ambient drone minimalist music

Stars of the Lid is a duo specializing in drone-based ambient music.. Their songs are largely beatless soundscapes, composed of droning, effects-treated guitars along with piano, strings, and horns; volume swells and feedback fill the gap of rhythmic instruments, providing dynamic movement within the songs. Their sound has been described as "divine, classical drone without the tedious intrusion of drums or vocals".. [Wikipedia]

"There is a progression in all the music here,

but it is so subtle, so quiet and un-intrusive,

the listener would have to pay very careful

attention to everything that is happening.

More realistic, however, is for those who

take pleasure in SOTL's music and inner

space explorations — for this truly is a

music of the inner terrain — to offer

themselves little distraction other than a

comfortable chair or resting place in order

to let this music enter at will, naturally and

expand until it takes you over the edge

into something resembling sleep,

but far more delicious."

[Thom Jurek, Allmusic]

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