DRONES

drones

Track Listings

1. Les saturnales

2. Sicilienne

3. Machine

4. Drle d're

5. Coma

6. Trepidanse

7. Duo

8. Dies Irae

9. TIntinnabulum

10. Cantilne

11. Trio de mini-moogs

DRONES,JEAN PHILIPPE GOUDE

DRONES

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Pärt fans take note
Profound and intense
A contemporary tour de force

World To Come

Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Kinship
Oblivion
Osvaldo Golijov: Ayre
Golijov: Yiddishbbuk
Osvaldo Golijov: Ainadamar

ASIN: B0000CABC4
Release Date: 2003-10-21

Tracks:

Osvaldo Golijov: Mariel
David Lang: World To Come I
David Lang: World To Come II
David Lang: World To Come III
David Lang: World To Come IV
Arvo Part: Fratres for Four Cellos
John Tavener: Lament for Phaedra

Customer Reviews:

Pärt fans take note.......2005-08-12

Beyond the musical composition there is an intangible, almost mystical quality to many of Pärt's albums, especially my personal favorite - Tabula Rasa. Maya's version of Fratres is what initially attracted me to this album. However, this cut is actually now one of my least favorites. Track #1 alone would make this album worth the price. Maya's playing captures something that is beyond words and beyond any attempts to evaluate it based solely on its musicality. Buy it.

Profound and intense.......2005-03-23

It is impossible to describe this music, but suffice it to say that this CD contains some of the most compelling and interesting new music I've ever heard. The compositions have great emotional/spiritual depth and intensity, and Beiser's playing is strong and authoritative.

A contemporary tour de force.......2003-11-04

Maya Beiser's new recording is a sensational exploration into the world of multi-track recording. "Mariel" is a spiritual work, centered around what sounds like a South American folk song. "World to Come," by far the largest work on this disc, with vocals and multiple tracks of cellos, is inspirational and hopeful. A really enjoyable disc.

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A Masterpiece From Start To Finish
Addictive Masterpiece
Will take years to fully dissect this........
Yo La Tengo wasn't afraid, but the Drones beat their ass

Gala Mill
The Drones
Manufacturer: Atp Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
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Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By
Ys
Boys and Girls in America
Grinderman
Yellow House

ASIN: B000IB0EB6
Release Date: 2006-10-24

Tracks:

Jezebel
Dog Eared
I'm Here Now
Words From The Executioner To Alexander Pearce
I Don't Ever Want To Change
Work For Me
I Looked Down The Line And I Wondered
Are You Leaving For The Country
Sixteen Straws

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A Masterpiece From Start To Finish.......2007-04-02

With "Gala Mill", their third full length outing, The Drones have given us a protean colossus of an album. The howling, demonic fury of their previous release "Wait Long By The River And The Bodies Of Your Enemies Will Float By", has given way to a more circumspect, haunting and melancholic set of songs. The opening track "Jezebel", has more poetic and musical brilliance than most bands manage in an entire album. It clocks in at nearly eight minutes, but still leaves you wanting more. "Gala Mill" is a more intimate but no less psychologically intense offering than "Wait Long By The River ...", but much more accessable to the average listener. The final track on the album "Sixteen Straws", is perhaps the most remakable: a harrowing tale of the brutality of life (and death) in a 19th century Australian penal settlement, with lyrical imagery so vivid that it plays out like a film reel in your mind. "Gala Mill" is a portrait of a band bristling with creative energy and musical cohesion. Long may they rock.

Addictive Masterpiece.......2006-12-24

They came close with "Wait Long By The River...", but I think while their lyrics were genius, they still had some musical progression to do. But with Gala Mill, The Drones have perfected both aspects of their music and I'm happy to say I think Gala Mill is a masterpiece and probably the best album of 2006.

For those who aren't familar with the band they're sound is a mix of Bob Dylan/Van Morrison's voice and Neil Young's guitars - with lyrics which easily match all the aforementioned.

Recorded in a barn in Tasmania, Australia the sound is suprisingly crisp and produced perfectly. Starting with the barking of a dog in the long distance and then blasting out chords on an electric guitar for Jezebel....it's chilling how great the album starts. Then ending with an 8 minute acoustic opus called "Sixteen Straws" which is a story based on one line from a real poem (and then expanded), The Drones show they have the potential to be as big as Radiohead on the rock scene in an album which is all killer and no filler.

