Guapo - Black Oni vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed)
SKU
Halva 003
Completely sold out, luxuriously deluxe edition of the group's fabulous follow-up to Five Suns. One copy found in the office. That's it. Finally you can see the stunning artwork the way it was meant to be seen...
Black Oni is the greatly anticipated follow up to the band's extremely well received and popular album Five Suns. For their sixth album, the band continues to mine the same raw ore that they used for Five Suns. Again a trio of Daniel O'Sullivan (Fender Rhodes, keyboards, harmonium, Mellotron, electronics), Dave Smith (drums, percussion) and Matt Thompson (bass, guitar, electronics), they have made another continuous 5 part suite, ala Five Suns. And while it is obviously the work of the same band who made Five Suns, Black Oni has some crucial differences. For one thing, there are more arhythmic, free form and noise sections. But the intense meeting of Zeuhl forms with a powerful punk energy remains and parts of this album are evn more intensely beautiful (or just intense) than Five Suns (thinking of the 10 minute third part here). Fans of Five Suns and Guapo may debate whether this is a bit better or not quite as great as their last one, but it seems quite likely that the folks who picked up and enjoyed Five Suns will also really enjoy this one too.