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1) Om (sometimes stylized as OM) is an American doom metal band from San Francisco, California. Formed as a duo in 2003 by the rhythm section of the band Sleep, OM is currently a trio.
Om's earliest works incorporate musical structures similar to Tibetan and Byzantine chant, as heard on the debut album Variations on a Theme. The band's name itself derives from the Hindu concept of Om, which refers to the natural vibration of the universe. Every album from Pilgrimage onward features Eastern Orthodox iconography in the cover art.
Om's first three albums feature Al Cisneros on vocals and bass and Chris Hakius on drums.
On December 5, 2007, Om performed in Jerusalem. Their performance lasted for over five hours and a portion of that show was released on 12" vinyl by Southern Lord as Live at Jerusalem.
The band's 2007 album Pilgrimage was chosen as Mojo Magazine's Underground Album of the Year.
On January 31, 2008, Chris Hakius left the band and was replaced by drummer Emil Amos of Grails. On the last tour with Hakius songs that would later become "Gebel Barkal" and "Thebes" were being performed live.
On August 15, 2008, Om released a 7" 45 entitled Gebel Barkal for Sub Pop's Singles Club. A live vinyl-only LP, Conference Live, followed in 2009 on Important Records.
Om's 4th full-length studio album, God is Good, was recorded by Steve Albini and released by Drag City on September 29, 2009.
The band's 5th studio album, Advaitic Songs, was released by Drag City on July 24, 2012. It met with critical acclaim.
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2) OM was a jazz rock band signed on the German ECM label in the 1970s. Formed in Lucerne, Switzerland, in 1972 and named after Coltrane's darkly convulsive album, the members of OM were initially inspired as much by the rock of Jimi Hendrix as by the new developments taking place in improvisation. "Electric jazz - free music" was their rallying cry, and they played it loudly. All in their early 20s when the group was launched, the members of OM achieved an early success at the Montreux Festival in 1974 which helped to put them on the map, and brought them to the attention of ECM.
Four albums were recorded for ECM's sister label Japo, between 1975 and 1980: Kirikuki; Rautionaha; Om with Dom um Ramao; and Cerberus. In jazz rock's heyday, OM was one of the few bands who were approaching jazz from a rock direction, rather than vice versa: most of fusion's traffic took the opposite route. The validity of their approach is borne out by this compilation, with material chosen by the band.
After OM broke up in 1982, its members continued to appear intermittently on ECM recordings, in combinations with each other and separately. Guitarist Doran, drummer Studer and bassist Burri all appeared on the album Musik fΓΌr Zwei KontrabΓ€sse, Elektrische Gitarre und Schlagzeug. Doran and Studer were also part of the power trio Red Twist and Tuned Arrow, and Studer was also in Pierre Favre's Singing Drums collective, and Rainer BrΓΌninghaus's Continuum band with Markus Stockhausen. Saxophonist Urs Leimgruber has been away from ECM the longest - but also in his case there are some enduring connections: Urs today fronts a trio with bassist Barre Phillips and pianist Jacques Demierre, and plays regularly with Marilyn Crispell. He has become a major voice on the free improvisation scene. Indeed, all OM members have made their mark.
3) OM is the first Bulgarian ethno ambient band, formed by founder Nikolay Ivanov in 1991. The purpose is the creation of cross culture synthetic and plastic music, which is aiming to associate elements from the ethnic music, ambient, jazz, new age, and minimalism. Nikolai Ivanov realized his conviction about the synthesis of East and West ideas and the global "ethnologisation" of contemporary art. OM uses instruments and motives taken from the Balkan tradition: tambura, tarambuka, bagpipe, instruments from the East-sitar, tabla, ghatam, sas, specific Tibetian singing mixed with acoustic guitar, forte piano, bass and electronic instruments, programming and samples.
