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Drone music
Stylistic origins
Minimalist
experimental
avant-garde
electronic
Indian classical
Cultural origins
1960s, United States
Derivative forms
Ambient
dark ambient
post-rock[1]
Fusion genres
Drone metal
Drone music,[2][3]drone-based music,[4] or simply drone, is a minimalist[5] genre of music that emphasizes the use of sustained sounds,[6] notes, or tone clusters called drones. It is typically characterized by lengthy compositions featuring relatively slight harmonic variations. La Monte Young, one of its 1960s originators, defined it in 2000 as "the sustained tone branch of minimalism".[7] Music containing drones can be found in many regional traditions across Asia, Australia, and Europe, but the genre label is generally reserved for music originating with the Western classical tradition. Elements of drone music have been incorporated in diverse genres such as rock, ambient, and electronic music.[8]
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^"Drone-based music" is used for instance in 1995 (Paul Griffiths, Modern music and after: Directions Since 1945, Oxford University Press, 1995, ISBN 0-19-816511-0, p. 209: "Young founded his own performing group, the Theatre of Eternal Music, to give performances of highly repetitive, drone-based music"), or in Cow & Warner 2004 (cf. cited quote of p. 301).
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^Echo, Altstadt. "Drone Techno Introduction". www.dubmonitor.com. Dub Monitor. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
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