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Children of the Dronecompilation no. 3 (April 4, 2005)

The third in a series of compilation CD's assembled from the recording archive of Children of the Drone, the Exeter, UK-based improvisational collective.


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Artist/Composer: Children of the Drone
Date: 2005-04-04 05:00:00
Source: MiniDisc
Label / Recorded by: MRW
Keywords: ambient; atmospheric; beyond classification; Devon; drone; droning; Exeter; free psych-folk; free psychfolk; free psych folk; freeform; improv; improvisation; improvisational; improvisatory; improvised; improvising; jam; jamming; lo-fi; lofi; modal; other; psychedelia; psychedelic; psychfolk; psych-folk; psych folk; space; spacey; spontaneous; Crediton; acoustic; electro-acoustic; electroacoustic; saz; baglama; industrial; singing bowl; singing bowls; balalaika; mandola; didg; didge; didgeridu; didgeridoo; turntables; turntablism; wurlitzer

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This was all entirely improvised and recorded on MiniDisc between 28/07/03 and 31/05/04 at Oblique House, Prospect Park, and St. Stephens Church (Exeter), and the Rainbow Studio (Crediton). Droning on this compilation are: Keith, Henry, Simon, Matthew W, John, Vaughan, Mark, Matthew S, Clare, Dan C, Dan J, James T, James S and Martha. Unintended sonic contributions from Devon and Cornwall Police (for the siren at the beginning of track 1), several unidentified night-shift workers from Exeter City Council (operating pneumatic drills audible on a couple of tracks) and whoever lit the Roman candle behind St. Stephens on Guy Fawkes night (the end of track 7). Unlike the first two compilations, this one has been put together in a slightly more creative way - not just a collection of fragmentary drones, but several collages drawn from multiple sessions. A partial list of instruments involved: various percussion, trumpet, sampler, electric and acoustic guitars and basses, voice, police sirens, pneumatic drills, pyrotechnics, Tibetan singing bowls, saz, 3 and 5-string balalaikas, mandola, mandolin, cello, piano, synthesiser, didgeridoo, turntables, xylophone, harmonium, Wurlitzer... Our tracks generally get uploaded here without proper titles since, as a collective, we have no straightforward way of deciding on anything! We are inviting listeners to suggest more interesting titles for our pieces. If any occur to you, please leave a little review (it's easy - see the link below) in which you suggest them. You can tell us what you think of our music at the same time. Any suggested titles we like may end up getting adopted. Similarly, if anyone feels like contributing any appropriate artwork, or anything else, we'd be very happy to hear from you. Track names refer to dates (European-style) when excerpts were recorded . Children of the Drone homepage The Spring - Matthew W's 'audio blog'                     contact: info@childrenofthedrone.net

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Reviewer: tangerinebreem - - April 18, 2008
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COTD are without doubt one of the finest examples of netaudio. I have featured them on numerous occaisions on www.densityofsound.com/wordpress and will no doubt do on many more.

Reviewer: El Guerrero Invisible - - July 28, 2006
Subject: Hear they in La Radio del Alma
You can hear The Children Of The Drone in LA RADIO DEL ALMA. On PodCast 9. It's in spanish, but there are a own presentation by Matthew Watkins...

http://laradiodelalma.blogspot.com

Reviewer: ton.strom - - July 2, 2005
Subject: It's a drone, it`s a lifestyle
I found out about the musical collective "Children Of The Drone" only recently but i was immediately hooked. So far I like everything about them - the music, the idea, the attitude. Children Of The Drone are from Exeter, UK and if they feel like it they meet and play music. All of their pieces are free improvisations, recorded at group member's rooms, in the garden, in a church or at a campfire ... The resulting pieces sound just as relaxed and beautiful as this reads, this is music that is just good to have around.

As Children Of Drone are constantly changing their line-up according to who shows up to their sessions, their instruments are very varied. On this release they used: various percussion, trumpet, sampler, electric and acoustic guitars and basses, voice, police sirens, pneumatic drills, pyrotechnics, Tibetan prayer bowls, saz, 3 and 5-string balalaikas, octave mandola, mandolin, cello, piano, synthesizer, didgeridoo, turntables, xylophone, harmonium and wurlitzer ... Please note the sounds from the surroundings, which add a lot to the atmosphere. All sessions are recorded and the best parts released through archive.org.

This is the third in a series of compilations which they themselves claim to serve best as an introduction to their music. Indeed it includes a wide range of different moods and sounds, some of the longer pieces are in fact edits often from various sessions and years, to show their development. This is a good way to check wether you can "dig" this and if you do, you are enchouraged to explore their other compilations and sessions. Depending on the musician's mood and the people who show up each improvisation sound different, though the over-all mood is very relaxed, friendly and intense.
For experiencing the full nice atmosphere I recommend listening with headphones.

I also recommend you to go and read their website and one of their member's audio blog at http://soundsfromthespring.blogspot.com/