‘Fractured Reality’ is Greek sound artist Substak's fourth release on DWI and features five drone compositions that reveal the truth behind the secrets hiding in the shadows.

Tracklist:

1. Positive Drone / 2. The Uncertain Path / 3. Unseen Forces / 4. Shadows In The Haze / 5. Silent Screams

Download @ https://droneworksinternational.bandcamp.com/album/substak-fractured-reality

Release Date: February 8, 2025

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"Balance" is a new five-part album by US artist Blanket Swimming, with a focus on minimalism by exploring the limitations of a single instrument. Each track was recorded live in a single take, with the only sound source being the Critter & Guitari Organelle and effects pedals.

"While this is perhaps one of my most minimalistic albums to date, each piece offers rich and calming textures that when leaned into, reveal tranquil worlds of infinite exploration and solace. As referenced in track 4, the album as a whole takes inspiration from the idea of there being five elements - air, fire, water, earth, and spirit. When all five are in balance, a sense of wholeness and oneness emerges. It is this feeling that I tried to tap into with these pieces." (Blanket Swimming)

Tracklist:

1. It Is The Wind / 2. Ordovician / 3. Antarctic Ice Shelves / 4. The Five Elements / 5. Global Ocean

Bio:

Nicholas Maloney is a sound artist based in Nashville, TN. They create concrète compositions from field recordings under their given name, fluid ambient music as Blanket Swimming, and are 1/2 of the experimental music duo, Picture Rather Muted. Maloney works with field recording, guitar, synthesizers, and a variety of processed instruments/sound sources to create an abstract world of immense depth and range. Maloney's work expresses stillness and activity, lightness and dark, in order to provide a rich imaginative space for listeners to explore. They also curate the label Asonu and operate their self-publishing banner, Open Colour Imprint.

Credits:

All music by Nicholas Maloney

Recorded December 2023

https://blanketswimming.bandcamp.com/music

https://picturerathermuted.bandcamp.com/music

Download @ https://droneworksinternational.bandcamp.com/album/blanket-swimming-balance

Release date: June 28, 2024

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"Schemen" is the fourth release by Linearwelt from Munich and contains four tracks that alternate smoothly between gentle ambient soundscapes, drone structures and subsonic melodies.

As on the previous EP "Zeit", Linearwelt is once again supported by the contemporary classical/ambient artist Polaroid Notes, who adds a special atmosphere with a few piano accents.

Tracklist:

1. Schemen / 2. Windspiel / 3. Schattenwurf / 4. Stille Seelen

Credits:

Linearwelt - Electronics, Loops, Effects

Polaroid Notes - Piano on 2, 3 and 4

Recorded Nov 2023 - Jan 2024

Download @ https://droneworksinternational.bandcamp.com/album/linearwelt-schemen

Release Date: February 24, 2024

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"On The Drone Of Solitude" is a collection of sonic narratives whispered through the gentle hiss of vintage tape, evoking solitary moments experienced during travels. From the labyrinthine backstreets of ancient Tunis to the haunting, long-forgotten sanatoriums of post-Soviet Georgia, from the tranquil serenity of a Singaporean airport to the bustling, chaotic streets of Ho Chi Minh, and to the serene heights of Azorean mountain lakes, from the grandeur of Kosovo's towering peaks to the delicate caress of my hand drum's mellowness, this album weaves a tapestry of sonic solace and soulful connection.

These sonic vignettes emphasize the transformation of landscapes into cherished memories, in places where people chose solitude or were compelled to embrace it. They serve as sonic meditations on solitude, portraying a single person confronting the grandeur of nature or the lonely moments experienced in bustling but careless urban environments.

(Deep Dive Sound)

Composed, recorded, and arranged by Rafael Diogo

Mastered by Raffaele Pezzella AKA Sonologyst

Cover photo by Konstantinos Sahlos

Digital download @ https://droneworksinternational.bandcamp.com/album/deep-dive-sound-on-the-drone-of-solitude

Release Date: 9th Dec 2023

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If you substract the piano sounds from Polaroid Notes there will be drones. In all its beauty and depth.