The group offers a lot of concerts and in many occasions takes part in most of the Bulgarian festivals: Saloon of the Arts; Apolonia; Varna Summer; August in Art; Sofia Jazz Peak; Music Jam; jazz festivals in the country and in Sofia. The musicians are aspiring to a maximum "opening" - they play in clubs with electronic ambience, in jazz and fusion clubs, ethno clubs and they make acoustic concerts and vanguard performances. OM and Nikolai Ivanov have made artistic tours in France, Germany, Hungary, Spain, Norway, Croatia, Poland, Austria, Turkey, India, Nepal, and China. On May 1996 OM together with musicians realized the highest concert in the world- at 5345 metres at Kalapatar (under Everest), which was registered in the files of Guinness. OM takes part as well in lots representative activities, like: concert Milenium (on invitation of the President of Republic) - author Nikolai Ivanov, concert at EXPO 2000 - Hanover, concert at the Congress center in New Delhi, etc. http://www.myspace.com/424438162
4) OM was an early 1990s techno and trance music collaboration between Tetsu Inoue and Dennis Ferrer.
5) OM was a jazz rock band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 1969. They released a self-titled album in 1971. Led by superb Catalan guitarist Jordi Toti Soler after his previous band Pic-Nic split, were one of the most interesting outfits to ever come out from Barcelona. Starting in 1968, their first recordings were done as a backing group for other artists like folk-singer Maria del Mar Bonet or american hippie Joe Skladzien, but most notably Pau Riba whom they backed on his debut LP the legendary Dioptria, one of the finest pieces of European psych ever. During all their early work, the band benefited from the organ playing of one of the most talented catalan pianists, Jordi SabatΓ©s (of Ocells del mΓ©s enllΓ fame) as well as the musical talents of two English brothers: drummer Peter Hodgkinson and his brother Tim on sax and keys (this is, of course, the same Tim Hodgkinson who founded Henry Cow, together with Fred Frith).
By the time they released their LP on Edigsa in 1971, Om was already an experienced band, with important studio work on their back and countless gigs, having backed American blues-man Taj Mahal in his Madrid 1969 concerts. One particularity of Om was that, rather than having an established line-up, they worked as a musical concept where it was not so important the individuals playing as it was the resulting sound. Their only LP shows how, through the works of Miles Davies, Gary Burton and John McLaughlin, they had developed their sound from its original psych/folk-rock beginnings to an intensely psychedelic jazz rock fussion. A classic album that is hardly known outside Spain and ranks amongst the best of the era, sharing shoulders with similar underground European experiments by Min Bul, Colhemec Ensemble, Xhol, Dharma Quintet, Sunbirds, Full Moon Ensemble or the more progressive output of the British jazz of the era: John Surmans Trio, Nucleus or Michael Gibbs. Strictly limited to 500 copies. High quality gatefold sleeves reproducing the beautiful Tony Cepuka's original psychedelic artwork from 1971's first press on Edigsa. Insert with liner notes by Wah Wah's Marc Argenter and Fermi Puig. Includes also repro of big Om poster (coming originally with the first copies of the LP). Bonus 7" single reproducing Om's single with non-LP tracks 'VindrΓ La Llum' / 'Waiting For Godot' (actually the only one released under their own name and not as a backing band).
6) OM is an experimental rock band from Palermo, Italy, formed in 2002.
Pilgrimage
Om Lyrics
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Overture mits' forth clarion sky to sun she blims and sheds her wings into the sea.
Memories rise to obscurate orb - the astral causate forms dissolve and send away.
Severance from illusory field the pilgrim wills to correspond with freedom.
Hold the oscilate light driven on to sender.
Soul arraigns the perceived and the seen to reap.
From the little drawn breath climbs away to the freedomsea.
Consecrates the sushumnic vertebrae.
Purified from the flames of the waking dream.
Negates requisite embodiment from life to life.
Currents ground as the solistic eye prevails.
As the sky grieves way remainder.
And the celestial's glow prevails
Beyond the seen and seer and the sight which sees.
Into unmodified state reclaimed.
Witness from mind and psychic sheath a guardian sun restrains the world projection.
To knees in tears the purified light cessates the breath and shakes from frame to freedom.
Memories rise to obscure sun - from sorrows wash dissolve attained; returnes in weeping.
Takes to flight surmounts the sky and voids the body frame impels into the ground.
Away from manifold formation.
A luminous light's sheen pervades.
Rescinds projected world to freedom.
Unchanged empiric soul remains.
