Drone binge
Same old, I guess these aren't really binges. This is a reference list for my drone ventures and revisits. Drone is very loosely defined here, I am looking for all things drone/ gritty ambient/ noise/ dark ambient/ tape loops, or folkey drone stuff a la Grouper and friends. Recs welcome as always |
| 1 |  | Grouper
Ruins
Done.
Fantastic discog with consistent quality - the only low ratings being mostly explained by short formats, which I don't think her music is well suited to generally. A reference.
A Grid of Points 2.9
Paradise Valley 2.3-2.7 (temp)
Ruins 4.3
The Man Who Died in his Boat 3.7
Violet Replacement 3.45
Water People 2.8 - 3.2 (temp)
AIA 3.6 (Dream Loss 4.1, Alien Observer 4.05)
Hold/ Sick 3.6
Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill 4.45
Cover the Windows and the Walls 4.1
He Knows He Knows He Knows 2.8
Wide 3.65
Way Their Crept 3.5
Grouper 4.24 |
| 2 |  | Nivhek
After Its own Death/ Walking in a Spiral
Done
I am undecided about this one and will have to rejam it. Loved it on first listen, not so convinced on second listen.
After Its own Death/ Walking in a Spiral 3.4 |
| 3 |  | Amulets
False Horizon |
| 4 |  | Omega Dawkins
alpha
Done.
Nice with some good tracks, but a bit all over the place.
alpha - 3.8 |
| 5 |  | The Haxan Cloak
Observatory
Done.
Didn't enjoy this guy's style really, except for one EP - which still wasn't 4.0 material, or rather only in places.
Excavation 2.0
The Men Parted the Sea to Devour the Water 3.5
The Haxan Cloak 2.0
Observatory EP 2.5 |
| 6 |  | Belong
October Language
Done
I think it's fair to say I found a fav band here - love the style. I enjoyed the shoegaze turn on the last LP, but wish the execution were as well done as in the drone material.
Common Era 3.5
Same Places EP 4.05
Colorloss Record EP 2.8
October Language 4.25 |
| 7 |  | Ben Chatwin
Drone Signals
Done
A weird one, the dude can sure make pretty sounds and fantastic intros, but most of his discog felt like a compilation of intros and interludes and not really standalone ambient music. The last two and especially Drone Signals gave me some hope though, and I'll still be following what he comes up with newt.
Drone Signals 3.3
Staccato Signals 2.5
Heat & Entropy 1.9
The Sleeper Awakes 2.1 |
| 8 |  | The Goslings
Grandeur of Hair |
| 9 |  | Ben Frost
Steel Wound |
| 10 |  | Raison d'etre
The Empty Hollow Unfolds |
| 11 |  | Greg Gorlen
summer tape |
| 12 |  | Deathprod
Reference Frequencies |
| 13 |  | Dedekind Cut
$uccessor (ded004) |
| 14 |  | Roly Porter
Aftertime
Done.
Nothing too great, but lots of potential shown that makes me want to follow his future output. I think he has very strong albums in him, just need to cut down on the boring bleep bloops. Edit: kistvaen has super cool ideas and flows a lot better than his prior stuff, he keeps improving aye nice
Kistvaen 3.75
Third Law 3.7
Life Cycle Of A Massive Star 3.3
Aftertime 3.1 |
| 15 |  | Prurient
Frozen Niagara Falls |
| 16 |  | Saito Koji
Wave |
| 17 |  | Mirrorring
Foreign Body
Gotta do all of Liz's side projects hey
Done
I liked this a lot, it calls back to Grouper but also has its own unique sound and personality to it. Worth a listen especially if you are having a hard time getting into Grouper because it is too droney/ambient to yar taste
Foreign Body 3.8 |
| 18 |  | Black Light District
A Thousand Lights in a Darkened Room |
| 19 |  | Chubby Wolf
Ornitheology |
| 20 |  | Peter Christopherson
Time Machines II |
| 21 |  | Celer
Para
Dug a bunch of his stuff already but have plenty more to try |
| 22 |  | ELpH
Zwölf |
| 23 |  | Sewer Election
Wreck
Not sure what to expect with this one |
| 24 |  | Kara-Lis Coverdale
Aftertouches |
| 25 |  | Sleep Research Facility
Deep Frieze |
| 26 |  | Thomas Koner
Daikan |
| 27 |  | Lustmord
The Place Where The Black Stars Hang |
| 28 |  | Yellow Swans
Psychic Secession |
| 29 |  | Gimu
Alien Ancestry |
| 30 |  | Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
Love is a Stream |
| 31 |  | Eliane Radigue
L'île re-sonante |
| 32 |  | Time Machines
Time Machines |
| 33 |  | Emeralds
Ledges |
| 34 |  | Tarentel
We Move Through Weather
Not looking for post-rocky stuff here unless it is super droney a la GYBE, but sput tags are messed up so I'll give this and a few others a try to check how droney they really are |
| 35 |  | Lovesliescrushing
Voirshn |
| 36 |  | The Fun Years
Baby, It's Cold Inside
Same as for 34 |
| 37 |  | Motion Sickness Of Time Travel
White Candle |
| 38 |  | Chihei Hatakeyama
Mirror
Done.
