Droni Eye Omi is more than just a clever name (and it is effing clever!)
It’s a master work by one of the most underrated guitarists in the Heavy Underground. As usual, Brad Frye (Red Mesa, Desert Records) refuses to hog the spotlight, and on this release he teams up with flamenco icon Ronalda Baca to bring us the last thing in the world we could expect:
DRONE!!!
This is the most unusual release so far this year. At the same time, it’s totally consistent with Brad’s output. The same total commitment to what’s best for the song, the same instance on absolute collaboration, combined with the ability to stay grounded in tradition and still break all the rules.
In the Words of Droni Eye Omi:
“Two guitars, one from Brad Frye (Red Mesa and Desert Records founder) and a second one from Ronaldo Baca (renowned New Mexican gypsy jazz band Swing Magique and flamenco guitarist) bring you a dense electric guitar drone mixed with psych and space minimalism, and meditative heaviness.
However, desert/stoner rock or gypsy jazz/flamenco this is not!
This is true drone and minimalism inspired by Lamonte Young’s “Composition 1960 No. 7” and Earth’s “Earth 2”.
The band takes these primary influences and sends them straight to the cosmos.
Take a journey to the outer realms of your inner thoughts and sentiments. Droni Eye Omi are the cosmopilots that steer the celestial cruiser of sound into the vast universe of your mind.
Fear not of uncertainty, for nothing is certain with the settling of souls, here and beyond. Hear not the redundant questions of man, but experience the answers known to sound and vibration. Let the high-voltage guitars rumble your chest and rattle your ears to an intoxicating sphere of bliss and realization. Â
You are on a migration to thyself!”
I’m honored and shocked to have the chance to host this piece of art on the Clean and Sober Stoner YouTube Channel. Yesterday was Harvest of Ash, and now Droni Eye Omi. I hope you love this as much as I do. And if this is your first taste of Drone and Dark Ambient, I’m jealous. Droni Eye Omi is the perfect rabbit hole to jump down first…