Category Archives: Drone
Vincent Malassis ~ passages
We’ve only just discovered the Drone Sweet Drone catalog. Yesterday we reviewed Benjamin Jarry’s Splendid Isolation, which we classified as modern composition with a drone influence; today we turn to Vincent Malassis‘ passages, which we define as drone with a modern composition
Vincent Malassis ~ passages
We’ve only just discovered the Drone Sweet Drone catalog. Yesterday we reviewed Benjamin Jarry’s Splendid Isolation, which we classified as modern composition with a drone influence; today we turn to Vincent Malassis‘ passages, which we define as drone with a modern composition
Daniel Thomas ~ Delighted In Isolation
A visceral nightmare, where one struggles to awaken out of its crushing endurance, is possibly the worst kind of nightmare that can assail the mind. Delighted In Isolation is one of those nightmarish, warped events that fastens onto the midnight
Daniel Thomas ~ Delighted In Isolation
A visceral nightmare, where one struggles to awaken out of its crushing endurance, is possibly the worst kind of nightmare that can assail the mind. Delighted In Isolation is one of those nightmarish, warped events that fastens onto the midnight
Valiska ~ Land
“Write what you know” is a common piece of advice given to authors; it applies to composers as well. A couple months back, we reviewed Valiska‘s Record of 37, a series of field recordings inspired by a bus ride to the train.
Valiska ~ Land
“Write what you know” is a common piece of advice given to authors; it applies to composers as well. A couple months back, we reviewed Valiska‘s Record of 37, a series of field recordings inspired by a bus ride to the train.
Superstorms ~ Superstorms
The Superstorms project began when Michael Tolan grew “frustrated and bored with the tropes of ambient music”. The artist resolved to make a different sort of ambient album, a resonant statement to the industry. The good news: he succeeded. The
Superstorms ~ Superstorms
The Superstorms project began when Michael Tolan grew “frustrated and bored with the tropes of ambient music”. The artist resolved to make a different sort of ambient album, a resonant statement to the industry. The good news: he succeeded. The
Maninkari ~ Continuum Sonore
The French duo Maninkari crafts music with a haunted sensuality. Mythical and improvisational in spirit, the sounds are activated in solitude, at night. Imagine The Necks playing in a vampire opium den; it’s not exactly the soundtrack for reading my
Maninkari ~ Continuum Sonore
The French duo Maninkari crafts music with a haunted sensuality. Mythical and improvisational in spirit, the sounds are activated in solitude, at night. Imagine The Necks playing in a vampire opium den; it’s not exactly the soundtrack for reading my
Listening Mirror ~ The Clearing / My Hiding Place
This new single by Listening Mirror starts out in similar fashion to countless other ambient/drone tracks with a low-key hum, but it soon ramps up the atmosphere and rather than being blasé about more ambience, one is suddenly beguiled. The
Listening Mirror ~ The Clearing / My Hiding Place
This new single by Listening Mirror starts out in similar fashion to countless other ambient/drone tracks with a low-key hum, but it soon ramps up the atmosphere and rather than being blasé about more ambience, one is suddenly beguiled. The
Kostoglotov ~ Our Beautiful Decay
London’s Kostoglotov calls his sound “lo fi minimalist punk noise rock”, but Our Beautiful Decay also contains ambient, drone and electronic elements. Some lurk in the background, preparing to pounce; by the final track, the noise emerges in full force. This beautiful decay is
Kostoglotov ~ Our Beautiful Decay
London’s Kostoglotov calls his sound “lo fi minimalist punk noise rock”, but Our Beautiful Decay also contains ambient, drone and electronic elements. Some lurk in the background, preparing to pounce; by the final track, the noise emerges in full force. This beautiful decay is
High aura’d ~ Sanguine Futures
Sanguine Futures is a Rorchach test of an album, an inkblot of sound from which different ears will intuit different tales. It may be a winter album edging toward the spring, a clouded mind coming into focus, a blurred photo becoming
High aura’d ~ Sanguine Futures
Sanguine Futures is a Rorchach test of an album, an inkblot of sound from which different ears will intuit different tales. It may be a winter album edging toward the spring, a clouded mind coming into focus, a blurred photo becoming
a closer listen 