AUTO DA FE WAS FORMED IN 2000 IN POMONA, CA BY MARTIN KVISVIC (PYRAMIDS ON MARS, AMPS FOR CHRIST) AND TARA TAVI (AMPS FOR CHRIST, SODDAMN INSSEIN, AYE AYE CAPTAIN [WITH DAME DARCY], BLUE SILK SUTURES AND THUNDERSNAIL). SECRET EYE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS, THEIR DEBUT FULL-LENGTH. PAN-GLOBAL INSTRUMENTATION INCLUDES YANG QIN, GUZHENG, TAMBUR, BOUZOUKI, TABLAS, WOOD MARIMBA, BALALAIKA, HANDMADE ELECTRIC ZITHERS, GOTHIC HARP, CHINESE BANJO, TIBETAN TEMPLE CYMBALS AND BELLS AS WELL AS TRADITIONAL GUITAR, BASS, TRUMPET, AND DRUMS. THE SPECTRE SPANS A WIDE RANGE OF SOUNDS FROM TRAD-FLAVORED FREAK-FOLK TO MIDDLE EASTERN RAGA TO 80’S GOTHIC MINIMALIST ROCK. IMAGINE JOY DIVISION AND THE PENTANGLE PLAYING A BUNCH OF WEIRDO INSTRUMENTS FROM THE SMITHSONIAN BASEMENT – TOPPED OFF WITH TARA’S LOVELY VOCALS! GUEST APPEARANCES INCLUDE JOEL CONNELL, AARON KENYON AND HENRY BARNES FROM MAN IS THE BASTARD.
FANS OF AMPS FOR CHRIST WILL REVEL IN ITS UNIQUE BEAUTY. SECRET EYE OF PROVIDENCE, RI FOCUSES ON INTENSE FOLK, DRONE AND PSYCHEDELIC MUSIC FROM AROUND THE WORLD. • TARA TAVI HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF AMPS FOR CHRIST, ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR, WELL-REGARDED ACOUSTIC-FREAK-NOISE-FOLK GROUPS AROUND, SINCE 1999 – SHE HAS APPEARED ON SIX LPS RELEASED ON LABELS SUCH AS VERMIFORM, SHRIMPER AND 5RC/KILL ROCK STARS • AUTO DA FE’S ONLY PREVIOUS RELEASE WAS A TRACK ON THE FALSE OBJECT SENSOR COMP (VERMIFORM) ALONG WITH AMPS FOR CHRIST, THRONES, MEN'S RECOVERY PROJECT, RAH BRAS, SIX FINGER SATELLITE AND MORE.
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