The quiet drone revolution

  • Sam Davies
In 2018, drone is everywhere, from Twin Peaks to Whitney Houston.
The feeling of absolute suspension in time is one of the greatest achievable effects in beatless music. Recently, a gradual rise in the popularity of ambient has seen albums like The Hers’ Tough Cuntand Nate Schieble’s Fairfax create expansive aural architecture for listeners to wander round in without the tick-tock of percussion.
But hidden beyond – and often within – ambient’s balmy textures lies an even more timeless timbre that has lingered in music for centuries: the persistent hum of drone.
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