanished in the flash of an eye), here's a new 7 track album of meandering drone laced with guitars, vocals, harmonium and harmonica... Opener 'Rising Smoke Woods' sounds as though its been recorded at the top of a hill at the close of day, slow, bleak, guitar with distant waves of vocal telepathy, far out chimes, and a mellow building drone that turns into an almost doom riff from the looming darkness. 'Solemn Night Prayer' has an almost nomadic wanderer feel to it, with its whispering flutes, fuzzed riff and repetitive guitars foot stepping around and around. Album finale is with 'Waves Break Into Beams of Light', which is a hazy mist of shaky drones layered over one another. Limited to 250 hand numbered copies, pro manufactured CDRs with simple stark on disc print.

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