The lyrics of Om's song, Pilgrimage, are mystical and poetic, with layered and symbolic meanings. The song seems to be describing a journey of transcendence, of a pilgrim releasing themselves from the illusions of the material world in search of freedom and spiritual liberation. The first verse describes a dreamlike state being interrupted by the sound of a trumpeter, and a prelate (a high-ranking member of the clergy) falling away. This could represent the breaking of false perceptions and the fall of religious dogma. The pilgrim sheds their wings and memories of the past dissolve as they set out on their journey.
The next verse describes an ascension through the power of will and concentration, as the pilgrim channels the oscillating light towards their destination. The soul seeks to reconcile the perceived and the seen, shedding the illusions of the waking world. The sushumnic vertebrae, which represents the central channel of the body used in yoga and meditation, is consecrated as the nerve currents ground in preparation for the pilgrim's release from the waking dream. The final verse is a culmination of the journey, as the purified light is released, and the pilgrim is free from the projected world and the limitations of the material.
Overall, Pilgrimage by Om is a powerful exploration of spiritual themes and the pursuit of transcendence. It's a song that inspires reflection on the nature of reality and the human condition, and the possibility for liberation through spiritual practice.
Line by Line Meaning
Trumpeter sounds a periphic dream the cries now shorn as prelate falls and send away.
The dream is fading away, as a prelate passes and sends away the sorrowful cries.
Overture mits' forth clarion sky to sun she blims and sheds her wings into the sea.
The sky opens up and the sun shines, shedding its light onto the sea.
Memories rise to obscurate orb - the astral causate forms dissolve and send away.
Past memories cloud the mind, causing forms to dissolve and disappear.
Severance from illusory field the pilgrim wills to correspond with freedom.
The pilgrim seeks to break free from illusions and desires true freedom.
Hold the oscilate light driven on to sender.
Hold onto the flickering light and send it forth.
Soul arraigns the perceived and the seen to reap.
The soul judges all that is seen and experienced.
From the little drawn breath climbs away to the freedomsea.
With each breath, one moves closer towards the sea of freedom.
Consecrates the sushumnic vertebrae.
The sushumnic vertebrae is sacred and must be honored.
Nerve currents arrest in abeyant formation.
The nerve currents pause momentarily and assume a new formation.
Purified from the flames of the waking dream.
One is purified from the flames of the waking life's dream.
Negates requisite embodiment from life to life.
One negates the need for embodiment through multiple lives.
Currents ground as the solistic eye prevails.
The ground currents act as the solistic eye.
As the sky grieves way remainder.
As the sky mourns, what remains is only the past.
And the celestial's glow prevails
The glow of the celestial body prevails.
Beyond the seen and seer and the sight which sees.
What lies beyond the physical world, the viewer, and the ability to see.
Into unmodified state reclaimed.
One reclaims a state of being unaltered.
Witness from mind and psychic sheath a guardian sun restrains the world projection.
The mind and psychic sheath bear witness as the guardian sun curbs worldly projections.
To knees in tears the purified light cessates the breath and shakes from frame to freedom.
On one's knees in tears, the purified light brings stillness to one's breath and releases them into freedom.
Memories rise to obscure sun - from sorrows wash dissolve attained; returnes in weeping.
Memories cloud the mind and obscure the sun, but eventually dissolve through the washing away of sorrows, often accompanied by weeping.
Takes to flight surmounts the sky and voids the body frame impels into the ground.
Taking flight, one ascends above the sky and ejects the physical body into the ground.
Away from manifold formation.
Moving away from a complex structure.
A luminous light's sheen pervades.
A bright and radiant light spreads everywhere.
Rescinds projected world to freedom.
Rejecting the projected world and finding freedom.
Unchanged empiric soul remains.
The empiric soul remains the same through all experiences.
Contributed by Charlie W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
ANUNNAKI
LYRICS:
Pilgrimage:
Trumpeter sounds a periphic dream the cries now shorn as prelate falls and send away.
Overture mits' forth clarion sky to sun she climbs and sheds her wings into the sea.
Memories rise to obscurate orb - the astral causate forms dissolve and send away.
Severance from illusory field the pilgrim wills to correspond with freedom.
Hold the oscillate light driven on to sender.
Soul arraigns the perceived and the seen to reap.
From the little drawn breath climbs away to the freedomsea.
Consecrates the sushumnic vertebrae.
Nerve currents arrest in abeyant formation.
Purified from the flames of the waking dream.
Negates requisite embodiment from life to life.
