Category Archives: Drone
Yair Etziony ~ Ingress
Berlin-based drone artist Yair Etziony begins Ingress with a quivering synth and an immediate sense of grandeur. “Throbbing Coldness” introduces the album’s textural world, more concerned with space than mood. The droning bass tones and analog oscillators evoke a glacial landscape
Yair Etziony ~ Ingress
Berlin-based drone artist Yair Etziony begins Ingress with a quivering synth and an immediate sense of grandeur. “Throbbing Coldness” introduces the album’s textural world, more concerned with space than mood. The droning bass tones and analog oscillators evoke a glacial landscape
Juan Antonio Nieto ~ Dry Grass
Dry Grass is Juan Antonio Nieto‘s 27th solo offering, and the first to be reviewed here since the gorgeously glitched Imperfect. While these two works share the same electro-acoustic blanket, their genesis is worlds apart. The first finds beauty in digital error, while
Juan Antonio Nieto ~ Dry Grass
Dry Grass is Juan Antonio Nieto‘s 27th solo offering, and the first to be reviewed here since the gorgeously glitched Imperfect. While these two works share the same electro-acoustic blanket, their genesis is worlds apart. The first finds beauty in digital error, while
Tegh ~ Unusual Path
Unusual Path is a single, all-enveloping, 20-minute track that melts across an entire side of blue vinyl. On Side B, Siavash Amini and Zenjungle offer alternate 10-minute versions, one ambient and one drone. Together, they create an atmosphere for active contemplation. Tegh‘s original work builds
Tegh ~ Unusual Path
Unusual Path is a single, all-enveloping, 20-minute track that melts across an entire side of blue vinyl. On Side B, Siavash Amini and Zenjungle offer alternate 10-minute versions, one ambient and one drone. Together, they create an atmosphere for active contemplation. Tegh‘s original work builds
Franck Vigroux ~ Totem
In order to appreciate the composer, one must look past the superlative. The press release calls Franck Vigroux “France’s most singular contemporary composer,” a title that might also go to Eliane Radigue, Pierre Boulez, or a number of other contenders. Vigroux
Franck Vigroux ~ Totem
In order to appreciate the composer, one must look past the superlative. The press release calls Franck Vigroux “France’s most singular contemporary composer,” a title that might also go to Eliane Radigue, Pierre Boulez, or a number of other contenders. Vigroux
Cristopher Cichocki ~ Desert Drone Cycle
The phrase desert drone implies the harshness of humidity, the undulating hum of the elements, the seeming sameness of the soundscape: the visual reflection of the expression drone on and on. In the hands of Cristopher Cichocki, it also implies the presence of
Cristopher Cichocki ~ Desert Drone Cycle
The phrase desert drone implies the harshness of humidity, the undulating hum of the elements, the seeming sameness of the soundscape: the visual reflection of the expression drone on and on. In the hands of Cristopher Cichocki, it also implies the presence of
Richard Skelton ~ Border Ballads
A change of pace for Richard Skelton, Border Ballads contains some of the clearest melodies of the composer’s career. Piano, viola and cello each make stunning appearances, no longer mulched but pristine, representing a new clarity of mind and purpose. These twelve
Richard Skelton ~ Border Ballads
A change of pace for Richard Skelton, Border Ballads contains some of the clearest melodies of the composer’s career. Piano, viola and cello each make stunning appearances, no longer mulched but pristine, representing a new clarity of mind and purpose. These twelve
Zachary Paul ~ A Meditation on Discord
For his Touch debut, Zachary Paul joins a relatively long history of radical dronesters and minimalists that aim not for you to experience music differently but to alter your very perception of reality. The first two tracks are tied to
Zachary Paul ~ A Meditation on Discord
For his Touch debut, Zachary Paul joins a relatively long history of radical dronesters and minimalists that aim not for you to experience music differently but to alter your very perception of reality. The first two tracks are tied to
Chris Weeks ~ Borders
We suspect we’ll be hearing a lot of Brexit albums this year, as nearly a dozen have already been announced. Borders is one of the best, capturing the claustrophobia of xenophobia through clouds of drone and the sadness of a breakup
Chris Weeks ~ Borders
We suspect we’ll be hearing a lot of Brexit albums this year, as nearly a dozen have already been announced. Borders is one of the best, capturing the claustrophobia of xenophobia through clouds of drone and the sadness of a breakup
a closer listen 