"I think of Gauchiste as setting
a mood for an abstract form of storytelling, a kind of lighting or
fog that proliferates throughout a room. It's more like horror
meditations," saysTannon Penland (Loincloth), one-third of the trio
Gauchiste, who are set to release their self-titled debut album on Little
Black Cloud Records on January 17, 2012. The release is
available digitally and physical product is limited to 100 records and 100 cds,
each of which comes in its own unique, specially designed packaging. It
was mastered by James Plotkin (Khanate, Scorn,Lotus
Eaters) who has worked with such metal heavyweights as Sunn O))), Earth,
and Goslings.
Says Tannon, "The idea of Gauchiste came to be out
of a shared love of oppressively heavy music and abstract minimalist forms
that moved us to ask the question 'How can we play with and
communicate sonically the "otherness" or peripheral spaces
in these worlds, that which hovers above them and around them?' We all
love metal in our own way. I imagine some will hear Gauchiste as an extension
of black metal, but it isn't at all. Metal in general is only a very small
part of the end result."
The project began when Tannon, along with other members Tomas
Phillips and Craig Hilton lived in Raleigh, NC.
"Because Tannon and I could actually see one another's apartments from our
own, Gauchiste became a daily ritual, the process of which was in equal parts
deadly serious and comic, which allowed us to climb into the mindset of the
metal we revere," recalled Tomas. "It's 1985, you're standing
within a torch-lit bunker somewhere in Eastern Europe in front of a
stage just prior to Celtic Frost taking their positions -
we aimed for the sound that should be floating throughout that room. You're
standing, alone, in the basement of King Diamonds' Mansion in the
darkness, we attempted to locate that grittier darkness". After
Tannon relocated to Richmond, VA the three continued to create together.
"It was then about letting one member free associate and compose
around an idea, and then passing it along to the next guy via the
internet to see where it would go. If something particularly good
was discovered, we would then narrow in on it and eventually meet in
person to finalize a given track," said Tannon.
The result is seven sublime meditations that are as
groundbreaking as they are terrifying.
Gauchiste is Tannon Penland, Tomas Phillips, and
Craig Hilton.
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