#sound-perception

#sound-perception

The prehistory of drone music begins with the recognition of sound as a temporal event. In ritual, chant and natural acoustics, drones mark ambience and continuity. Ancient instruments such as horns and bells produce extended vibrations that transform time into a perceptual field, and this stretching of temporal experience is as much social as musical. These instruments and others have proliferated into the rhythms of the human world.

Kelso Harper: [Laughs.] Rachel Feltman: [Laughs.] Yeah. Cluett: Pretty loud. Feltman: Yeah, pretty loud [laughs]. Cluett: But in this room there's none of that. So you're gonna hear it as a very sharp sound that just disappears completely. [Pops a balloon inside an anechoic chamber, making a sharp noise that dissipates immediately.] Feltman: Ooh! Cluett: Welcome to the anechoic chamber. Watch your step.