"metal machine music for airports
drone-music is interesting if you can't figure out where the different elements come from, and it's even better if you hear things that happen 'between the tracks'. 60's minimal-music composers like riley, glass or reich were experimenting with such effects by extreme repetition and orchestral multilayering. when brian eno created his 'music for airports', he intended to find a new form of music, neither addicted to classical nor pop-music. lou reed's 'metal machine music' explored the raw power of distorted guitar and feedback, ignoring the formalities of any music heard before. but although eno himself invented the term ambient-music, i don't want to use it in here.
while simon and me were recording milhaven's 'bars closing down' LP, we were sitting right between these guys that played as loud as possible, and our ears kept ringing even hours later. i was surprised finding many sounds missing when i listened to the recordings afterwards. sometimes it's only the volume that creates certain overtones, but if you zoom very very close into the music, you may find similar effects. that's what i did.
people talking about ambient-music often think of smooth sounds that do not harm their afterwork-chillout. i tried to give it a more conceptual reprise, bridging from minimal-music to postrock to drone, keeping in mind there's a 50-years history of this kind of experimentalism. with his additional emphasis on field-recordings, 'found-sounds' and at least harmonic/ melodic elements, i hope you're enjoying it!
yours,
sven swift a.k.a. the love songs
thanks to all folks that i was able to work with, and especially milhaven for inspiration and andrey kiritchenko for the remix. please check the links below.
milhaven: www.milhaven.org
item: www.loopenrein.de.vu
jasmin: www.rotesonne.com
wixel: www.wixel.tk
tupolev: www.tupolev.at.tt
kiritchenko: www.nexsound.org
free MP3-files: www.lixin.jp/on-li-music
get the CDR: www.12rec.net" (From the On-Li's release page)