Thank you all for contributing! I've been listening but slow to reply (final semester grad student. . . need I say more?).
Mister_Niles said:
Not a classic, but I like this drone piece. Great for tripping (esp. Ketamine & dmt) and sleeping. I love minimalism. Terry Riley is a big one. Lamonte Young too. I like the stuff you are talking about too, but bands like Coil and Psychic TV are so much more.
Good stuff, Mister Niles, thanks! And I love Lamonte Young too. In fact, all the folks from that scene are awesome.
If you don't know him, I should plug Pandit Pran Nath, who taught Lamonte, Terry, and all the rest of that group! I find his voice to be deeply entrancing and profound.
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hug46 said:
I know Coil well and Terry Riley but the other tracks posted are new to me and i like them. When i told a friend that i was getting more into the avant garde stuff she recomended Zoviet France and i also like Nurse With Wound....
Ah, Zoviet France is great stuff! Thank you for reminding me about them.
benzyme said:
100% eurorack modular synthesizer
recently, I've been doing experiments using an HPLC absorbance detector to modulate the synth. analytical chemistry ambient music.
Benzyme, this is spectacular. I thoroughly enjoy what you've got going on in these two tracks.
Ah, eurorack! That's a hobby that, at least for now, is best for me not to begin. I am bad enough buying stand-alone analogue synth gear.
As to the, HPLC absordance detector as a source of modulation. . . I love it. :lol:
If you all are not familiar with the work of Eyvind Kang, I highly recommend him. Especially his album Virginal Co Ordinates, of which the following track is one of the highlights.
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several days ago reminded me to re-listen to psychic tv's '93 kondole... you'll be very hard pressed to get any more "minimalist, drone & avant garde" than that 