German contemporary classical and ambient artist Polaroid Notes returns to DWI with another album of drone versions.

The original sources for the tracks can be found on various releases of Polaroid Notes. Four tracks are unreleased.

1. Walk Away In Silence (Drone Version)

"Walk Away In Silence" Single (Büro für Erdrotation Spin 029, Jan 2022)

2. Time w/ Linearwelt (Version)

"Zeit" EP (Drone Works International DWI 42, Jan 2023)

3. Stone Carved Memories

Unreleased

4. Glow

Unreleased

5. Tree Of Life (Drone Version)

"Cloud Anthems" Album (Whitelabrecs wlr 123, Sept 2022)

6. Some Day I Will Know

Unreleased

7. Hold On Tight (Drone Version)

"Principle Of Hope" Compilation (Mol, July 2022)

8. Cold Creek (Drone Version)

"Walk Away In Silence" Single (Büro für Erdrotation Spin 029, Jan 2022)

9. A Distant Call

Unreleased

10. Down By The Sea (Drone Version)

"Ennio's Muse" Compilation (Whitelabrecs wlr 086, Jan 2021)

Digital download and limited edition CD available @ https://droneworksinternational.bandcamp.com/album/polaroid-notes-drones-sketches

Release Date: 18th November 2023

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Gareth Farmer aka Carbonates On Mars returns to DWI with another longform meditative ambient drone.

As the title "Dreaming Drone" suggests, it's a multilayered soundscape that is inspired by the intention to create an ambient drone piece that would reflect a dream world. Also that would help reach that dream world by sending the listener into a relaxed state to either daydream or to enter the dream world via sleep.

Download @ https://droneworksinternational.bandcamp.com/album/carbonates-on-mars-dreaming-drone

Release Date: 28th July 2023

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Our 44th release welcomes again Silentwave from Yokohama/Japan.

"Silent Night" contains four long drone soundscapes. Based on pipe organ sound sources, the tracks alternate between calm ambient sounds and slowly pulsating, hypnotic swirls.

Recorded May 2022 and January 2023

Download @ https://droneworksinternational.bandcamp.com/album/silentwave-silent-night

Release Date: 11th June 2023

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Deep drone music with brass instruments, a modular synthesizer and a couple of effects.

Written and recorded by Deep Tremolo Sustain during autumn 2022

Mixed by Kraut Sounds

Download @ https://droneworksinternational.bandcamp.com/album/deep-tremolo-sustain-brass-meditations

Release Date: 19th March 2023

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Linearwelt from Munich/Germany returns with its third DWI release "Zeit" - a find blend of slowly shifting ambient and drone soundscapes. On three tracks Linearwelt was supported by contemporary classic / ambient artist Polaroid Notes adding some soft e-paino sounds, which provide a particularly deep atmosphere.

Tracklist:

1. Zeit / 2. Warmes Licht / 3. Traumpfad / 4. Parallelen

Credits:

Linearwelt - Electronics, Loops, Effects

Polaroid Notes - E-Piano on 1, 3 and 4

Download @ https://droneworksinternational.bandcamp.com/album/linearwelt-zeit

Release Date: January 15, 2023

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With "Subtle Movements" British artist Vinny Vortex makes his first full length album appearence on DWI. Some of you may remember Vinny from his contributions to our "Drone Works" compilations.

With "Subtle Movements" he presents a great set of meditative ambient drone soundscapes. The concept behind the project was to try and strip things down to the bear minimum, and to create soundscapes for sound therapy. In particular case for his daughter who struggles to sleep and quite often listens to his ambient compositions. The album is dedicated to her.

"Subtle Movements" was created on a very small modular system. This gave him real focus to maximise the potential of the system. Vinny is a firm believer of the 'less is more' concept.

Track list:

1. Layers Of Mist

2. Slow Rotation

3. High Altitude

4. Higher Plane

5. Beyond The Surface

6. Desert Wind

Digital Download @ https://droneworksinternational.bandcamp.com/album/vinny-vortex-subtle-movements

Release date: July 16, 2022

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