Will take years to fully dissect this...............2006-11-21

The Drones are out there on the edge where few venture. Not interested in hiding flaws, they pick them apart and revel in the imperfections. Truly without peer. "I lived in the country where the dead wood aches, in a house made of stone and a thousand mistakes". Making music as if nobody is listening, and sounding all the better for it.

Yo La Tengo wasn't afraid, but the Drones beat their ass.......2006-10-31

The new album picks up where Wait Long By the River... left off. Superb lyrics and great, raw, complex music. When's the last time you heard a band capable of conveying music with honest, genuine emotion? Try it, I promise you won't regret it.

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Igloo Magazine's REVIEW

Europa
Micronaut
Manufacturer: Positron! Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Ganymede

ASIN: B0007MUC1I
Release Date: 2005-01-24

Tracks:

For Once Always
Mister Tronic
Crass But True
Normalized
Invention 1 / Microprocessor
Darkness
Sneer
Uncompressed
Failsafe
Calculate
Institutional
Perdition
Dysk
Perdition - DJ Blitz 4/4 Remix

Album Description

The fourth full-length album from Chris Randall's Micronaut project, Europa is a brooding and introspective piece of melodic electronica. Quite a departure from the normal Micronaut sound of big-beat and house, Europa is dark and cinematic, with twisting synth lines and disjointed drum-beats vying for attention amid a thick bed of drones and found sound.

Europa features Chris Randall and Miguel Turnazas, and also adds Wade Alin (Christ Analogue, Atomica, Milkfish) to the mix with his unique programming skills. Mike Fisher (Machines of Loving Grace, Amish Rake Fight) makes an appearance with his masterful cello playing. A perfect soundtrack for a dark day, Europa is Micronaut's finest album to date.

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Igloo Magazine's REVIEW.......2005-12-17

REVIEW BY: Mark Teppo at Igloomag.com
(03.03.05) Chris Randall is busy circling Jupiter, making landfall on each of the moons with his Micronaut project. The latest place he's explored is Europa and, contrary to the big beat landscape of Io and the jungle-inflected surface of Ganymede, he's found the ruins of lost civilizations and ancient waterways on Europa. He's found material for cinematic soundtracks; Europa is awash with a plethora of styles, an amalgamation of sound that builds from drum and bass, classical overture, moody electronica, dark ambience, and funky organic melodies into, well, a construct that has all sorts of echoes to the past while clearly all a-glitter with futurism.

The closest landmarks are the modern electronic soundtracks of Craig Armstrong and David Holmes, though Randall lifts what he wants from Armstrong's classical emphasis and Holmes' man on the street funk vibe and injects these elements with his recognizably sinuous energy, giving songs like "Mister Tronic" -- a textured accompaniment to the city streets at 4am filled with steam and the rumbling passage of delivery trucks -- a rolling slipperiness, a finger-snapping beat that makes you not the crazy fool with no place to go at that time of day but the restless outsider out for a prowl while the rest of the world lies dead in their beds. Miguel Turnazas provides the guitar work in "Crass But True," channeling David Gilmour over a percolating bed of dark synths and twisting electronics. "Failsafe" skitters with drum 'n' bass rhythms while Turnazas' guitar and Randall's synthesizers perform a mincing duel to the death, while "Calculate" gets down with a Bill Laswell-ian bass rhythm and a tight drum kit, forcing guitar and synthesizer to play nice together in accordance with the first law of funk: touch them in that special place that makes their butts wiggle.

Turnazas does a looping, echoing fuzz box guitar thing for "Uncompressed," releasing waves of sound that resonate with too many hours of listening to Pink Floyd records while Randall builds layers of beats and tones over the guitar work. They're in no hurry, building a track that is on the long road to trance nation and, just as they arrive, the whole construct collapses into a Middle Eastern drum explosion as if Amir Baghiri just stormed the studio. But, actually, he's been invited and they all take off together into outer space for the rousing climax of the song.

