Phon is a two piece improvised drone band from Raleigh, NC. The duo, consisting of Dustin Dorsey and Drew Roberston, layers guitars, field recordings, and electronics for dense sound with melodic touches.
The Orm was created in October 2005 at Soma Electronic Music Studios in Chicago. For four days the band worked, lived, ate, and drank with recording engineer Tim Iseler, whose duties included live studio manipulation, percussion, arrangement, and general knob fuckery. The three worked as a team, blurring the lines between engineer and musicians, and the resulting album shows a cohesive, unified vision that reflects that bond. The Orm is an excellent album and rocks your world and mine.
Dorsey and Robertson met in 2001 at a record store where Robertson worked. The two shared an interest in experimental and obscure music and quickly became friends. Dorsey, originally from Michigan, began listening to experimental music in high school with his friend Aaron Dilloway (Wolf Eyes, Hanson Records). Robertson was part of the Charlotte, NC, hardcore scene, writing a ‘zine and booking shows, before moving to Raleigh.
In 2004, Phon self-released ‘The Gaze’, a 5 song EP recorded by Tim Iseler. Phon also appears on the compilation ‘One Bright Sunny Morning’.
Phon is also currently sound artists for the Raleigh art collective Team Lump.
Read the Pitchfork review here.
Read a review in the Independent Weekly.
The Orm is available from this website and at shows, and will be in stores all over the place on 03.APR.07.
CD $8
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