Om – Conference Of The Birds (2006)

September 24, 2023

Mood is definitely important when it comes to earlier Om recordings. The line between this being fantastic or infinitely boring is indeed a fine one, thankfully I’ve really been craving the long-form meditative qualities of work like Conference Of The Birds recently, so I’ve been returning to this album for the first time in a very long while.

15+ minute tracks built around repetitive bass structures is not going to be everyone’s cup of tea, let alone their path to enlightenment, but if this is for you and you can get into it, the journey can be a rewarding one. There is a beauty woven into this album’s initial simplicity, and a few repeat listens will actually reveal an underlying complexity to proceedings.