Randall, who began as and still is the man behind Sister Machine Gun, understands the power of the industrial fusion guitar, the snarling sound of an ax being overloaded with feedback and angst and delivers such a beast on "Sneer." Following the elegiac and stunning "Darkness," a track aching with cello (provided by Mike Fisher of Amish Rake Fight), Randall limps in a static-edged drum rhythm, a wandering beat that doesn't quite have the necessary self-confidence to take the stage by itself. It's waiting for the guitar, you see, waiting for that noisy soloist who struts the stage, writhing beneath his instrument, making love to all the girls in the first eight rows. Oh yes, "Sneer" it is, and I snapped the knob off on my CD player popping the volume to eleven when the first chorus hit.

If Roger Waters wanted to do a funky electronic record that would have some relevance with a generation younger than his, he'd do well to give Chris Randall a call. "Chris, my man," he'd ask, "How do I find it? Where's the pulse?" And Randall would simply say, "It's in your chakras, pal. You can pick just one or you can do as I do: light 'em all up." Europa is a landmark record for Chris Randall. In much the same way that Burn consolidated the previous Sister Machine Gun records and broke through to a new level, Europa is a whole new world for Micronaut. It's a long time until the Best Of lists at the end of the year, and I'll bet I'll have worn all the '1's and '0's off my copy of Europa by then.

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An ambassadorial odyssey
Insanely Intense -- Benchmark Your Speakers!
Be transported to another time and place

A Storm of Drones
Various Artists
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The Throne of Drones
Swarm of Drones

ASIN: B000001PAQ
Release Date: 1996-09-10

Tracks:

Tangram (Excerpt) - Robert Normandeau
Valley Flow (Excerpt) - Denis Smalley
Marine - Francis Dhomont
Lune Noire (Excerpt) - Patrick Ascione
Terre (Excerpt) - Annette Vande Gorne
II Ritorno (Section 1) - Francis Dhomont
Crystal Music (Excerpt) - Stephane Roy
La Ou Vont Les Nuages...(Excerpt) - Gilles Gobeil
Cristaux Liquides (Excerpt) - Mario Rodrigue
Hot Air (Excerpt) - Jonty Harrison
Veils (Excerpt) - Paul Dolden

Tracks:

Reky Into Dark Territory - Michael Stearns
Merciful Eyes - Steve Roach
Primal Image (Excerpt) - Alan Lamb
Maritime Vision - Darren Copeland
Morning Light - Stuart Dempster
It Is Hard To Know - Fred Szymanski
Change Of Direction, A Condensed Excerpt - Ellan Fullman
Reaching For Tomorrow (Excerpt) - Darren Copeland
Moire - Maggi Payne
The Last Leaf (Excerpt) - Aloof Proof
In The Valley Of The Shadows (DJ Spooky Takes A..) - DJ Spooky
Twinge Of Lunge - Naut Humon

Tracks:

Karyon - Maryanne Amacher
+/-1v - David Kwan
Klystron - Elliot Sharp
Idle Sunder - ISO Orchestra
Flyback Transformer - Antimatter
Temporal Filter Coefficient - Gregory Lenezycki
Passage IV - Mortal Engines
Ephemera - Robert Rich
Out From Under (Excerpt) - Jeff Greinke
Sirens Of Propolis - Voice Of Eye
VOT 3/2 (A Remix) - Vidna Obana/Asmus Tietchens
Plaything - Maryanne Amacher

Album Details

Over Three 1/2 Hours Worth of Music featuring Previously Unreleased Tracks from DJ Spooky, Elliot Sharp, Steve Roach, Michael Sterns, Alan Lamb and Many Others.

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An ambassadorial odyssey.......2002-09-07

Dating from 1995, "A Storm of Drones" is the final episode of the Drones Trilogy, compiled by Naut Humon for the Sombient division of Asphodel Records. In fact, this particular release is itself a trilogy, providing within a single (Opak) box three well-packed (if not terribly well-packaged) CDs, each offering a slightly different take on music that is without any discernible tune, rhythm or beat and totalling in all some 220 minutes of intense musical listening - which, I hope, explains the title.

