Drone
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the drone music genre.
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The Angelic Process – “…And Your Blood Is Full of Honey”
AlbumThe Angelic Process’s first album is a bit amateurish and sounds like a collection of demos of songs that were never fully realized. The oppressive sound is still there, more than a match for the extremely low fidelity recording job that came with the band being so underground and having to keep a tight budget.… (read more)
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Boredoms – “Vision Creation Newsun”
Definitely a trip, but I don’t find the grooves very inspiring or engrossing, and Boredoms really overextend the reach of them with this 70-minute album. All of the songs naturally move and shift as they go along, which is the best thing about Vision Creation Newsun. It keeps the trance going while avoiding repetition and… (read more)
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Aphex Twin – “Selected Ambient Works Volume II”
The first disc of Selected Ambient Works Volume II is fantastic, but after that, it loses consistency, and it becomes clear that Aphex Twin bit off more than he could chew. There’s just not enough variety to keep this interesting, and at nearly three hours, it could have set the same moods just as well… (read more)
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Have a Nice Life – “Deathconsciousness”
Deathconsciousness is a hodgepodge of various musical styles such as drone, post-punk, shoegaze, and industrial. It’s the most transparent, forced kind of “experimentation” and doesn’t feel authentic. These genres never combine to create something new: Have a Nice Life merely switch between them to appear eclectic. As such, Deathconsciousness has no sonic unity and is… (read more)