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Earth 2: Special Low Frequency Version is the debut studio album by the American rock band Earth, released on February 5, 1993 on Sub Pop.Produced by Earth and Stuart Hallerman, it was highly influential in the development of drone music, especially the drone metal subgenre. [3]
The band make drone music using a variety of instruments. They began using electric guitars with a psychedelic rock element and influences such as La Monte Young and Sonic Youth, but have moved more towards drone and expanded to use instruments such as tabla, flute, esraj, tanpura, Tibetan bols, and lap steel guitar.
In music, a drone is a harmonic or monophonic effect or accompaniment where a note or chord is continuously sounded throughout most or all of a piece. A drone may also be any part of a musical instrument used to produce this effect; an archaic term for this is burden (bourdon or burdon) [1] [2] such as a "drone [pipe] of a bagpipe", [3] [4] the pedal point in an organ, or the lowest course of ...
Drone music is a minimalist [89] genre of music that emphasizes the use of sustained sounds, [90] notes, or tone clusters called drones. It is typically characterized by lengthy compositions featuring relatively slight harmonic variations. La Monte Young, one of its 1960s originators, defined it in 2000 as "the sustained tone branch of minimalism."
The following is a list of notable artists who play, compose, have played, or have composed albums or pieces of drone music or drone metal This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
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It is similar to a harmonium and is used to provide a drone in a practice session or concert of Indian classical music. [1] It is used as an accompaniment to other instruments and notably the flute. The shruti box is also used in classical singing. In classical singing, the shruti box is used to help tune the voice.
Drone metal or drone doom [1] [2] is a style of heavy metal that melds the slow tempos and heaviness of doom metal with the long-duration tones of drone music. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Drone metal is sometimes associated with post-metal [ 5 ] or experimental metal .