The three-CD format of "A Storm of Drones" permits a somewhat broader - and deeper - exploration of 'music of the drone' than that undertaken in either of this volume's precursors. This is noticeable from the outset, with the first CD in the set - bearing the subtitle of "Audio" - consisting of some eleven extracts of works previously released in the electroacoustic and acousmatic catalogue of the Canadian recording company DIFFUSION i MéDIA (better known nowadays as electrocd.com, a company that has subsequently released the full versions of some of the works featured on the second CD in this set, by the way.)

The length of the excerpts presented here varies greatly: from a couple of two-minute movements lifted from Francis Dhomont's "...mourir un peu" to major (i.e. 13+ minutes) chunks of works such as Robert Normandeau's "Tangram" and Stéphane Roy's "Crystal Music". The extract from the latter, in fact, consists of almost the entire 14 minutes of the original, although inexplicably missing the opening five seconds-worth and with the final two minutes presented in a different form. ("Tangram" is also presented in a different mix from that appearing on Normandeau's own discs - the version that appears here is more compact in places and would seem to be part of an earlier edition of the work.)

All of the materials included on this disc, though, have been chosen for their slowly unfolding form, as well as for their reliance on textural development as opposed to gestural articulation. They thus provide a concentration of essentially drone-based material which all sits well together while, of course, also fitting into the theme of the series. So consistent is this material, though, that it is hard to believe that it was not written to fit together this way, with each composer's extract segueing seamlessly into the next - and all without a single dull moment, too.

And that's just the first disc of this set! The second, subtitled "Environmental", consists of similarly slow moving, drone-based sound-works, this time nearly all derived from environmental recordings of one kind or another. These range from the luscious thunderstorm materials of Michael Stearns' "Reky into Dark Territory", to the use of wide reverberant spaces as the setting for the recording of improvised trombone playing, as featured in Stuart Dempster's Deep Listening work, "Morning Light" (taken from the New Albion Records release, "Underground Overlays from the Cistern Chapel") and taking in, along the way, Alan Lamb's use of what must count as the world's largest aeolian harp in "Primal Image" (from his "Archival Recordings" album, featuring unprocessed contact microphone recordings of the natural vibrations in telephone cables stretching across the Australian outback). Much (though not all) of the material on this disc is more tonally centred - or at least note or pitch-based - than is the general case on Disc 1, but the material remains every bit as atmospheric and sonically fascinating.

The trend towards a greater pitch-centring of the content continues on the third disc in the set, "Immersion". Here, in a return to music from the artists who provided the mainstay of material on the preceding volumes in this series - such as Steve Roach, Robert Rich, Maryanne Amacher, Gregory Lenczycki - the listener is truly immersed in a veritable 'storm of drones' of almost stunning intensity. As track blends into track, this disc proves itself an impressive culmination to this massive celebration of... well, call it what you will: electroacoustic; acousmatic; industrial techno or dark ambient music of the drone. Whatever. For if there is one thing that this release does teach, it is that labels for music are unimportant; what matters are the feelings behind it. And all of the works here demonstrate an intensity of feeling that is really quite awe inspiring.

Regularly readers of my reviews will know that I normally have little time or patience for compilation albums, especially those featuring bleeding chunks torn from other releases. For once, though, I am more than happy to set aside my prejudices and recommend this collection wholeheartedly. These three CDs do a great job of bringing such beautiful music together in a way that not only makes perfect musical sense, but which also does much to provide a setting that may itself foster further exploration by several disparate audiences into alien musical territories - a truly worthy cause indeed.

Although currently out of print at Asphodel, I do urge would-be buyers to spare no effort hunting for copies of this release while it remains reasonably easy to find. It is a great set of discs - one that should not be missed.

Insanely Intense -- Benchmark Your Speakers!.......1999-10-26

Wow! This set is INCREDIBLY cool. The first CD in particular will do things to your speakers and your head that you did not think possible. If you want to benchmark your speakers or a compression codec, I'd highly recommend this CD. If you want to undergo a surreal voyage into sound, I'd also highly recommend this CD. If you only want shiny plastic disks that play Beck or Beethoven, don't get this disk. IT IS WEIRD, but only in the very best sort of way. =)

Be transported to another time and place.......1998-08-24

This compilation manages to transport the listener to another world through the use of a variety of sound sculptures, atmospherics, and lush synthesizers. The ambience induces relaxation through the creation of organic soundworlds. A must have for any fan of ambient minimalism or anyone else who just wants to relax, ahhhh.

