White Gourd
Magician Le Diable
"When crawling to the summit, I saw a person emerge from the mist. A disfigured man in a tattered robe drew two cards from his sleeve and laid them on the slab between us. 'The Magician' and 'The Devil' were pictured in a vibrant color illustration. As I stared intensely at the cards, the man shuffled over to a faded green jukebox between two ancient pillars. He made a selection and some music began. It had an eerie, hypnotic quality to it. Melodies cycled together in a warped assemblage of mode…
Hermit / La Lune
"Suzanne Stone is known for her abrasive sax & voice in the esoteric trio Million Brazilians, but as White Gourd, she approaches her unique solo performances from a very different angle often involving dreamy saxophone, neo-Nico vocals and haunting key textures as a ritualistic tapestry for a chosen tarot card influenced blessing. 'Hermit La Lune', her latest LP on Psychic Sounds, contains a very eerie spectral landscape from which sings spells of solitude and seasonal cycles over waves of bells…