6. Barn Owl
drone/desert rock/ambient http://youtu.be/EXNf4WZP6eA I'm a big fan of owls, always have been, and I keep meaning to get an owl tattoo somewhere about my person to sit alongside the veritable petting zoo I'm currently formulating upon myself. It's all literary references and animals with me, I'm that kind of pretentious. Oh, and an empty astronaut sat headless on a park bench with his helmet at his side. Anyway, the barn owl. Now, that's a good owl that is, I think we can all agree upon that. However, this Barn Owl is a duo, and its components are Evan Caminiti and Jon Porras. Together, these San Franciscans (?) help to create some of the most spacious and lucid instrumental atmospheres you're likely to find. Prone to explore the soundscapes of desert rock and drone, this twosome can bring bass rumbling fuzz just as wholeheartedly as they can the most ambient serene audible landscapes that bring to mind the desert at night, the vacuum of space, or just the sound of the flight of that barn owl encapsulating the emptiness and peace of night but picking up the sounds of life echoing around in the distances.