Die Geister Beschworen

geschichte (history) die geister beschwören (german for "summon the spirits") is portland, OR multi-instrumentalist oryan peterson's solo experiment with minimalistic recording methods, found sounds, field recordings, polyrythymic structure and instrumentation collected from around the globe... die geister beschwören was created in arcata, california in 1999 and developed alongside datura blues (the left coast psychedelic musical collective, formed the same year Read more on Last.fm …read full bio

geschichte (history) die geister beschwören (german for "summon the spirits") is portland, OR multi-instrumentalist oryan peterson's solo experiment with minimalistic recording methods, found sounds, field recordings, polyrythymic structure and instrumentation collected from around the globe... die geister beschwören was created in arcata, california in 1999 and developed alongside datura blues (the left coast psychedelic musical collective, formed the same year,) as a means of combining peterson's interest in ethnomusicology with the "new weird america" psychedelic folk movement... charting and documenting the similarities of particular pan-global musical characteristics regarding spiritual, mythological and psychological significance upon behavior and culture, ritualizing the art of nomadic emotive storytelling, tugging at the necessary strings to trap and snare the soul... this is music for quiet rooms, language learned in a forgotten tongue... the resulting sounds fall somewhere between the howls of a dusty snake charmer and a whispered prayer... ... as well as performing as die geister beschworen and in datura blues, peterson sometimes lends his talents to fellow portland act, firs of prey as a back up vocalist and the occasional cornetist for the band formerly known as church (recently renamed hosannas,) shine bright little stars... Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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