SINOIA CAVES

THE ENCHANTER PERSUADED

Sinoia Caves is another name for the analog synth wizard Jeremy Schmidt, who is also a
principal member of the critically-lauded, maximal-rock band called Black Mountain. The
Enchanter Persuaded is his solo debut full-length. It is an ambient psych masterpiece,
bringing to mind, as one writer puts it, “the warmth and majestic epic swales” of Florian
Fricke's Popul Vuh plus a “little Rick Wakeman and Kraftwerk.”

The Enchanter Persuaded opens with “Dwarf Reaching the Arch Wonder”, a slowly building
interstellar legato anchored by an ecclesiastic organ droning against cymbals, chimes, and
ring modulator... “The Naro Way” is a splinter of psychedelic folk with half-buried melodies
bending and giving way to the Emerson synth... then the steady heartbeat of the Linndrum
marches [on] “Through the Valley”, a vocoder-led hymn ushering the worn and weary to
“The Wicker Chair”, another poison drop of psych-folk now with an undercurrent of heavy
breathing, white noise, and mellotron voices until all is peeled away to reveal the ether-
synth abyss of “Sundown in the New Arcades (Milky Way Echo)”, an infinite, swirling
moment within the primordial depths of Jean-Michel Jarre’s sonic psyche with neither
beginning nor end until the tape runs off the reel and in the open arch stands John
Carpenter holding “The Evil Ball”. By now, you get the idea.

In addition to his solo music and his contributions as part of Black Mountain, Schmidt is
also known for his work as former member of the celebrated space rock band Pipedream
and as a part of the Destroyer-related band called The Battles. The Enchanter Persuaded was
originally self-released, in a very limited fashion, in 2002. This newest, more permanent
edition comes with a slight remastering and vastly improved artwork.

Dwarf Reaching the Arch

Wonder

Naro Way
Through the Valley
The Wicker Chair
Sundown in the New Arcades

(Milky Way Echo)

Evil Ball

CATALOG #:

JAGBR010

RELEASE DATE:

DECEMBER 5, 2006

FORMAT:

CD

CD BOX LOT:

25 UNITS

GENRE:

PSYCH ROCK / INDIE ROCK

KEY MARKETS:

TORONTO, MONTREAL,

BLOOMINGTON (IN), CHICAGO, AUSTIN,
NEW YORK CITY, PHILADELPHIA,
SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, PORTLAND,
SEATTLE, VANCOUVER

CD UPC:

656605421025

1. Fans of Black Mountain, and there are a lot of them, will be looking out for this release.
For those few Black Mountain fans who are a little slow on the uptake, there is a sticker on
the CD jewelcase that connects the dots, making it quite clear that Jeremy Schmidt is a very
important part of Black Mountain.

2. Though it is a reissue with a relatively limited scope, this record was extensively mailed
out to both print and digital media.

3. Promotional CDs are available.

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