Ben Chasny is the man, the myth from Drag City guitar fest Six Organs of Admittance. Sounds like the making of his latest record, Luminous Light, out August 18, was some seriously risky business, what with the Turkish prison-style atmosphere and all! Check out our correspondance below:
Miss Ess: What music did you hear in your house when you were growing up, before you had a choice? Do you think this music had any influence on you?
Ben Chasny: The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You. Well, I have a crazy tribal backplate, so yes.
ME: When did you pick up the guitar?
BC: When I realized it was a lot easier to play like that than when it was lying on the ground (waa waaaa).
ME: When and how did you start writing songs?
BC: When I was 3. I wrote a song called "The Futility of the Rattle" inspired by Sartre. I've tried to simplify things since then.
ME: How has living in Seattle as opposed to the Bay Area influenced your latest batch of songs?
BC: Well, I can still look California here but feel Minnesota. Or is it th
e other way around?
ME: What made you ready to move away from a mostly guitar-based sound for this album?
Miss Ess: What music did you hear in your house when you were growing up, before you had a choice? Do you think this music had any influence on you?
Ben Chasny: The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You. Well, I have a crazy tribal backplate, so yes.
ME: When did you pick up the guitar?
BC: When I realized it was a lot easier to play like that than when it was lying on the ground (waa waaaa).
ME: When and how did you start writing songs?
BC: When I was 3. I wrote a song called "The Futility of the Rattle" inspired by Sartre. I've tried to simplify things since then.
ME: How has living in Seattle as opposed to the Bay Area influenced your latest batch of songs?
BC: Well, I can still look California here but feel Minnesota. Or is it th
e other way around? ME: What made you ready to move away from a mostly guitar-based sound for this album?
