Posts Tagged: drone

Asher tuil Automatism

Asher Tuil ~ Automatism

Asher Tuil’s Automatism is a celebration of audio technology’s sound and texture.  Across the album’s ten tracks Tuil questions the relationship between the noise of audio technology and its signals.  The basis of each track are field recordings Tuil made

Asher tuil Automatism

Asher Tuil ~ Automatism

Asher Tuil’s Automatism is a celebration of audio technology’s sound and texture.  Across the album’s ten tracks Tuil questions the relationship between the noise of audio technology and its signals.  The basis of each track are field recordings Tuil made

Long Drove Album Cover

Simon Scott ~ Long Drove

Simon Scott describes Long Drove, his latest release on Room40, as a “site-specific sound study which shifts the Anthropocene discourse from spectatorship to musical participation, accountability and creative engagement.”  Across the album he demonstrates his own collaboration with nature while

Long Drove Album Cover

Simon Scott ~ Long Drove

Simon Scott describes Long Drove, his latest release on Room40, as a “site-specific sound study which shifts the Anthropocene discourse from spectatorship to musical participation, accountability and creative engagement.”  Across the album he demonstrates his own collaboration with nature while

J.WLSN 1993 Album Cover

J.WLSN ~ 1993

We may be living in the era of pandemic records for a while yet. J.WLSN’s 1993 is another entry into the canon but it’s one which, although a product of the artist’s extended stay in Australia’s lockdowns, resonates far beyond

J.WLSN 1993 Album Cover

J.WLSN ~ 1993

We may be living in the era of pandemic records for a while yet. J.WLSN’s 1993 is another entry into the canon but it’s one which, although a product of the artist’s extended stay in Australia’s lockdowns, resonates far beyond

Chimaera I Album Cover

Colin Stetson ~ Chimaera I

Colin Stetson is one among a number of contemporary experimental musicians who have carved out careers as composers for film and television. In 2022 alone the artist released soundtracks for two films and a docuseries about NASA.  It seems only

Chimaera I Album Cover

Colin Stetson ~ Chimaera I

Colin Stetson is one among a number of contemporary experimental musicians who have carved out careers as composers for film and television. In 2022 alone the artist released soundtracks for two films and a docuseries about NASA.  It seems only

Fall Music Preview ~ Drone

The tractors are plowing the fields, the leaf blowers are clearing the lawns, the construction crews are fixing the roads, and a new season of drone music ~ live and recorded ~ is upon us.  Today’s drone post picks up

Fall Music Preview ~ Drone

The tractors are plowing the fields, the leaf blowers are clearing the lawns, the construction crews are fixing the roads, and a new season of drone music ~ live and recorded ~ is upon us.  Today’s drone post picks up

Fall Music Preview ~ Ambient & Drone

Get ready ~ we’re about to cover over 365 albums in five days!  Today is the first day of meteorological fall In the Northern Hemisphere, and the release schedule is already packed to the gills.  This week, we’ll list all

Fall Music Preview ~ Ambient & Drone

Get ready ~ we’re about to cover over 365 albums in five days!  Today is the first day of meteorological fall In the Northern Hemisphere, and the release schedule is already packed to the gills.  This week, we’ll list all

Premiere: Robert Curgenven ~ The Boatman’s Shadow [video]

A Closer Listen is honored to premiere Robert Curgenven‘s “The Boatman’s Shadow.” This film by Alex Eve was originally produced in 2006 on the occasion of Curgenven’s performance of “Wisla Reorientations” for 24Hr Art  in Darwin, Australia. Quarantine spent on

Premiere: Robert Curgenven ~ The Boatman’s Shadow [video]

A Closer Listen is honored to premiere Robert Curgenven‘s “The Boatman’s Shadow.” This film by Alex Eve was originally produced in 2006 on the occasion of Curgenven’s performance of “Wisla Reorientations” for 24Hr Art  in Darwin, Australia. Quarantine spent on

Fall Music Preview ~ Dark Ambient & Drone

If ambience is what we play when we seek peace, drone is what we play when we need catharsis.  The dark, often unrelenting tones can produce agitation, disquiet, turbulence and tenseness.  But when we feel helpless about racism, politics and

Fall Music Preview ~ Dark Ambient & Drone

If ambience is what we play when we seek peace, drone is what we play when we need catharsis.  The dark, often unrelenting tones can produce agitation, disquiet, turbulence and tenseness.  But when we feel helpless about racism, politics and