DRONES

A unique collaborative project mixing drone-inspired works from 20th and 21st century music with the texture of immersive walls of sound from contemporary experimental metal music.

Belgian black metal band Wiegedood joins forces with BL!NDMAN [sax] to explore their interpretation of drone music, a style of music characterised by sustained, resonant and monotonous tones.

Listening to monotonous sounds requires an attention that we have lost in the overstimulated world. ‘Clock time’ increasingly dominates the musical experience, creating a tendency for listeners to interrupt the musical experience or stop early without a conscious and voluntary reason.

With this project, BL!NDMAN and Wiegedood present drone music as ‘a timeless immersive stream of sound’ that demands your attention. In one long concert, they incorporate idiosyncratic interpretations of artists from the classical music world and other more experimental music scenes influenced by the conceptual framework of drone music.

The result is a pulsating, immersive concert experience with an adapted visual lighting setting. A musically overwhelming trip that stirs the senses and leaves the listener with a completely new understanding of monotonous sounds.