COTDcomp1compilation no. 1Children of the Droneaudioopensource_audioThe first in a series of compilation CD's assembled from the recording archive of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.childrenofthedrone.net">Children of the Drone</a>, the <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exeter">Exeter</a>, UK-based improvisational collective.2005-04-05 00:00:002005ambient;atmospheric;beyond classification;Devon;drone;droning;Exeter;free psych-folk;free psychfolk;free psych folk;freeform;improv;improvisation;improvisational;improvisatory;improvised;improvising;jam;jamming;lo-fi;lofi;modal;other;psychedelia;psychedelic;psychfolk;psych-folk;psych folk;space;spacey;spontaneous;saz;baglama;mandola;sitar;singing bowl;singing bowls;plantchant;plant-chant;biofeedback;bio-feedback;acoustic;electroacoustic;electro-acoustic;turntables;turntablism;cello;musical sawhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/12005-04-06 01:15:382005-04-05 13:42:14Matthew Watkinsmwatkins@maths.ex.ac.ukMatthew WatkinsMatthew WatkinsMatthew WatkinsMatthew Watkins2005-08-21 04:58:132006-01-12 03:01:102006-01-12 03:29:132006-03-06 02:00:02MRWMiniDisc79:21<center><img alt="unidentified lichen" title="unidentified lichen" src="http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~mwatkins/imagery/comp1lichen.jpg">
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This was all entirely improvised and recorded on <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minidisc">MiniDisc</a> at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~mwatkins/imagery/door.jpg">Oblique House</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exeter">Exeter</a> between 07/2002 and 09/2003. Track titles refer to dates (European-style) recorded, <i>i.e.</i> 270603x2 would be the second piece excerpted from the session recorded on 27<sup>th</sup> June 2003.
Droning on this compilation were: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~mwatkins/imagery/keith.jpg">Keith</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~mwatkins/imagery/simon.jpg">Simon</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.childrenofthedrone.net/images/matthew-lundy.jpg">Matthew W</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~mwatkins/imagery/philsax.jpg">Philip</a>, Matthew S, Dan C, Mark, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~mwatkins/imagery/john.jpg">John</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.htleather.co.uk/maker/maker.html">Henry</a> and a <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_onion">red onion</a> hooked up to Simon's <a target="_blank" href="http://no1.lightnet.co.uk/plant.htm">'Plant-Chant'</a> device.
Our tracks generally get uploaded here without proper titles since, as a collective, we have no straightforward way of deciding on anything! We are inviting listeners to suggest more interesting titles for our pieces. If any occur to you, please leave a little review (it's easy - see the link below) in which you suggest them. You can tell us what you think of our music at the same time. Any suggested titles we like may end up getting adopted. Similarly, if anyone feels like contributing any appropriate artwork, or anything else, we'd be very happy to hear from you.
As we tend to get progressively better at this, it's recommended that you start with the most recent in our <a href="http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%22children%20of%20the%20drone%22%20compilation%20AND%20mediatype%3Aaudio%20AND%20collection%3Aopensource_audio">series of compilations</a> and work your way backwards.
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