Currents ground as the solistic eye prevails.
As the sky grieves way remainder.
And the celestial's glow prevails.
Beyond the seen and seer and the sight which sees.
Into unmodified state reclaimed.
Witness from mind and psychic sheath a guardian sun restrains the world projection.
To knees in tears the purified light cessates the breath and shakes from frame to freedom.
Memories rise to obscure sun - from sorrows wash dissolve attained; returns in weeping.
Takes to flight surmounts the sky and voids the body frame impels into the ground.
Away from manifold formation.
A luminous light's sheen pervades.
Rescinds projected world to freedom.
Unchanged empiric soul remains.
Unitive Knowledge of the Godhead:
Beseech choir through a grey veiled - arrival light.
And weeps no more onto the setting sun where efforts fade.
Suffuse the stream of memories and broken rays as dark recedes.
Transmute now remainder. Old Abydos. Forward the acolyte.
Summits ascendant traveler bows to celestial.
Disembodied legions salute the pilgrim seeker.
Reverentials to Lazarus echoes forth Osiric obelisk.
To leave the reborn form. Rise to freedom.
And posits the sentient onto the Nirvikalpian.
Sheds now the chrom auric shroud of untethered spirit.
Astral preceptors formate in consecration.
Transmits from minaret across beautified dawn.
Visage to auric accordant-form; in reascension.
Emits reverential tears in dhyanic refuge.
Arise perceiver.
Returns to sky; arrive home. Pilgrim seen.
Bhima's Theme:
Descent onto the gold dawn psalm.
Falls Brahmicspine away.
Inbreathe. A truant mind reclaimed.
Liberates.
Revolts through involution rise.
Extol the solar rays.
Rise. Consolidate on winds.
The chariot.
Inverter of the organ sensories.
Breaks dissipating ways.
Bir Akeim. Salutes the Godhead.
Vigilance.
Lazarus.
Pilgrimage (Reprise):
Covering shroud of effulgent light discard before the feet of holy legion.
Premise of pained experiencer attained now shifts before the slaving sun
Cherubim stands the pilgrim kneels in tears immerse identity negated.
Reacher of state of non-return; the stream attained in non-duality.
Ensues yogic benediction.
Grace of the luminary prevails.
Astral, causal realms relinquished.
Into unmodified state reclaimed.
gelu batir
OM - Pilgrimage (Full Album) 2007 - ''Pilgrimage'' is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Om. It is the band's first release for the Southern Lord label. It was recorded at Electrical Audio by Steve Albini. It is the final studio album to feature Chris Hakius on drums. Personnel -
Om
Al Cisneros β bass guitar, vocals
Chris Hakius β drums, percussion Track listing -
No. Title Length
1. "Pilgrimage" 10:33
2. "Unitive Knowledge of the Godhead" 5:50
3. "Bhima's Theme" 11:40
4. "Pilgrimage (Reprise)" 4:15
Total length: 32:18
William Martin
I just discovered Om. My life will never be the same.
kentknightsrule
Welcome
William Martin
@kentknightsrule thanks man!
William Martin
Karl Lykos Om is the perfect addition to my life
Chickenjar
Welcome and enjoy the ride
William Martin
@Chickenjar Thanks!
Paul Winfrey
Gotta say this is my favorite Om album. It has the most variation within a limited sound palette, it all grooves really nicely, and the production and sound quality are just awesome. The transition into Unitive Knowledge is fucking awesome and it scares the shit out of me almost every time. And I feel like none of their previous distorted bass sounds on the other albums come across as dynamic and forceful as these ones. Really feels like you're an energized ball of light floating through the mystic dawn lmao. God is Good and Advaitic Songs have their cool production moments and interesting songs too, but the bass never really returns as powerfully, meditatively, or monstrously as this album. I feel like a lot of credit goes to Steve Albini because the drums also sound awesome and thick. It feels so nice to finally hear how Hakius' playing *feels*.
Mod Kot
I recently discovered these guys and their album Advaitic Songs. I have to say that I'm really glad that I discovered these guys. They have a truly refreshing and dramatic, yet almost melancholy sound to them. I'm also in love with their spiritual and religious sounds and inspirations.
Matthew Wagner
sleep is good too
Paul Elmer
Another great album by Om is "God is good", very similar to this