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the long song

by drøne

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    photography by nico van hoen

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"but as the centuries passed, the constellations drifted slowly eastwards"

drøne have released 3 albums on pomperipossa records and "the long song" is therefore volume 4 in the series... (drøne also self-released "mappa mundi" on their own label on compact disc in 2017.)

choir voices - galya bisengalieva, bana haffar, ipek gorgun, alex hoàng, bethan kellough, anna von hausswolff & jana winderen

what they said about drøne's previous albums: "What makes this work really shine out is its musical quality... The string work, exquisitely recorded and sorrowful, fuses and transitions with the electronic work in a way that really elevates the latter. It’s a truly well-formed musical hybrid that makes the artificial feel natural and vice versa." [Chain D.L.K.]

"with segments of monologue and dialogue chopped up and scattered, sometimes overlapping with one another as well as the musical backing, which isn’t exactly musical or backing, so much as a shimmering, shifting sonic collage, if not exactly reminiscent of William Burroughs’ audio experiments, then very much a sonic interpretation of the cut-up technique in its simultaneous representations of multiple events and perspectives. Because every moment is a moment of change and the pieces on the stilling are constructed around a continual shift, it’s disorientating by design. Scrambling the mutter lines, it’s the soundtrack to your soundtrack." [Aural Aggravation]

the quietus wrote: "Last year's distinctive debut from drøne was likened to a hurtling journey. Its combination of field recordings, shortwave radio and modular synths possessed an excited, driving energy whose route was hitherto unexplored and destination unknowable. But with an expanded sound pool boasting instruments across the ages - from guitar, through pipe organ and strings to dulcimer and psaltery – its follow-up takes a sideways step into more cognizant, reflective pastures.”

You can read a review by Mat Smith on his blog furtherdot.com

credits

released May 5, 2023

recorded, edited and mixed by mike harding & mark van hoen
all photography & typography by nico van hoen
layout by philip marshall

with thanks to jon wozencroft

mastered by charlie campagna
cut by jason @ transition

crickets recorded by dave the cap, sumida, tokyo
organ played by claire m singer at union chapel

many thanks to avh, franz kirmann, klingenfuss & all the contributors

Nico Van Hoen is a documentary photographer studying Photojournalism at University of the Arts London. Traversing the intersectional relationship between photography, memory, and the passage of time; Nico’s artistic practice attempts to explore how by photographing a memory, we are killing it and therefore solidifying it’s nature as a thing of the past. Focusing largely on concerns with questions about the nature of memory, the power of images, and the ways that we use photography to preserve and remember moments from our lives.

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drøne Los Angeles, California

Mike Harding, Mark Van Hoen and invited guests - …a hauntingly strange and mysterious immersion into a crackling entropy of phantom radio transmissions, squalls of static, choruses of insects, and creepily digitized voices.

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