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Drones, Space, and Ambience
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Deep ListeningDeep Listening by Stuart Dempster & Panaiotis Pauline Oliveros
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recorded in a cistern, using the natural echo to elongate and bounce back the drones. Excellent!
Catch-WaveCatch-Wave by Takehisa Kosugi
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Founder of Taj Mahal Travellers, electric violin, pulses, feedback, and drones from a master
Violin Solo 1980 N.Y.C.Violin Solo 1980 N.Y.C. by Takehisa Kosugi
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Good drones playing in between Henry Flynt and L. Subramiam
The Ballasted OrchestraThe Ballasted Orchestra by Stars of the Lid
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takes a whole band to create a hum and silence
Purified by the FirePurified by the Fire by Henry Flynt
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Crazed electric violin drones
The PearlThe Pearl
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simple, beautiful, understated piano
ArtifactsArtifacts by Steve Roach
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Primal, dark and consoling, electronics, percussion, and didgerido
OriginsOrigins by Steve Roach
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Continuation of 'artifacts', cutting edge production
White1White1 by Sunn O)))
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Metal drones
ZeitZeit by Tangerine Dream
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early sheets of sound, quite revolutionary, Hendrix really the only other one who went here.
Cosmic JokersCosmic Jokers by Cosmic Jokers
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late night, feedback saturated feel
Hollow BellHollow Bell by Ray Brooks
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Bells and flute create reverence
Tibetan Buddhist Rites From the Monasteries of Bhutan, Vol. 1: Rituals of the Drukpa...Tibetan Buddhist Rites From the Monasteries of Bhutan, Vol. 1: Rituals of the Drukpa... by Thimphu Monastic Orchestra
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true use of the drone through bells, horns and voice. Powerful stuff and very influential on much of what is listed here.
Darkness and LightDarkness and Light by Stephan Micus
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organic music making at its finest, beautiful, saddening,ultimately heartening.
Weaving My Ancestors' VoicesWeaving My Ancestors' Voices by Sheila Chandra
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beautiful voice and drones; very accessible, very melodic
Apocalypse Across The SkyApocalypse Across The Sky by The Master Musicians Of Jajouka Featuring Bachir Attar
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Piercing shronking stuff, drones in overdrive, to drive away demons
Electronic MeditationElectronic Meditation by Tangerine Dream
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Indian Classical Masters: Three Ragas for Solo ViolinIndian Classical Masters: Three Ragas for Solo Violin by L. Subramaniam
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Karnatic violin master, real beauty, and finesse
Current CirculationCurrent Circulation by David Hykes & The Harmonic Choir
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Anything by David Hykes is a must. stunning, otherworldly
No PussyfootingNo Pussyfooting by Fripp & Eno
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Excellent OCt 2008 2CD remaster with backwards versions
Satie: The Complete Solo Piano MusicSatie: The Complete Solo Piano Music
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Beautiful, understated
At the Cathedral of St. John the DivineAt the Cathedral of St. John the Divine by Christopher Tree
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Voice, flutes, percussion, and gongs build to thunder.
Adaptation and Survival: The Insect ProjectAdaptation and Survival: The Insect Project by Tribes of Neurot
Excellent! Sounds of insects amplified and manipulated into drones, quite accessible
Symphony No. 1 (Tonal Plexus)Symphony No. 1 (Tonal Plexus) by Glenn Branca
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Sheets and waves of sound, the beginning of sonic youth, also check out: 'The Ascension', and 'Lesson No. 1'
AMMMusicAMMMusic by Amm
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goes in and out of print, the real deal though, builds very quietly into a rumble and a roar using radios static, guitar, sax, piano
August '74August '74 by Taj Mahal Travellers
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a true Holy Grail, shifting swirling cycling droning, what Floyd was trying to do on 'Echoes'
PrécisPrécis by Benoît Pioulard
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really nice lo-fi ambient pop
Evening StarEvening Star by Fripp & Eno
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Excellent Oct 2008 reamaster, Beautiful drone and sustain
The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's SkullThe Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull by Earth
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Great return to form for metal dronester pioneers