A bit disappointed by this one. Perhaps I just happened to have an absolutely perfect listen, but his debut LP felt so much fuller and better than any of his later works (despite not really being rated much higher at all on here) which all sound pretty much the same, i.e. very pretty textures to sleep to but that hardly ever change and aren't too interesting to listen to other than as the softest imaginable background - making them a bit tough to rate. I did not go through his whole discog but I don't see any sign of that ever changing so I think I get the jist - if you know of other records of his that like Minima Moralia do not fit that description, do rec please
Void XVI 3.4
Void XV 3.0
Void XI 3.4
Coastal Railroads in Memories 3.25
Winter Storm 3.0
A Long Journey 3.4
Saunter 3.45
Dedication 3.2
Minima Moralia 4.25 |
| 39 |  | Internazionale
Elegy for the Victors
I really dug Elegy for the Victors, but struggled to find other material that I liked. The discog does explore many different directions in ambient/drone, even mixing it up with other genres especially on AiL, and that has to be commanded, but it's generally not too much my cuppa.
Avatar in Life 2.2
The Pale and the Colourful 2.9
Vigilance 3.6
The Opaline Dancer 3.0
Wreaths of Life - ?
Armour of Stars 3.3
Elegy for the Victors 4.2
Brothers of the Baltic Pearl EP 3.35
Protection Glass EP 3.0
Sisters of Ambrosia EP 3.1 |
| 40 |  | Fennesz
Black Sea |
| 41 |  | Noveller
No Dreams |
| 42 |  | Aidan Baker
Dualism
This dude has so many albums urgh |
| 43 |  | Julianna Barwick
Nepenthe |
| 44 |  | William Basinski
The Disintegration Loops II
Of course |
| 45 |  | Tim Hecker
Radio Amor
Of course |
| 46 |  | Asattarn
An Old Beginning
I now realise I still haven't jammed this in full good Lord |
| 47 |  | Nurse With Wound
Soliloquy For Lilith
Below are recs from the comments |
| 48 |  | Treha Sektori
Endessiah
The album that was rec'd isn't in the db |
| 49 |  | Apocryphos/Kammarheit/Atrium Carceri
Onyx |
| 50 |  | Kammarheit
The Starwheel |
| 51 |  | Hoedh
Hymnvs |
| 52 |  | Maeror Tri
The Beauty of Sadness |
| 53 |  | Chve
rasa |
| 54 |  | Troum
Eald-Ge-Streon |
| 55 |  | Windy and Carl
Consciousness |
| 56 |  | Hash Jar Tempo
Well Oiled |
| 57 |  | Surface of the Earth
Surface of the Earth |
| 58 |  | Birchville Cat Motel
Chi Vampires |
| 59 |  | Andrew Chalk
East of the Sun |
| 60 |  | Keith Fullerton Whitman
Lisbon |
| 61 |  | Devictus
An Anxious Light
Sput made |
| 62 |  | Laurie Spiegel
The Expanding Universe
From the sput description this looks ambient and not droney enough for this list but I'll give it a try hey |
| 63 |  | The Atlas Ghost
Deliverance |
| 64 |  | Loscil
Endless Falls |
| 65 |  | Raum
The Event of Your Leaving
Done.
Yet another of Liz's projects, again super solid stuff.
The Event of Your Leaving 3.85 |
| 66 |  | Croatian Amor
Genitalia Garden |
| 67 |  | Damien Dubrovnik
Vegas Fountain |
| 68 |  | Svarte Greiner
Knive
Done
An extensive discog with a lot of relatively plain and boring material, a few highlights here and there especially on the shorter records, and elsewhere not much I'll come back to really.
Apart 1.5
Moss Garden 2.55
Drunk, Road, Tree EP 3.5
Black Tie 3.45
Twin 3.5
Kappe 2.8
Man Bird Dress 3.3
Til Seters EP 3.05
Penpals Forever 3.45
Depardieu EP 3.4
Raggsokk EP 3.5
Knive 3.2 |
| 69 |  | Work/Death
Phone About To Ring |
| 70 |  | Controlled Bleeding
Distress Signals II
Not drone but I want to remember to check more of this |
| 71 |  | Merzbow and Vanity Productions
Coastal Erosion |
| 72 |  | Sundrugs
Low
Done
Rec'd by garas
Diverse discog that touches a lot of things in the ambient realm, but struggles to produce a consistent album except on Low. That one is cool though and there's lots of potential on display here, but his later discog has been more erratic and inconsistent I have to say.
Light Paints a Way 2.7
Abstract Forms 2.8
Endless Reverie 3.45
Desert Underground 2.6
Low 3.9
Hidden Scenes 3.65 |
| 73 |  | The Dead C
DR503 |
| 74 |  | Inca Ore
Birthday Of Bless You |
| 75 |  | Black Thread
Meadowlark (Premonition)
Done.
Side project of greg gorlen
Quite an extensive but almost uneventful discog made of a lot of short two-sided drone tapes that are all 'nice' but never truly marking. Meadowlark stands out as a piece in a different style - single half hour long soft ambient piece - and deserves a re-listen, and I might come back to a couple of the tapes. But overall this is generally not too memorable, although always quite good.
Seeping Pitch 2.9
Embers 3.4
Drifting Snow 3.4
Autumn Flowers 2.5
flaming sprig 3.4
Leaves Falling 2.7
Meadowlark (Premonition) 3.2
the earth is a failed illusion 2.9
Effulgent Angel Piss 3.7
Pinkfire 3.15
Rippling Peacock Ashes 3.2 |
| 76 |  | Axolotl
Telesma |
| 77 |  | Dirk Serries
Disorientation Flow |
| 78 |  | Brian McBride
When The Detail Lost Its Freedom |
| 79 |  | Wordclock
Self Destruction Themes |
| 80 |  | Sarah Davachi
Gave In Rest |
| 81 | | Raime
quarte |
| 82 |  | Charlemagne Palestine
Strumming Music |
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