Category Archives: Drone
Spring Music Preview 2021 ~ Ambient and Drone
Over the course of the week, we’ll be bringing you nearly 300 albums to peruse: the initial salvo of what will eventually be thousands of spring albums. We do this because we are fans first, and reviewers second. Three times
Spring Music Preview 2021 ~ Ambient and Drone
Over the course of the week, we’ll be bringing you nearly 300 albums to peruse: the initial salvo of what will eventually be thousands of spring albums. We do this because we are fans first, and reviewers second. Three times
Aaron Cupples ~ Island of the Hungry Ghosts OST
Island of the Hungry Ghosts is a dark, three-tiered film. Billed as a “hybrid documentary,” the film receives a hybrid score, with music from Aaron Cupples and field recordings from Leo Dolgan. The sound design is cinematic even without the visuals, producing the mental
Aaron Cupples ~ Island of the Hungry Ghosts OST
Island of the Hungry Ghosts is a dark, three-tiered film. Billed as a “hybrid documentary,” the film receives a hybrid score, with music from Aaron Cupples and field recordings from Leo Dolgan. The sound design is cinematic even without the visuals, producing the mental
Black Swan ~ Repetition Hymns
Our review writers are often challenged when they encounter a well-written press release. Repetition Hymns bears one of these. During quarantine, the author writes, “each day feels like an endless loop.” Given this temporal experience, the loop-based work of Black Swan is
Black Swan ~ Repetition Hymns
Our review writers are often challenged when they encounter a well-written press release. Repetition Hymns bears one of these. During quarantine, the author writes, “each day feels like an endless loop.” Given this temporal experience, the loop-based work of Black Swan is
Martina Bertoni ~ Music for Empty Flats
Music for Empty Flats may have been recorded before the pandemic, but the conditions of its genesis are so fitting that the album now seems prescient. While alone in an undecorated flat in Reykjavik, Martina Bertoni spent a good amount of time listening
Martina Bertoni ~ Music for Empty Flats
Music for Empty Flats may have been recorded before the pandemic, but the conditions of its genesis are so fitting that the album now seems prescient. While alone in an undecorated flat in Reykjavik, Martina Bertoni spent a good amount of time listening
2021 Winter Music Preview ~ Ambient and Drone
With over 200 releases listed, this is once again our biggest Winter Music Preview ever, and the largest instrumental music preview on the planet! Winter is a fitting season for ambient music, which seems tailor-made for the soft, the still
2021 Winter Music Preview ~ Ambient and Drone
With over 200 releases listed, this is once again our biggest Winter Music Preview ever, and the largest instrumental music preview on the planet! Winter is a fitting season for ambient music, which seems tailor-made for the soft, the still
ACL 2020 ~ Top Ten Drone
Fewer drone releases came in this year than ever before. The world was so dark, it seemed that even recording artists weren’t in the mood to record dark music. But by the end of the year, we began to notice
ACL 2020 ~ Top Ten Drone
Fewer drone releases came in this year than ever before. The world was so dark, it seemed that even recording artists weren’t in the mood to record dark music. But by the end of the year, we began to notice
Constantine Skourlis ~ Eternal Recurrence
Constantine Skourlis chases Hades with another album of immersive, oppressive tracks: a fitting corollary to our current climate. While listening to Eternal Recurrence, one can sense the cumulative weight of anger, depression, denial and finger-pointing, wrapped in a blanket of illness. This music is born
Constantine Skourlis ~ Eternal Recurrence
Constantine Skourlis chases Hades with another album of immersive, oppressive tracks: a fitting corollary to our current climate. While listening to Eternal Recurrence, one can sense the cumulative weight of anger, depression, denial and finger-pointing, wrapped in a blanket of illness. This music is born
Richard Skelton ~ These Charms May Be Sung Over A Wound
For a while, we knew what to expect from Richard Skelton. But there was a definite shift away from the wide-screen drone work towards the gathering of folk song-inspired pieces on Border Ballads. That was an unexpected flowering of acoustic
Richard Skelton ~ These Charms May Be Sung Over A Wound
For a while, we knew what to expect from Richard Skelton. But there was a definite shift away from the wide-screen drone work towards the gathering of folk song-inspired pieces on Border Ballads. That was an unexpected flowering of acoustic
a closer listen 