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From 20 to 20000 hz series #025 : the drone effect
.2008 [85min]
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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) (p.40-46)
Este volumen de la serie está dedicado especialmente al ‘drone’, además de servir como complemento a un pequeño proyecto de investigación que llevé a cabo recientemente en colaboración con mi colega Miguel Negrão tras una invitación de Raviv Ganchrow para hacer una presentación especial sobre ‘música drone’ dentro de sus sesiones semanales tituladas ‘Sound & Space’, que forman parte del programa formativo del Instituto de Sonología, en el Royal Conservatory de La Haya, Holanda. La presentación la llevó a cabo Miguel el 9 de mayo del 2008. El documento mostrado en esa presentación y una lista con algunos recursos relacionados están disponibles en este link. Un segundo set dedicado al ‘drone’ será lanzado pronto en esta misma serie y también es posible que aparezcan futuras versiones ampliadas del proyecto, así como una traducción al castellano, aunque por ahora no es un plan inmediato.
Escucha recomendada (para sentir un máximo efecto): volumen muy alto + oscuridad + un potente equipo con subwoofer o auriculares en su defecto.
This volume of the series is specially devoted to ‘drone music’. In addition, it works as an illustrative complement to a small research project I did recently in collaboration with my colleague Miguel Negrão, following an invitation by Raviv Ganchrow to give a lecture about ‘drone music’ within the context of his weekly ‘Sound and Space’ lectures, part of the study program at the Institute of Sonology, in the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, Netherlands. The presentation took place on 9th May 2008, delivered by Miguel, who has made available online the keynote document and a resources list with related reading material. A second set devoted to drone is due to be released in a forthcoming volume of the 20020 series. Extended and richer versions of this project and a spanish language translation may appear eventually, not being scheduled as an immediate plan though.
Recommended listening (for a maximum effect): loud volume + darkened room + good audio equipment with subwoofer (or headphones).
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sleep research facility | ‘2.1’ | dead weather machine (manifold records, 2004)
bernhard günter | ‘stone circles’ | details agrandis (table of the elements, 1998)
yen pox | ‘deliver’ | deliver 7” (drone records, 1995)
lull | ‘slow fall inward’ | cold summer (sentrax, 1994)
bj nilsen | ‘breathe’ | va - spire : organ works past, present & future (touch, 2003)
la monte young | ‘for brass’ (1957) | der zweck dieser serie is nicht unterhaltung vol. 1 (unofficial release, 2003)
eliane radigue | ‘adnos i’ | adnos (table of the elements, 2002)
catherine christer hennix | ‘electric harpsichord no. 1’ (mid-1970s) | (ubu.com, 2003)
ellen fullman | ‘work for 4’ | body music (experimental intermedia, 1993)
pablo sanz | ‘ph13_drone’ (20020.org, 2008)
eric la casa | ‘01’ | air.ratio (sirr records, 2006)
eliane radigue | ‘kyema’ | trilogie de la mort (experimental intermedia, 1998)
marhaug + asheim | ‘clavaeolina’ | grand mutation (touch, 2007)
aube | ‘ne tuoi occhi’ | reworks stefano gentile (silentes, 2005)
boris | ‘interference demon’ | dronevil - final (inoxia records, 2006)
sunn o))) | ‘nn o)))’ | øø void (rise above records, 2000)
spacemen 3 | ‘ecstasy in slow motion’ | dreamweapon (live, 1990)
time machines (coil) | ‘2,5-dimethoxy-4-ethyl-amphetamine’ | time machines
time machines (coil) | ‘5-methoxy-n,n-dimethyl’ | time machines (eskaton, 1998)
brendan murray | commonwealth (23five, 2008)
oren ambarchi + martin ng | ‘procession’ | reconnaissance (staubgold, 2000)
paul panhuysen | a magic square to listen to (plinkity plonk records, 2004)
jean-françois laporte | ‘mantra’ | soundmatters (23five, 2007)
michael j. schumacher | ‘still’ | room pieces (experimental intermedia, 2003)
francisco lópez | untitled single piece 7” (drone records, 1996)
chas smith | ‘descent’ | descent (cold blue music, 2005)
sachiko m | bar sachiko (improvised music from japan, 2004)
tucker martine | brokenhearted dragonflies: insect electronica from southeast asia (sublime frequencies, 2004)
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mixed and arranged in Madrid. August 2008.
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