Category Archives: Drone

ACL 2024 ~ Spring Music Preview: Ambient & Drone

Astronomical spring is only two weeks away, and hundreds of spring albums have begun to poke through the sonic ether like crocuses and daffodils through dirt.  In a few weeks time, the bouquets will become fields, and the hills will

ACL 2024 ~ Spring Music Preview: Ambient & Drone

Astronomical spring is only two weeks away, and hundreds of spring albums have begun to poke through the sonic ether like crocuses and daffodils through dirt.  In a few weeks time, the bouquets will become fields, and the hills will

Various Artists ~ Inner Demons Batch 2024A

You’d have to be absolute batshit crazy to release 19 drone and noise-based CD-Rs on the same day, much less Valentine’s Day, but this is exactly what Tampa’s Inner Demons Records has done.  But flip the script and it makes

Various Artists ~ Inner Demons Batch 2024A

You’d have to be absolute batshit crazy to release 19 drone and noise-based CD-Rs on the same day, much less Valentine’s Day, but this is exactly what Tampa’s Inner Demons Records has done.  But flip the script and it makes

Maya Shenfeld ~ Under the Sun

Under the Sun is a study in contrasts: the way things are and the way things could be.  Even the internal dynamics shift beneath the ears, from seismic drone to effervescent electronics, from oboe and recorders to organ and choir.  While

Maya Shenfeld ~ Under the Sun

Under the Sun is a study in contrasts: the way things are and the way things could be.  Even the internal dynamics shift beneath the ears, from seismic drone to effervescent electronics, from oboe and recorders to organ and choir.  While

Kali Malone ~ All Life Long

Drone music in the past few years has seen a reconsideration of the formidable pipe organ. The instrument has of late been stripped of its religious trappings and recast as something capable of expressing unexpected range and versatility, a still-living

Kali Malone ~ All Life Long

Drone music in the past few years has seen a reconsideration of the formidable pipe organ. The instrument has of late been stripped of its religious trappings and recast as something capable of expressing unexpected range and versatility, a still-living

Meg Mulhearn ~ Let It Burn Through the Night

Ceremony of Seasons returns this week with its seventh pairing, a celebration of the winter solstice that expands to encompass the entire season.  Again the winter wine was released on the solstice, and the album early in the new year.

Meg Mulhearn ~ Let It Burn Through the Night

Ceremony of Seasons returns this week with its seventh pairing, a celebration of the winter solstice that expands to encompass the entire season.  Again the winter wine was released on the solstice, and the album early in the new year.

Leslee Smucker ~ Breathing Landscape / Concepción Huerta ~ The Earth Has Memory

Whatever medium of creation we explore, it seems artists never get too far away from the Earth and its landscapes. Some explore threatened environments, whilst others retreat into familiar terrain for nostalgia and remembrance. Two upcoming releases dwell on inhabited

Leslee Smucker ~ Breathing Landscape / Concepción Huerta ~ The Earth Has Memory

Whatever medium of creation we explore, it seems artists never get too far away from the Earth and its landscapes. Some explore threatened environments, whilst others retreat into familiar terrain for nostalgia and remembrance. Two upcoming releases dwell on inhabited

ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Drone

If ambient music reflects the light of gently falling snow, drone represents the shift from gorgeous to dangerous: white-out conditions, howling winds, frigid temperatures, rattling pipes and overworked heaters.  Not that beauty is lacking from drone; the genre finds beauty

ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Drone

If ambient music reflects the light of gently falling snow, drone represents the shift from gorgeous to dangerous: white-out conditions, howling winds, frigid temperatures, rattling pipes and overworked heaters.  Not that beauty is lacking from drone; the genre finds beauty

Zakè & Benoît Pioulard ~ eve

While I’m not exactly what you’d call a “believer,” let alone a practicing anything, I was raised in the Roman Catholic Church, and like many Americans I have many positive associations with Christmastime. I’ve always especially loved Christmas Eve: The Feast

Zakè & Benoît Pioulard ~ eve

While I’m not exactly what you’d call a “believer,” let alone a practicing anything, I was raised in the Roman Catholic Church, and like many Americans I have many positive associations with Christmastime. I’ve always especially loved Christmas Eve: The Feast