Angus MacLise Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda: Equal parts avant-garde drone, indian classical, and psychedelic. MacLise and his collaborators create trance inducing music with eerie chanted vocals and random explosions of sound and intense percussion. The poor recording quality, negatively effects the music in a big way. On many tracks several instruments will barely be audible. [...]
Interview with Pauline Oliveros
Pauline Oliveros has been composing music since most of you were in diapers. She is a large proponent of drone based music and has recently released a book on the subject. Do yourself a favor and experience some of her music. What initially drew you to drone based music? The sound of tones. Why do [...]
Pauline Oliveros-Deep Listening
Pauline Oliveros Deep Listening: Accordion, trombone, voices, and found percussion recorded in a gigantic cistern with a ridiculous amount of reverberation. The subtlety of the musicians knack for incorporating microtonal elements and utilizing the natural Reverberation makes this piece an incredible listen. The droning harmonies are nothing short of gorgeous and trance inducing. Rating: 14/15 [...]
LaMonte Young-The Well Tuned Piano
LaMonte Young The Well Tuned Piano: An ever-evolving drone oriented piece performed on a piano with a unique tuning influenced by Indian Ragas. If you ever have an afternoon to kill put on this five cd set or the more recently released DVDs and dissolve into the beautiful harmonies Young draws from his piano. Goes [...]
