drone Archives - Trebuchet

Abstract Formalism and Grafisk Världsbyggnad

28/08/2019

Understanding formal tendencies in Ambient Drone music through the work of France Jobin (Solitude) and Ager Sonus (Mithra)...

Battle Standards (Talker)

07/08/2017

Cold, then colder still. Talker emboss style and character onto the electronic music mileu...

Dying Swans? Gira Calls Time at the Roundhouse

04/07/2017

The raging soul beneath the dust and disaster. Swans sing their swansong....

Mastery in Sound: Swans (Live at Islington Assembly)

22/10/2016

A resounding farewell to a visceral lineup, Swans configure an unparalleled sonic onslaught...

Crystal Dwarf (KOMORA A)

14/07/2016

Mysterious, focussed, disciplined. Komora A put some backbone into ambient....

Apres Release Avant-Hard (Swans and SikTh)

21/06/2016

Unheralded gems from the underworld of avant-garde rock that you should have heard already...

An Ominous and Unsettling Ambience: #1 (Daghraven)

20/05/2016

Intricately constructed and spanning the gap between melancholy and tragedy, Daghraven makes for brooding archeological listening...

Acoustic Success From Droney Metallers (Amen Ra)

30/04/2016

Switching to acoustic, Amen Ra retain all their power and mood ...

Post Punk Drone and Cultural Imperialism. (Wire)

18/03/2016

Wire - A band so good they named both a cult TV series and a snotty music magazine after them. Live review...

Aidan Baker : Already Drowning

28/03/2013

seven portraits of acoustic melancholy, distorted love and gothic eroticism...

King of Drone : Aidan Baker Interview

20/03/2013

More than a feeling : Trebuchet interviews eclectic drone maestro Aidan Baker about a bunch of random stuff that we wanted to know. ...

Deeply entranced, I imagine the black and white noise which is resonating around the room as scattered photographs. These sepia toned images are of nothing and everything, of people I know and those...

Earth – Angels of Darkness, Demons Of Light 1

26/11/2010

Southern Lord (2011) Earth’s latest offering, Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1, shows a definite development from the heavy drone aesthetic of yore, encompassing a variety of influences...

Earth – A Bureaucratic Desire for Extra Capsular Extractions

28/10/2010

The opening song for this despondent treat is like the unfolding of a questionably green powdered orange, the insides of Earth evoking a terrified awe when revealed. An album which creeps up on you,...