Oracle (EP) explained

Oracle
Type:EP
Artist:Sunn O)))
Cover:Oracle (EP).jpg
Released:2007
Recorded:2006
Genre:Drone metal, dark ambient
Length:34:38; including Helio)))sophist 80:55
Label:Southern Lord
SUNN77
Prev Title:La Mort Noir dans Esch/Alzette
Prev Year:2006
Next Title:Dømkirke
Next Year:2008

Oracle is an EP by American drone metal band Sunn O))). The track "Orakalum" was recorded as part of a collaboration between the band and sculptor/installation artist Banks Violette for an exhibit at London's Maureen Paley gallery. The exhibit took place in two rooms: one with a black stage where the band recorded "Orakulum" with Attila Csihar locked inside a white coffin, and one with a white replica of the band's stage set up (including amps and guitars) cast out of salt and resin with a destroyed black coffin. The audience was locked outside for the performance and let inside after the band left "to generate a feeling of absence, loss and a phantom of what was."[1] [2] [3]

Track listing

Oracle

  1. "Belülről Pusztít" – 16:01
  2. "Orakulum" – 18:37

Limited Edition Bonus Disc

  1. "Helio)))sophist" – 46:17

Musicians

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Franklin. Dan. Movin' On: Scott Walker & Sunn O)))'s Soused Reviewed . The Quietus. March 25, 2019. May 3, 2019.
  2. Web site: Stosuy. Brandon. Sunn O))): Oracle EP Album Review. Pitchfork. August 16, 2007. May 3, 2019.
  3. Web site: Banks Violette Exhibit (Images & Press Release). Maureen Paley. May 3, 2019.