Drone Music

[jazzy_dave]

Other areas of music i have been in to , as defined by any genre name, are those laminal pieces of music that come under the umbrella of environmental, soundscapes or field recordings which also include subtle electronic tweaks of natural sounds. Here is a couple of tracks from this amorphous genre.

Thomas Koner, first, and  a track called "Permafrost" from the Cd of the same name.

The music here is very quiescent and drone like, almost spiritual in its enormity.

Long strings too can make music that seems timeless. Alvin Lucier and his Music On A Long Thin Wire is just that.

In his own words (1992): "Music on a Long Thin Wire is constructed as follows: the wire is extended across a large room, clamped to tables at both ends. The ends of the wire are connected to the loudspeaker terminals of a power amplifier placed under one of the tables. A sine wave oscillator is connected to the amplifier. A magnet straddles the wire at one end. Wooden bridges are inserted under the wire at both ends to which contact microphones are imbedded, routed to the stereo sound system. The microphones pick up the vibrations that the wire imparts to the bridges and are sent through the playback system. By varying the frequency and loudness of the oscillator, a rich variety of slides, frequency shifts, audible beats and other sonic phenomena may be produced."

However, Lucier admits a long thin wire is only used to impress, a short thin wire would have worked as well if not better, and he discovered that the best way to produce variation in the sonic phenomena was to pick a setting and leave the setup alone. He praised David Rosenboom for his ability to pick interesting settings. -Wikipedia

And finally , long telephone wires in the Aussje outback with Alan Lamb and his album Primal Image and the title track.

Enjoy

Comments

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I think that's a little too new ageish for me. :p
Hugs, Jon

[ba1126.livejournal.com]

The first two seem like good 'background noise' for falling asleep (my Hubby uses an 'ocean waves on a beach' recording when he has difficulty sleeping- it soothes and the repetitive nature of it allows you to relax.)

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

El V produced The Long Thin Wire for a whole week, broadcasting nothing but that on the local university radio station in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Alvin stayed with us for that whole week -- which was a very strange week indeed.

That was a long time ago. You can't do things like that now on public radio stations, because even at universities and colleges, where their existence is in deep peril, the programming schedule is sacred and holy, never to be deviated from -- not even to broadcast, as in the NPR flagship NYC station, an address of the POTUS.

Love, C.

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

*HUGS*

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

It is not new age music which is all bland. It is electroacoustic music and is slightly more edgy than that bland soup.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

LOL.............