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Great set, if you can get it to play
GREAT MUSIC! 2nd CD DOES NOT PLAY OR READ!
Another sampling of (very) Sound Traffic Control
Simply great compositions with unsurpassed complexity.
Good collection of ambient melancholy

Swarm of Drones
Various Artists
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The Throne of Drones

ASIN: B000001PAH
Release Date: 1995-09-19

Tracks:

Looms - Rhythm & Noise
Palm Canyon - Michel Redolfi
Buoyant On Motionless Deluge - Robert Rich
Hamam - DJ Cheb I Shabbah
Shard I - Steve Roach
Flat Earth - Vidna Obmana
Calming Sorrow - Insect Funeral
2000 II - Robert Fripp
Soli Deo Gloria - Janis Mattox
The Ghost Ship (Excerpt) - Aloof Proof
Move (Drone Mix) - Ned Bouhalassa
Below - Jeff Greinke
Annul - X-Ray
Slow Fall Inward - Lull
Drowning In Aurora - KK Null/James Plotkin
Melisma - Iso Ambient Orchestra
Deliquesce - Naunt Humon
Variable State Optical Amplifier - Gregory Lenczycki
Lapsed Transfer - Xopher Davidson
Sound Characters For 'Synaptic Isalnd' And 'A Step Into It - Maryann Amacher

Tracks:

Move I (Drone Mix) - Ned Bouhalassa
Below - Jeff Greinke
Annul - X-Ray
Slow Fall Inward - Lull
Drowning In Aurora - KK Null/James Plotkin
Melisma - Iso Ambient Orchestra
Deliquesce - Naut Humon
Variable State Optical Amplifier - Gregory Lenczycki
Lapsed Transfer - Xopher Davidson
Sound Characters - Maryanne Amacher

Customer Reviews:

Great set, if you can get it to play.......2005-01-19

A previous reviewer noted the issue with disc 2, and I thought I'd comment on it. The two discs of this set feature tracks numbered 1-20, with track 1-10 on disc 1, and 11-20 on disc 2. Literally, if you insert this disc into a drive that can handle it, you'll see that the first track on disc 2 is displayed as "11". This is compliant with the red book standard, but many CD players have trouble playing disc 2. Computer drives seem to be the worst offenders. This otherwise excellent compilation loses a point because of this excessive cleverness.

GREAT MUSIC! 2nd CD DOES NOT PLAY OR READ!.......2003-12-24

This is very interesting and impressive music comprised of many different new age and space music talents! The texture, depth, and overall feeling in the music is outstanding! Well, on CD # 1 that is. The 2nd CD of this 2 CD set WILL NOT PLAY OR READ! I have bought *two* Swarm of Drones CD sets this year. The first one was used, so I figured the 2nd CD was just damaged somehow (even thought I can promise you it wasn't scratched or anything - I checked). Well, a few months later I bought a brand new Swarm of Drones. Guess what? 2nd CD does NOT work again! It just causes any CD player you stick it in to sit there and spin and spin and try to read it.

Great music, however, 1 star because I got ripped off due to a production error at Sombient music (who made this). Anyone know anything about this little "problem"? Don't try to contact Sombient, they are out of business. And anyone else I've tried to contact about this doesn't seem to care.

Another sampling of (very) Sound Traffic Control.......2003-01-17

"Swarm of Drones" is the second volume of Asphodel Records' "Drones" trilogy. It does an excellent job of bridging the transition from the dark sombient music of the preceding "The Throne of Drones" to the more adventurous acousmatic material of the final volume, "Storm of Drones".

A quick glance at the contributors to this 2-CD set gives some indication of the eclectic nature of the compilation. The Sound Traffic Control regulars - Xopher Davidson, Gregory Lenczycki, Naut Homun and the Iso Ambient Orchestra - are as heavily in evidence as one would expect. As, indeed, are sombient specialists of the likes of Steve Roach, Robert Rich, Robert Fripp, Maryanne Amacher. Amongst them, though, are such acousmatic luminaries as Michel Redolfi and Ned Bouhalassa, as well as artists for whom it is impossible (and equally pointless) to even attempt to pigeon-hole, such as Janis Mattox and James Plotkin.

