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DRØNE / DROENE / DRONE (MARK VAN HOEN / MIKE HARDING) - Reversing into the Future

Format: LP Label & Cat.Number: Pomperipossa Records PRLP2 Release Year: 2016 Note: project of MARK VAN HOEN (SCALA, SEEFEEL) and Touch's label boss MIKE HARDING, who created their own vision of stretched out acoustics with these side-long drone pieces based on modular synths, shortwave radio and field recordings... "Don’t be deceived: Reversing into the Future offers so much more than mere drone.." [Aural Aggravation] lim. 500 Price (incl. 19% VAT): €15.00 Warning: Currently we do not have this album in stock! More Info Field recordings, short wave radio, modular synth all combine to form an enticing, arresting, moving journey of electrically-charged dissonance, drones and electronic melodies. It´s a unique jewel. "A very hot day in the hills above Los Angeles… only possible to work in the mornings because of the sweltering afternoon heat, so all a bit frantic, but with a kink in time. There is no wifi-controlled air conditioning; the car is electric-powered and charging up. It has barely rained for months, (if not years) and the hoses are working overtime. Its an analogue session; Mark’s modular synth set up is working furiously and overheating. We are pushing sounds through and seeing what works… and things gradually take shape. The forms seem to determine themselves; how much control do we have? How much do we want? Some peculiar things start to happen and the haze bends. Some of the sounds seem alive and are quick to reform as we struggle to contain them, like trying to stuff snakes into a bag. The sounds moan and sing, forming their own phonemes.” drøne: Mark Van Hoen & Mike Harding Limited Edition Vinyl 12´ Cover image: Maria von Hausswolff Cut by Jason @ Transition Release date: 16th April 2016 pomperipossarecords.com "Surely these two could have come up with a better name than Drone. Those responsible are Mike Harding, who runs the seminal experimental label Touch, and Mark Van Hoen, who has delivered so many amazing recordings as Locust and Seefeel. This project takes its cue from a very early Van Hoen project called Aurobindo from the mid '90s which coincidentally Harding released through the Touch ancillary label Ash International. Yes, the drone almighty is central to the work, pushed by environmental recordings of air conditioning ducts and the tidal fluctuations of modular synth slowly churning through its low-tone oscillations. Throughout, Drone deftly weave their drones with shortwave radio bursts of utility signal transmission and rapturous melodic phrases buried under piles of distortion, sheets of synth-noise, and alienating metallic flange, making for a very solid release that easily fits with the Touch aesthetic, more akin to BJ Nilsen / Hazard than Fennesz. One of the rare, non-reissue offerings for Record Store Day 2016, and one that we have limited restock to offer forth!" [Aquarius Records]