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Drone

Genre family: Experimental / Avant-garde
2010s recordings: 9

ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE

Meet Drone

Drone is a branch of the Experimental / Avant-garde family, with its own performance and recording traditions.

The clearest way to understand Drone is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.

Begin with Jim O’Rourke, Ulver and deuteronomy.

GENRE FAMILY

Its place in the genre family

Parent genreExperimental / Avant-garde

Current genreDrone

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2010s · Drone

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2010s Drone

ESSENTIAL LISTENING

2010s starting recordings

9 recordings

01Craters2017 · Drone · droneOpen in new tab 02Rapt for Liquid Minister2013 · Drone · droneOpen in new tab 03Stay Tuned2014 · Minimalism · droneOpen in new tab 04Oscillators and Guitars Pt 22014 · Drone · droneOpen in new tab 05The Other Left2015 · Drone · droneOpen in new tab 06Riverhead2016 · Drone · droneOpen in new tab 07The Hunt2016 · Drone · droneOpen in new tab 082017_04_14_B2017 · Drone · droneOpen in new tab 092017_04_15_B2017 · Drone · droneOpen in new tab

KEY ARTISTS

2010s artists

Artist·Free Improvisation

Rutger Zuydervelt

ESSENTIAL ALBUMS

2010s albums

Album·2016

Riverhead

Album·2017

ssri_sessions

Album·2013

S/H

Album·2014

Steamroom 15

Album·2014

Stay Tuned

Album·2015

Steamroom 19

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CURRENT NODE · Genre

Drone

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Why they connect

main styleJim O’RourkeDrone and Jim O’Rourke share an artist-to-genre connection.
main styledeuteronomyDrone and deuteronomy share an artist-to-genre connection.
main styleDead NeanderthalsDrone and Dead Neanderthals share an artist-to-genre connection.
main styleUlverDrone and Ulver share an artist-to-genre connection.
main styleSteve HauschildtDrone and Steve Hauschildt share an artist-to-genre connection.
belongs toExperimental / Avant-gardeDrone is a subgenre of Experimental / Avant-garde.
genreRiverheadRiverhead is connected with Drone.
genre2017_04_14_B2017_04_14_B is connected with Drone.
genreRapt for Liquid MinisterRapt for Liquid Minister is connected with Drone.
genreCratersCraters is connected with Drone.

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GenreExperimental / Avant-garde