Vol.3 features: JIM HAYNES (USA), MANINKARI (France), KSHATRIY (Russia), EXIT IN GREY (Rus). stunning artwork paintings by British artist PETE GREENING.
the NEW LP-series from Drone Records, dedicated to the Drones of the
World, and the Drones of our Minds. A kind of continuation of the Drone
7"-series on a more user-friendly format. Each LP features four artists
from the international drone-scene and is limited to 500 copies, pressed
on four different vinyl-colours. Vol. 3: JIM HAYNES (USA), MANINKARI
(France), KSHATRIY (Russia), EXIT IN GREY (Russia). stunning artwork
paintings by British artist PETE GREENING, design by TILMANN
BENNINGHAUS.
JIM HAYNES: psychogeographical drones of rust and decay.
This highly interesting sound-artist from San Francisco (also active
as painter, label-manager, & writer) is focused on the
unpredictable processes of rust & decay in connection with the
perception of time. For his contribution "He stopped at a picture..." to
the re-newed Drone Rec-series he is using field recordings from a world
war 2 era radar outpost (located near the Golden Gate Bridge), combined
with shortwave, motors, wire-tapping microphones, analogue electric
sounds.. => a breathtaking experimental & raw drone-collage, full
of tension & almost dramatic suction, sound of " psychic loss &
american paranoia" (JIM HAYNES).
EXIT IN GREY: timeless natural drones.
The main project of Russian Sergey [S] from the Moscow-area (who is
also active as FIVE ELEMENTS MUSIC & SISTER LOOLOMIE) is mesmerizing
the listeners since years with small & handmade editions of
emotional daydream-drones, intuitively woven together with guitar, field
recordings & analog synths. The long piece "Drawn by Memory/The
Wind 2012" is a perfect example of his skills and creates with minimal
instrumental & natural sound-sources an atmosphere of timelessness
and nostalgia..
KSHATRIY : dark psychedelic (higher?) consciousness drones
KSHATRIY means 'warrior' in Sanskrit and expresses the artists
believe in the universal power of sound. Hailing from the fascinating
St. Petersburg scene in Russia comes this "fractal dark drone ambient'
project, especially focused on cosmic/transpersonal consciousness themes
- these "Shifting Waves" sound secretful & mysterious with a
phantastic spatial sound-quality (open to both digital & analogue
sound sources) for the perfect cosmic mind-movie.
MANINKARI : handplayed / instrumental trance drones.
This French duo (consisting of two twin-brothers from Paris) has
blown us away with their captivating "handplayed" instrumental drone
music, with influences from various styles like Jazz, Art Rock and
Classical Music, combining improvisation and composition. Often based on
percussion & strings, they look at their sound as a spiritual tool
causing a disorder of the mind, a 'visible' transformation of the
uncontrollable dreams & their own subsconscious. The two pieces
"Enstase 1 & 2" sound at the same time subtle, airy and dense using a
suprising instrumentation, and show impressively one of the possible
new directions of drone music.
= four projects that differ considerably from each other, but united through the idea of the power of the Drone.
~ ~ The drones of their minds "materialized" ~ ~ The "intelligence" of drones materialized ~ ~