After the positive response I received to yesterday’s ambient/ethereal post, I’ve decided to share my top 10 drone records, complete with links to the media so that you can preview (most of them) in their entirety before you order. So here they are…*
My All-Time Favorite Drone Top 10:
Gas (Wolfgang Voigt) – Nah Und Fern (4 CD set of Gas, Zauberberg, Königsforst and Pop)
Disc 1: Gas
Disc 2: Zauberberg (album playlist)
Disc 3: Königsforst (album playlist)
Disc 4: Pop
Black Swan – The Quiet Divide
Black Swan – In 8 Movements
Alvin Lucier – Music on a Long Thin Wire
William Basinski – Disintegration Loops
La Monte Young – Dream House
Tim Hecker – Ravedeath 1972
Brian Eno – January 07003 Bell Studies For the Clock of the Long Now
Robert Rich – Somnium – the greatest sleep concert you will ever hear (7 hr DVD)
And finally,
Sound And Silence: ‘Remembering Sept. 11th At The Temple Of Dendur (feat. The Wordless Music Orchestra’s premiere live performance of Basinski’s Disintegration Loops.)
Download the complete concert from NPR here.
I would love to see your own drone top 10 lists. Please feel free to share!
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