The music in this compilation is all of such a stunningly high standard (and the collection so well presented) that it is hard to point out any favourite moments from amongst it all. Steve Roach is as brilliant as ever, of course. If I had to pick, though, I think I'd point to Michel Redolfi's "Palm Canyon" (a single movement from a larger work, "Desert Tracks") with its seamless segue into Robert Rich's "Buoyant on Motionless Deluge" as presenting the best offering on Disc 1. Although "Calming Sorrow" from Insect Funeral and "Soli Deo Gloria" by Janis Mattox are definitely not to be missed, either.

The second CD of the set contains the heavier weight material of the collection, although once again it is all of such a consistently high standard that it is hard to nominate favourites. Gregory Lenczycki's "Variable State Optical Amplifier" is perhaps the apex here, while Maryanne Amacher provides the moments of the greatest intensity.

As with all of the other volumes in this series, this set of disc provides some of the very best examples of music from the subterranean sound world of the sombre ambient drone. A highly recommended 145-minutes worth.

Simply great compositions with unsurpassed complexity........1999-08-09

This is a very intense cd set. The music composed and compiled in the set was made by some of the hard core new age artists i.e Robert Fripp, Steve Roach and some others that are equally good but not as well known. It is always new sound regardless of how many times you listen to it. It is mood music. Eventhough some of it sounds "dark", it inspires a sense of awe in listener. It will envelope itself around your being. It is music to listen to with the ears of your soul. It is like a story of the modern day living in a dark society. It has remained one of my favorite music no matter what else came my way. I Do recommend it. But, it not for everyone. You have to listen to this and absorb it thoroughly before you can get it's full effect.Great music for creative work. Meditate with the dark side but become enlightened!

Good collection of ambient melancholy.......1999-04-02

I bought this because it contained a previously unreleased Robert Fripp Soundscape (or more likely, an edited excerpt thereof), but I like most of the dark compositions on this 2 CD set, most of which contain some very good ideas. Rather like a hellish Riven soundtrack. Recommended.

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The Master of Sleep!

Trances/Drones
Robert Rich
Manufacturer: Extreme Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008F1S9
Release Date: 1996-05-07

Tracks:

Cave Paintings
Hayagriva
Sunyata (Emptiness)

Tracks:

Seascape
Wheel Of Earth
Resonance

Customer Reviews:

The Master of Sleep!.......2003-04-28

This double disc represents a definitive
entry into Robert Rich's extended 'sleep'
series. I believe he actually did a few
'sleep concerts' as well in the early 1990s.
While it is true that this music is PERFECT to
sleep too, it is good for pure listening and/or
background music as well, and as such, in its way,
answers to the ENOchian definition of ambient music.
The comparison stops there, as there is nothing here
that 'sounds like' eno, though fellows like Rich
are obviously familiar with work such as On Land and
Roach's Quiet Music etc -
this music does seem to give one that late night/early
morning setting, but also holds this feeling of the
serinity and timelessness of 'sleep'.
Robert uses synths and accoustic instuments to
creat extended and slowly evolving soundscapes
which evoke all manner of nocturnal imageries.
The music offers a quiet lushness which, to be
frank, I never grow tired of. I feel this way
about a lot of Roberts music - he's simply
a master at what he does, the best.

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Forgotten Classic of '77 Punk

Further Temptations
Drones
Manufacturer: Anagram Punk UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Dawn of the Dickies

ASIN: B000024B2F
Release Date: 2004-04-05

Tracks:

Persecution Complex
Bone Idol
Movement
Be My Baby
Corgi Crap
Sad So Sad
Change
Lookalikes
Underdog
No More Time
City Drones
Just Want to Be Myself
Lift off the Bans
Lookalikes [*]
Corgi Crap [*]
Hard on Me [*]
You'll Lose [*]
Just Want to Be Myself [*]
Bone Idol [*]
Can't See [*]
Fooled Today [*]

Album Description

UK reissue of one of 1977's most collectable Punk albums & now released with the addition of 8 bonus tracks made up of the Drones' ultra-rare singles, this 21 track CD shows that there was considerable life outside of Punk's mainstream. One of the scene's most talented & grossly underrated outfits. Bonus tracks - 'Lookalikes', 'Corgi Crap', 'Hard On Me', 'You'll Lose', 'Just Want To Be Myself', 'Bone Idol', 'Can't See' & 'Fooled Today'.

