12 Jul 2012 — Henning Lahmann
Seminal San Francisco experimental duo
Barn Owl has always been a hub for all kinds of solo ventures of its members Jon Porras and Evan Caminiti. This year alone, Caminiti has already released a staggering work of stripped-down folk-informed drone with
Night Dust on
Immune Recordings, and is set to drop another full-length on August 21 via
Thrill Jockey, named
Dreamless Sleep.
Last year, his partner in crime Jon Porras' first solo effort under his own name,
Undercurrent on
Root Strata, took a similar path into slow-burning, deep drone territory. For his latest effort however, Porras has broken out in a different direction with his new project DVVLLXNS, not that obviously named after Dorothy Vallens, Isabella Rossellini's character in
Blue Velvet. The four-track EP
LITVNY is a dazzling example of contemporary occult electronica founded on unsettling substructures of menacing white noise and haunting samples, creating expansive soundscapes that evoke images of late night cruises through the daunting, abandoned outskirts of the city. A highly compelling EP, and a superb debut for Jon Porras' new musical course.
The EP is also supposed to serve as the initial spark for digital movement/blog
THX NXW MXNVMXNTS, which will be curated by Porras and fellow Bay Area artists and work as a focal point for happenings on the darker side of electronic music in and around San Francisco.
LITVNY is out now and available via
bandcamp.
