Drone Day
28 Jul 2013
Event times
Time tbc
Cost of entry
Free, but booking essential
Address
- (Levels 7-10)
- 95a Rye Lane, Peckham
- London
- SE15 9ST
- United Kingdom
Part of The London Contemporary Music Festival
About
Drone Day charts the evolution of drone music from its minimalist beginnings to its sound art and dance music present over eight hours of continuous music.The day will include a special visit from Charlemagne Palestine who will perform his seminal work for solo piano, Strumming Music. Cult long-form works by La Monte Young, Eliane Radigue and Jem Finer will also fill the concrete space. And there will be a rare acoustic rendition of Brian Eno?s Music for Airports.
The night will end with the a collaboration between the godfather of drone music, Tony Conrad, and celebrated Irish experimentalist Jennifer Walshe.
Tony Conrad/Jennifer Walshe: Ma la Pert (2013)
Brian Eno (arr. Evan Ziporyn): Music for Airports (1978)
Jem Finer: Slowplayer (2005/2012)
Charlemagne Palestine: Strumming Music (1974)
Eliane Radigue: Chry-ptus (1971)
La Monte Young: Composition 1960 No 7 (1960)
Charlemagne Palestine
Jem Finer
Tony Conrad
Jennifer Walshe
Sam Mackay electronics (Radigue)
