2008 – 62 min
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The drone (bourdon) effect reflects the presence of a constant layer of stable pitch in a sound ensemble with no noticeable variation in intensity. Linked to music in its designation (the drone is a permanent bass note over which other elements are laid), the drone effect can also be observed in urban and industrial soundscapes. Many technical systems generate constant sounds that are close to a drone, even if the frequencies concerned are not limited to the bass range that originally characterized it.
Sonic Experience; Ed Jean-François Augoyard and Henry Torgue
McGill-Queen’s University Press (2005)
SoundSpace Oscillations X: Drone
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CM von Hausswolff | ‘Rotterdam Canaries Or A General Attempt To Conquer A Specific Model Of Migration’ | Basic | Table of The Elements, 1998
Taylor Deupree | ‘1AM’ | 12k, 2006
Eliane Radigue | ‘Adnos III’ | Adnos I-III | Table of The Elements, 2002
Goem | ‘Twaalf’ | Stud Stim | Raster-Noton, 1997
Joe Colley | 8 phased loops (2×7”) | Stichting Mixer, 2003
Rhys Chatham | ‘part 3’ | The crimson grail (for 400 guitars) | Table of The Elements, 2007
Reche + Ubeboet | ‘Circum’ | Duae | Retinascan, 2006
CM von Hausswolff | ‘Hamburg Fatigue Or Tiny Movements Make A Mind Less Static’ | Basic | Table of The Elements, 1998
Pythagoron(TM) | Pythagoron | 1977
Phill Niblock | ‘Hurdy Hurry’ | Touch Works, For Hurdy Gurdy And Voice | Touch, 2000
ZLB | ‘Enjoyment seems beside the point’ | I Was Vaguely Aware of Something | Friendly Virus, 2008
Rafael Toral | ‘Harmonic Series 0’ | Harmonic Series | Table of The Elements, 2003
Phill Niblock | ‘Held Tones’ | YPGPN | XI Records, 2002
Biosphere | ‘Circulaire’ | Autour de la lune | Touch, 2004
György Ligeti | ‘Lux Aeterna (1966)’ | A Cappella Choral Works | Sony Classical, 1997
Alvin Lucier | ‘Wire IV’ | Music On A Long Thin Wire (1977) | Lovely Music, 1992
Daniel Menche | ‘Untitled 01’ | Skadha | Antifrost, 2004
CM von Hausswolff | ‘Empty airfield’ | Topophonic Models | Feld, 2006
Crawl Unit | ‘Untitled (Drone 2)’ | Everyone Gets What They Deserve | Crippled Intellect, 1999
CM von Hausswolff | ‘Leftover Goods In Chicago’ | Three Overpopulated Cities Built By Short-sighted Planners, An Unbalanced And Quite Dangerous Airport And An Abandoned Church | Sub Rosa, 2004
Phill Niblock | ‘Didjeridoos And Don’Ts’ | YPGPN | XI Records, 2002
Terry Riley | ‘Crucifixion Voices’ | Atlantis Nath | Sri Moonshine Music, 2002