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#5 on Pitchfork's Top 200 Albums of the 1980s
a place that he seemed destined for
vocals) and Martin Espinosa (bass
Tromping around South London through most of the 1980s
OM - Conference of the Birds LP dub with friendly support from Péron'sIncludes d l code. If you caught Om's Variations on a Theme, you know what to expect from Al Cisneros and Chris Hakius on the structurally similar follow up, Conference of the Birds. Much like last time, the trance inducing ex Sleep rhythm section allows huge, slightly fluctuating bass grooves, mantra style vocals, and locked down drum ecstatics to unfurl as lengthy, addictive, metal inflected incantations. Musically, things have also changed ever so,