Customer Reviews:

Forgotten Classic of '77 Punk.......2000-02-06

I've been waiting ages for this CD, and to my profound joy it's not just their brilliant Further Temptations album, but their entire discography!

The Drones had a hard-charging and somewhat more professional sound than the other Brit-punk bands of '77. They also show a good range. Persecution Complex and Movement are full-bore rockers, while City Drones is more melodic, and Sad So Sad features the kind of football-chant chorus that became emblematic of British punk.

The CD contains the very well-produced Further Temptations album and uses its famous 'blue girl' cover (worth the price of admission by itself!), along with the earlier ep Temptations of a White Collar Worker, which has terrible production and, in the anthemic You'll Lose, remarkably obnoxious lyrics. The CD ends with the Can't See single, which walks a thin line between being really cool and sucking really hard. It was their attempt to remake themselves as a pop band, which obviously failed.

Tracks:

Generic Foreign Accent
Cut It Off (when it...)
Upgrade to Flash Gordon
One Minute Eternity I
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George Crumb: Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death

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George Crumb on Naxos

George Crumb: Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death

Manufacturer: Naxos American
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000FGGKIK
Release Date: 2006-06-20

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George Crumb on Naxos.......2006-06-27

This CD, the newest release in the Naxos "American Classics" series, includes two eerily beautiful pieces for small ensemble by the contemporary American composer, George Crumb (b. 1929) performed by members of the Ensemble New Art conducted by Fuat Kent. Crumb is a "minimalist" composer with a terse and intense musical language. He is generally a miniaturist who writes works with a programmatic character. He tends to use unusual instruments and combinations, including folk instruments and electric instruments, or to use familiar instruments, such as the piano, in an unusual way. His music has strong mystical, religious overtones. In listening to this CD, Crumb's music struck me as similar in spiritual theme and outlook to the music of the American composer Alan Hovhaness, but with a great deal more musical rigor and complexity.

The first work on this CD, "Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death", first performed in 1969, is one of several of the composer's works setting poetry by Frederico Garcia Lorca. This work sets four Lorca poems in sections surrounded by chorus-like sections titled "refrains" and "drones". The work is scored for baritone soloist, performed on this CD by Nicholas Isherwood, electric guitar, electric double bass, and percussion. Crumb's music is strange and disquieting, but yet compelling. The vocal line in this music runs a tortuous course, moving from long sections of declamation, shouting, and speech, to moments of lyricism. The tone ranges from sardonic to passionate. The vocal part in this work is, essentially, treated instrumentally. There are sudden shifts of mood and accompaniment in this piece, again ranging from soft plucked chords in the guitar, to insistent drum-beating from the two percussionists. The instrumentalists frequently turn into a chorus by lending wordless shouts to their playing or to the baritone. The music is both dramatic and stark.

The second work on this CD, "Quest" was first performed in 1994. It is an instrumental piece arranged similarly to the prior work, with various "refrain" sections punctuating longer, more descriptive sections. The work is scored for acoustic guitar, soprano saxophone, piano and electric harpsichord, harp, and percussion. (A variety of percussion instruments are used including the hammered dulcimer and the African talking drum.) Crumb originally thought of writing this work as a guitar solo before deciding to write for this small ensemble. The guitar has the most prominent part, but the soprano saxophone also has long solo sections. The second movement, titled "Dark Paths" and the finale, "Nocturnal" quote from the hymn "Amazing Grace" in a way that reminded me of Charles Ives. The music is mystical and reflective, particularly the lengthy concluding section. The use of the varied percussion section, together with the shifting instrumental ensembles add to the visionary, strange character of this work.

This music is spare, odd, and beautiful. The CD is budget priced and include's Crumb's own descriptions of the two pieces. I was pleased to have the opportunity to hear these works and look forward to exploring further the works of this American composer.

Robin Friedman

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