For Octavio Paz

Since the release of Six Organs of Admittance's self-titled debut in 1998, Ben Chasny has played pure guitar within individual songs. But 'For Octavio Paz' is his first full record where he explores the guitar inside and out, solo and over-dubbed, steel and nylon string (in fact, 'For Octavio Paz' is the first Six Organs album to feature the reverberations of a nylon string guitar). What really sets Chasny apart from other modern Fahey worshipers is that Chasny's pantheon is willing to accept a wider array of other guitarists into the lexicon -- Peter Walker or Richard Youngs, for example -- not to mention the fact that he can stand the sound of a Stratocaster. This is THE definitive guitar record from Six Organs of Admittance. Originally released as a vinyl-only limited edition by Time-Lag at the end of 2003, 'For Octavio Paz' sold out instantaneously. But this material is too strong to belong to so few, so Holy Mountain has thankfully reissued it on CD and now digital.