Drones (album)
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Drones is an album by the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 ambient
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...

 musician Robert Rich
Robert Rich (musician)
Robert Rich is an ambient musician and composer based in California, United States. With a discography spanning over 30 years, he is widely regarded as a figure whose sound has greatly influenced today's ambient, New Age, and even IDM music.-Early life:At an early age he thought he disliked music...

. Like most of Rich’s early work, this album consists of slow, textural drone music
Drone music
Drone music is a minimalist musical style that emphasizes the use of sustained or repeated sounds, notes, or tone-clusters – called drones. It is typically characterized by lengthy audio programs with relatively slight harmonic variations throughout each piece compared to other musics...

. The first track (“Seascape”) features ocean waves recorded at Encinada, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

. In 1994 this album was rereleased with Rich’s previous album Trances
Trances
Trances is the second album by the American ambient musician Robert Rich. Like his first album Sunyata, this album consists of slow, textural drone music....

in a two-disc set titled Trances/Drones
Trances/Drones
Trances/Drones is an album by the American ambient musician Robert Rich. It is a two-disc compilation of Rich’s drone music albums Trances and Drones plus other material that was recorded during that time.-Overview:...

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