{"id":31551,"date":"2019-06-22T12:30:13","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T16:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=31551"},"modified":"2019-06-21T17:33:55","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T21:33:55","slug":"sunn-o-and-earthquaker-devices-present-the-life-pedal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=31551","title":{"rendered":"Sunn O))) and EarthQuaker Devices present the Life Pedal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sunn O))) have launched the Life Pedal distortion, in collaboration with EarthQuaker Devices of Akron, Ohio, and in parallel with their new album ‘Life Metal’. Designed and manufactured by EarthQuaker Devices, the Life Pedal is the company\u2019s\u2019 first artist-focused pedal, reflecting an extension of the concept, tones and the colour of sound present in Sunn O)))\u2019s most recent LP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can order the Life Pedal exclusively from The Official Sunn O))) Reverb Shop hosted by Reverb.com here<\/a>. Check out the Life Pedal here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the writing sessions for ‘Life Metal’, Stephen O\u2019Malley and Greg Anderson worked extensively shearing their tones toward a broader energy spectrum over high powered saturation and across planes of sonic character, with the ambition to take full advantage of Steve Albini\u2019s (the recording engineer for the album) exacting capture skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The results are astounding: there is breadth and luminosity of colour, vast sonic cosmoses, flashes of abstract colour (synthetic and objective) through resulting themes which emerged from the mastered depths of saturation and circuits between the two players and their mountains of gear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Life Pedal is designed to represent the core front end chain used in those sessions, to drive the tubes of the band\u2019s multiple vintage Sunn O))) Model T amplifiers (or take your fancy) into overload ecstasy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a 100w tube amp full stack\u2019s holy dream, or its apostate nightmare. An octave fuzz inspired by the Shin-Ei FY2 & FY6 units leads the circuit into a LM308 chipped and brutal rodent big box distortion, recreated with the best components, and including a three-way clipping switch (op Amp, Asymmetric & Symmetric). Second stage is a purely clean boost to further overdrive the preamp tubes of your vintage system into-scaped harmonics, and feedback overtone bliss. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chasms are cleared, mountains sheared, glaciers calved, nov\u00e6 birthed. Vintage valve amplifiers recommended.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SUNN\u00a0O)))\u00a0released\u00a0‘Life Metal,’ via Southern Lord on April 26, 2019.\u00a0‘Life Metal’\u00a0is being supported by\u00a0SUNN\u00a0O)))’s forthcoming Summer European shows and a tour of the UK.

Summer shows – Europe<\/strong>
July 30\u00a0 Berlin, DE @\u00a0Festsaal Kreuzberg w\/ Caspar Brotzmann
July 31\u00a0 Berlin, DE @\u00a0Festsaal Kreuzberg w\/ Caspar Brotzmann
August 1\u00a0 Amsterdam, NL @ Dekmantel festival

September 2019 \u00a0– U.S. West Coast<\/strong>
September 1\u00a0 Dallas, TX @\u00a0Granada<\/a>\u00a0*
September 2\u00a0 Austin, TX @\u00a0Emo’s<\/a>\u00a0*
September 4\u00a0 Denver, CO @\u00a0The Gothic<\/a>\u00a0*
September 7 \u00a0Phoenix, AZ @ Arcosanti *
September 8\u00a0 Los Angeles, CA @\u00a0The Mayan<\/a>\u00a0*
September 9\u00a0 San Francisco, CA @\u00a0The Fillmore<\/a>\u00a0*
September 11\u00a0 Seattle, WA @\u00a0Showbox<\/a>\u00a0^
September 12\u00a0 Portland, OR @\u00a0Revolution Hall<\/a>\u00a0^
September 15. Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Forever *Shoshin\u00a0(\u521d\u5fc3)\u00a0Duo
* w\/ Papa M, Big|Brave<\/em>
^ w\/ Papa M<\/em>

October 2019 \u00a0– Europe + UK<\/strong>
October 7\u00a0 Munich, DE @\u00a0Backstage Werk<\/a>\u00a0%
October 8\u00a0 Karlsruhe, DE @\u00a0HfG \/ ZKM<\/a>\u00a0%
October 9\u00a0 Basel, CH @ Kaserne Basel –\u00a0Rosstall<\/a>\u00a0%
October 10\u00a0 Leipzig, DE @\u00a0Felsenkeller<\/a>\u00a0%
October 11\u00a0 Krakow, PL @ Unsound Festival
October 13\u00a0 Vilnius, LT @\u00a0Kablys<\/a>\u00a0%
October 14\u00a0 Tallinn, EE @\u00a0Vene Theatre<\/a>\u00a0%
October 15\u00a0 Helsinki, FI @\u00a0Kulttuuritalo<\/a>\u00a0%
October 17\u00a0 Stockholm, SE @\u00a0Kraken<\/a>
October 18\u00a0 Oslo, NO @\u00a0Kulturkirchen Jakob<\/a>
October 19\u00a0 Oslo, NO @\u00a0Bl\u00e4<\/a>\u00a0*duo show (Greg and Stephen only)
October 21\u00a0 Copenhagen, DK @\u00a0Koncerthuset<\/a>
October 22\u00a0 Nijmegen, NL @\u00a0Doornroosje<\/a>
October 24\u00a0 Bristol, UK @\u00a0SWX<\/a>
October 25\u00a0 Glasgow, UK @\u00a0QMU<\/a>
October 26\u00a0 Birmingham, UK @\u00a0The Crossing<\/a>
October 27\u00a0 Manchester, UK @\u00a0\u00a0Albert Hall<\/a>
October 28\u00a0 London, UK @\u00a0\u00a0Roundhouse<\/a>

% w\/\u00a0Caspar Br\u00f6tzmann Bass Totem<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UK tour<\/strong>
10\/24\/2019 SWX – Bristol, UK [info<\/a>]
10\/25\/2019 QMU – Glasgow, UK [info<\/a>]
10\/26\/2019 The Crossing – Birmingham, UK [info<\/a>]
10\/27\/2019 Albert Hall – Manchester, UK [info<\/a>]
10\/28\/2019 Roundhouse – London, UK [info<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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