Posts Tagged: Top Ten Drone
ACL 2025 ~ Top Ten Drone
This year’s best drone albums do more than offer steady, immersive tones; they also tackle weighty issues and serve as the voices of the voiceless. The topics include the erasing of history, the removal of human rights, the specter of
ACL 2025 ~ Top Ten Drone
This year’s best drone albums do more than offer steady, immersive tones; they also tackle weighty issues and serve as the voices of the voiceless. The topics include the erasing of history, the removal of human rights, the specter of
ACL 2024 ~ Top Ten Drone
In each of the past six years, a female composer has taken the top spot in our overall year-end list. If this happens again next week, the eventual winner may come from the land of drone, as seven of our
ACL 2024 ~ Top Ten Drone
In each of the past six years, a female composer has taken the top spot in our overall year-end list. If this happens again next week, the eventual winner may come from the land of drone, as seven of our
ACL 2023 ~ Top Ten Drone
Of the ten album covers below; four are mostly black, two black and grey. This year’s drone list is dark and foreboding, a reflection of uncertain times. Even the brightest cover portrays NASA data from a warming earth. The titles
ACL 2023 ~ Top Ten Drone
Of the ten album covers below; four are mostly black, two black and grey. This year’s drone list is dark and foreboding, a reflection of uncertain times. Even the brightest cover portrays NASA data from a warming earth. The titles
ACL 2022 ~ Top Ten Drone
A lost father, a lost artist, a lost village, lost files; and on the other hand, grace, peace, worship, epiphanies. The drone genre is home to seeming opposites that swirl about each other in a dance of yin and yang.
ACL 2022 ~ Top Ten Drone
A lost father, a lost artist, a lost village, lost files; and on the other hand, grace, peace, worship, epiphanies. The drone genre is home to seeming opposites that swirl about each other in a dance of yin and yang.
ACL 2021 ~ Top Ten Drone
Drone is the music of suspension: a constant underpinning of sound graced by modulation. The music was perfect for a year in which things seemed to move very slowly, as if through molasses. Many of the artists on this year’s
ACL 2021 ~ Top Ten Drone
Drone is the music of suspension: a constant underpinning of sound graced by modulation. The music was perfect for a year in which things seemed to move very slowly, as if through molasses. Many of the artists on this year’s
ACL 2020 ~ Top Ten Drone
Fewer drone releases came in this year than ever before. The world was so dark, it seemed that even recording artists weren’t in the mood to record dark music. But by the end of the year, we began to notice
ACL 2020 ~ Top Ten Drone
Fewer drone releases came in this year than ever before. The world was so dark, it seemed that even recording artists weren’t in the mood to record dark music. But by the end of the year, we began to notice
ACL 2019 ~ Top Ten Drone
Drone music doesn’t need to be scary; there’s nothing inherently frightening about elongated tones. Yet the drone genre does seem predisposed toward darkness. Just look at the cover art for Black to Comm; or the compositional corpses found in the BABEL hardback
ACL 2019 ~ Top Ten Drone
Drone music doesn’t need to be scary; there’s nothing inherently frightening about elongated tones. Yet the drone genre does seem predisposed toward darkness. Just look at the cover art for Black to Comm; or the compositional corpses found in the BABEL hardback
ACL 2018 ~ Top Ten Drone
In terms of ACL submissions, drone took a back seat to ambient this year. But when we did hear drone albums, we loved them. As we reported a year ago, drone artists received a surge of inspiration after the Brexit/Trump votes and
ACL 2018 ~ Top Ten Drone
In terms of ACL submissions, drone took a back seat to ambient this year. But when we did hear drone albums, we loved them. As we reported a year ago, drone artists received a surge of inspiration after the Brexit/Trump votes and
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