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We have an overview of the last decade of Ambient and Drone music coming up tonight at 9pm (GMT) if anyone's inclined to listen here:
https://listen.dublindigitalradio.com/home
Archive will be up on mixcloud over the next week or so.
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Here's one for fans of the austere. Robert Curgenven:
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On 11/15/2019 at 8:16 PM, cwmbrancity said:
Maaaan linked you up here ASAP, shows have remarkable quality of music that comes from a lifetime spent digging through crates. One of a necessary batch of resources excavating outdoors!
First got into Donnacha via D1, quite a journey with tracks that fill out to another level on a good live system.
Yes! I saw that, and thank you for the kind words, undeserved of course.
We did a special on Donnacha a while ago. Spent ages trying to get him into the studio, but ended up doing it over the phone, despite the fact that he only lives about 15 miles away.
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On 11/15/2019 at 5:39 PM, chenGOD said:
God I love donnacha’s work so much.
@droid where do you see modern classical like A Winged Victory for the Sullen/Stars of the Lid or some of Terry Riley’s work fitting in to the “drone” genre?
I was suspicious of the indie/postrock ambient thing for far too long, though a good friend of mine was a huge fan of the aforementioned, and Godspeed and the like. STOL have made some very serious and genuinely great ambient records and in general I think that whole scene has produced some very good music and pushed some boundaries.
Riley sits up there as a one of the pioneers of minimalism, hugely influential, though a lot of his work falls more under the banner of serialism than sustained tone. I think perhaps one of his most important cultural innovations was the integration of Indian musical philosophy into the avant garde, a move that also connected minimalism with probably the most enduring and long lived drone tradition.-
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Started a thread over here about the glories of '95 jungle.
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The most harrowing film Ive seen about the Holocaust is Son of Saul. Absolutely brutal and deeply haunting.
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I'd highly recommend this release. Saw a live performance of it a few years back that was overwhelmingly good:
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The delineation between reverberated drone and sustained tones is interesting, and there is definitely a big difference in the aesthetic, and there's also people like Windy & Carl, Kyle Bobby Dunn and Celer who use guitar and loops to create dronish music. Ive heard the sound described as 'ambient drone', which I think is a subtle but important distinction.
I guess Id see the major qualities that distinguish drone from ambient in general as being around approach, intent and genealogy. Whereas ambient is a fairly amorphous fusion of ideas from new age, environmental music and the avant garde, 'hardcore' or pure drone is a much more restrictive sub genre of classical minimalism that is based in ideas from the academy. The originators of the modern genre - the likes of Phil Niblock, Alvin Lucier, Radigue, La Monte young etc. all come from a classical avant garde tradition, which is reflected in the austerity and intensity of the music. Drone isnt music designed to be 'ignorable'. Its intended to be a serious, radical offshoot of experimental modernism.
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Yeah! He's a dark horse, both the Maui albums are excellent. His recent Bandcamp things have also been really good.
Suspension in transit is ultra-droney, reminds me a bit of France Jobin.
On 11/12/2019 at 5:13 AM, Lachesi said:Check out swedish XKatedral label.
They mainly publish drone music played on classic instruments tuned in just intonation. Many young composers now quite famous started from this label/collective
https://xkatedral.bandcamp.comSeconded. Kali Malone is brilliant and that last Maria Horn album is outstanding.
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Oh, and this is worth checking out. Some of the best (and only) writing about drone Ive read. Lovely lady as well.
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1 hour ago, Lachesi said:
So you’re directly involved in this project?
anyway, glad you’re back!
Thanks. Yeah, its the culmination of many years of ambient and drone obsessions.
Didn't mean to spam, but it was literally the first thread I saw and it seemed relevant.Great choices BTW, Kyema is an all time fave.
Almost too much great drone to recommend individual releases... here's one very special tune though, devastating at high volume. Recommended if you want to destroy the minds of a large number of people at once:-
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Ah, thanks, that's very kind of you. I was actually a member here, many, many moons ago, but have been unable to re-register... until now.
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This may be of interest:
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No Place Like Drone Radio Shows
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Ok, here we go - mixcloud link here. Was kind of fun to do, but certainly should've spent more time weighing up the options. Could easily have done five or ten shows like this. Its been the most prolific decade ever for ambient music (by my rough calculations).