A new instrumental album of acoustic guitar playing from Six Organs
of Admittance's Ben Chasny! Everybody knows it's been far too long
since 2004's much-beloved For Octavio Paz; even as the landscape has
crowded with acoustic players, we've all been dying to hear Ben's dis-
tinctive virtuosity again in this format. But The Intimate Landscape is
so much more...
KPM Music, the legendary British library music company, extended
an offer to Ben to make some songs for their library. Well aware of
their history, he immediately agreed. The field of library music (music
made for hire, for use in placement in films and advertising) is one that's
come to public consciousness only relatively recently in the long century
of record-making, but the influence of such records has been felt for
years in the aesthetics of many diverse artists, including several who've
recorded for Drag City. So it's a special thing for Drag City, whose ap-
preciation for Ben's unique artistry has been borne out over a countless
variety of releases, to issue this really amazing entry in both the KPM
Music tradition and the ever-expanding Ben Chasny/Six Organs of
Admittance ouvre.
