Category Archives: Drone
Jim Haynes ~ The Wires Cracked
The Wires Cracked sounds exactly like its title. The album begins with the electronic equivalent of a sonic boom, and within seconds the listener is plunged into a dystopia of sputtering static, dropped messages and expired half lives. If wires could
Jim Haynes ~ The Wires Cracked
The Wires Cracked sounds exactly like its title. The album begins with the electronic equivalent of a sonic boom, and within seconds the listener is plunged into a dystopia of sputtering static, dropped messages and expired half lives. If wires could
Main ~ Ablation
First came Loop, then Main, then Robert Hampson put the pseudonym to rest and went it alone. After 2006, fans were told they’d never hear another Main album again. But the mourning was brief, because Hampson himself had not retired;
Main ~ Ablation
First came Loop, then Main, then Robert Hampson put the pseudonym to rest and went it alone. After 2006, fans were told they’d never hear another Main album again. But the mourning was brief, because Hampson himself had not retired;
Florent Colautti ~ NanoM+ / Untitled#ºº
What do you get when you cross architectural training with studies in classical music and electroacoustics? NanoM+ / Untitled#ºº, an album that brings all three disciplines to the table. Florent Colautti‘s diverse background is clearly demonstrated on this hour-long, two track album,
Florent Colautti ~ NanoM+ / Untitled#ºº
What do you get when you cross architectural training with studies in classical music and electroacoustics? NanoM+ / Untitled#ºº, an album that brings all three disciplines to the table. Florent Colautti‘s diverse background is clearly demonstrated on this hour-long, two track album,
Be Honest ~ Tea, Sugar, Soda, Soap
The first release from Fallow Records presents an appealing concept, well-executed. Tea, Sugar, Soda, Soap refers to the list that Ian Maleney’s grandfather carried with him when he walked the four miles to pick up rations during the second world war.
Be Honest ~ Tea, Sugar, Soda, Soap
The first release from Fallow Records presents an appealing concept, well-executed. Tea, Sugar, Soda, Soap refers to the list that Ian Maleney’s grandfather carried with him when he walked the four miles to pick up rations during the second world war.
Tonesucker ~ Sub Rosa
Sub Rosa is the follow-up to Omnia Convivia Crastina, which crashed our Top 20 Albums of 2012. Like many Tonesucker releases, it’s a thick collection of extended pieces, here a quartet of selections totaling one second under one hour. The unifying thread
Tonesucker ~ Sub Rosa
Sub Rosa is the follow-up to Omnia Convivia Crastina, which crashed our Top 20 Albums of 2012. Like many Tonesucker releases, it’s a thick collection of extended pieces, here a quartet of selections totaling one second under one hour. The unifying thread
oh/ex/oh ~ Extant
Surfacing just above the eye-line, the ever-deep, always on transmission of Extant enters, calling you invitingly closer, nearer to heavens unseen. A slab of slow-burning drone penetrates the silence, and stays for the duration. A cosmic trance sets in; there is no
oh/ex/oh ~ Extant
Surfacing just above the eye-line, the ever-deep, always on transmission of Extant enters, calling you invitingly closer, nearer to heavens unseen. A slab of slow-burning drone penetrates the silence, and stays for the duration. A cosmic trance sets in; there is no
Chris Weeks ~ Formeg:
If you don’t like cats, stop reading now, you cruel and heartless person. But if you do like cats, keep reading, because this is one of the nicest things anyone has ever composed for a feline. Formeg: was written for Meg, a
Chris Weeks ~ Formeg:
If you don’t like cats, stop reading now, you cruel and heartless person. But if you do like cats, keep reading, because this is one of the nicest things anyone has ever composed for a feline. Formeg: was written for Meg, a
Radere ~ Dreamless
‘Dreamless’ – untroubled by dreams; “a sound and dreamless sleep” Or, as with Dreamless, the latest release from American droner Radere, a night fuelled with insomnia underneath the black night. Dreamless can be looked at in a couple of ways, but deep inside the
Radere ~ Dreamless
‘Dreamless’ – untroubled by dreams; “a sound and dreamless sleep” Or, as with Dreamless, the latest release from American droner Radere, a night fuelled with insomnia underneath the black night. Dreamless can be looked at in a couple of ways, but deep inside the
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