SUNN O)))'s Shoshin (初心) Duo Live at Pioneer Works (Full Set)

Characterized by slow tempos, heavy distortion, and environmental effects, the music and performances of SUNN O))) saturate their environments with monolithic soundscapes and immersive atmospheres. In December 2022, guitarists Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson, who founded the experimental metal band in Seattle in 1998, returned to the live aspect in its core, original raw form. The two performed as Shoshin (初心) Duo, immersing the audience in profound valve amplification, spectral harmonics, distortion, and volume. Witness a live experience of physical sound, fog, and glacial maximalism like no other.
This project is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Program in Public Understanding of Science and Technology, bridging the two cultures of science and the arts.
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[@davidrewit]

A Tiny desk sesh would be sick

[@mrmac6356]

Legend has it, they have added a second note to the new material

[@alexanderslagle2774]

I was front row center. The greatest sonic experience of my life.

[@Chasecka]

I just don’t get it….

[@nin114]

@@Chasecka Sound power. What is there to get?

[@yvindrstepedersen2494]

The only place to be. Cleansing.

[@alexanderslagle2774]

@@Chasecka you need to experience it in person. It’s not for everyone, but for those of us who it is for, will tell you it’s unlike anything else.

[@Chasecka]

@@nin114 why it’s appealing in the least bit. Sounds awful.

[@rsdan1984]

Saw them in Bristol on this tour. Phenomenal. Never seen anything like.

[@tikojonas1992]

Saw this in Paradiso, Amsterdam. Changed my perspective on music as a whole. Insane how you can really tell different parts calming down and picking up when hearing this afterwards. It's a complete vaccuum of space and time when you're witnessing this in person.

[@davidgibbs7908]

I was at this show. It was great! Nice to see it again!

[@EliLemke-ft3fs]

My friend went to see Sunn and he said it was like someone put a vacuum over the world and kept turning it on and off within milliseconds and at points felt like he was literally breathing the electricity and amplitude of the riffs

[@icareg]

Its kinda surreal seeing a recording of Sunn O))) that has multiple camera angles and decent audio.

[@tempurasupplyco]

shoshin came to slc, i could still hear the note as if i was next to the speakers getting a sip of beer outside the VENUE

[@zorniki]

I saw and felt the shoshin duo in Vienna last year and it was a transcendental experience. My left ear still tells a story about that gig 😅

[@d_walsh]

My left ear too. Hasn't been the same. Ear plugs had no chance

[@tedbizon3]

Thanks for posting this. Amazing video!

[@deoclicianookssipinvieira5858]

Thank you!

[@welcometonebalia]

Thank you.

[@isolateddemon9438]

LONG LIVE THE DRONE🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@cartwheelvideo]

I was there! Incredible night

[@220_hz4]

Saw them twice in 2023. Electrifying performance

[@josephlara2339]

God damn it I need to see this

[@nomadben]

You need to man

[@vd4239]

was there. absolutely packed. many people sat on the floor towards the back soaking this in. very different experience than i had anticipated but it was surreal nonetheless. the sheer volume and sonic pressure forces you into a trance like state. their set surely felt longer than 1hr20min.

[@JonJonJonJonJonJonJonJon]

Woulda felt like a month ffs.

[@slowdownabit3343]

Who recognized Hotel California at 13.25 ?!!😁

[@oliversoffge9441]

🤣

[@Necrodude]

i dont hear it

[@amysargeant5301]

@@Necrodude come on mate

[@FATKEVMTB]

I’ve seen them live and used humans in front of me as audio armor. 🔊🤘🏽🔊

[@pan.satyros131]

Awwww yea!!!!!

[@Les537]

An hour and a half to tune a guitar is a bit much.

[@abysmal990]

あなたの精神をチューニングするために必要な時間としては丁度良い。

[@keenansalzsauler5858]

gonna cover this entire set for my Berkley audition

[@gabrielegori3153]

Sunn O))) = Jump into a crater of Volcano))) 😈🤘🖤

[@Hdhdushzhz57743]

This is not Doom, it is post-Doom, as in what the heat death of the universe sounds like

[@SlickSonicTitan]

This live recording is amazing...but pales in comparison to in person. Cliché but true, you really had to of been there. I saw them on the euro tour this year and made sure to get to the front, its so much more transcending and arty live in person.

[@SiliconMolybdenumNitrogen]

Should be headlining Glastonbury instead of all that pop shit

[@josephlara2339]

I wonder if they have sticky lungs. All that fog smoke to your face is sure to do some damage. I used to have a fog machine in my room and it became like ghostbusters sticky.

[@rsdan1984]

I don't suppose you have permission to share the audio for this? I'd love to be able to cast this to my hifi.

[@riffovlje]

Never sucked up on this...

[@ixxxxxxx]

you either like it or you don't. i enjoy strung out ambient music and grungy guitar feedback so it stuck with me

[@aakashdeepmundi7226]

Track list?

[@TMATDP]

Is it as loud as they say? So gutted I missed them in London this week

[@purdylives]

Saw them in coventry last night, oh heavens. ear plugs were a must

[@garyowens9387]

Yep saw them in Coventry too, Immense

[@DoctorBastard]

When I saw them with om there was a huge sign on the venue wall saying: PLEASE take the free earplugs we're providing. It WILL be that loud.

[@daveapple205]

They are so loud, it actually rearranges your molecular structure. The shows in The Caverns of Tennessee were legendary.

[@rottencrowfromcaelid7183]

Peak at 125db so yeah pretty loud 😂 but I didn't find it too loud compared to some other bands, depends of the venue and the amounts of high in the music I guess

[@i_draco]

51:25

[@josephlara2339]

who is that guy who keeps looming around in the background

[@MrDamburger]

Rip to those there without earplugs lmao

[@markevans8522]

Thank God they don't use a whammy bar

[@zimonslot]

Do they wear earpluggs?

[@oregbeer]

Even buttplugs, i would say

[@icareg]

yes

[@joaquinmurrieta8912]

I don't know what's more humorous , this concert, or the comments....🥴

[@crswro1690]

proves the point that people will literally buy anything.

[@ixxxxxxx]

you know "drone" exists as a genre outside of this right?

[@ixxxxxxx]

wait til you hear about noise music, hanatarash in the 80s used to just scream and destroy the set, even used a bulldozer at one of their shows

[@crswro1690]

@@ixxxxxxx im well aware of them. that shit was 'tarded too...

[@ixxxxxxx]

@@crswro1690 never said hanatarash wasn't 'tarded

[@jleverette666]

Wtf is this

[@intotheabyss42478]

drone metal! smfh

[@efficky]

droooooooooone

[@jleverette666]

Sounds like a Neverending fart

[@angryktulhu]

I actually like ambient music but this is garbage come on 😂

[@nathanipig8298]

bro commented on both concert videos 💀

[@angryktulhu]

@@nathanipig8298 tried my best sir

[@efficky]

well, this is drone, so....

[@johnwbusbee]

I thought Tool put too much bullshit into their stuff, but this is fucking supernova epic bullshit.

[@atr333y]

Thanks for capturing this but you can never recreate the feeling of sound shaking the building and reaction the live audience have. the only proper way is to see this live