drone

Thomas William makes dense idiosyncratic music saturated with overdriven textures, aleatoric drone, folk scalings, unstable tunings, rhythmic lope, restless synths, and casual explosions. Drenched with layers of warmth and smatterings of broken percussion, this unique assemblage of artful mess teeters on the precipice of meltdown. Formerly of Cleptoclectics, Thomas William remains a fixture of Sydney

Richard Francis (aka eso steel) has been active as an experimental music composer and improviser since 1996. His work over the years has explored different techniques of sound generation and processing, with a focus on the collection and digital processing of various natural and artificially produced sounds from the surrounding environment. He has released solo and collaborative sound works on labels such as Drone Records, Stateart, Celebrate Psi Phenomenon, Digitalis Industries, Absurd and Scarcelight, as well as his own label CMR.

German composer Marcus Schmickler first came to prominence as a member of POL, the project formed by Carsten Schulz (C-Schulz) that released Transomuba (1994), that mixes field recordings, world and techno music, and Baby I Will Make You Sweat (1995), the (vastly inferior) soundtrack to a movie. Schmickler then recorded Wabi Sabi (1996), an avantgarde work of computer-generated drones that updated Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music to the digital age. Onea Gako (Odd Size, 1994) was credited to Marcus Schmickler, and it was co-arranged and produced by C-Schulz.

1. John McGrath (b.1984) is a Dublin-born guitarist, based in Liverpool. He composes music incorporating contemporary solo fingerstyle, ambient drones, improvisation, and textural loops. A member of Magic Youth Club, Specific Ocean, and Echoland, John has also recently performed with Rhys Chatham, the aPAtT Orchestra, and Dustin Wong.
http://johnmcgrath.webs.com/

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