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Saturday Drones

by Spheruleus

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Saturday Drones is a longform piece of Ambient music, recorded and mixed on a particularly rainy Saturday. I began the track by playing electric guitar chords through reverb and delay effects pedals. I then played and recorded some additional guitar motifs by altering the tone and EQ on both the guitar and the amp. I recorded some eBow drones too and also, I leaned lightly into the bridge of the guitar to get a dampened sound and once all of these takes were recorded, I set about building and shaping these sounds into a longform droning piece. Some fragments were drenched in more reverb using VST laptop effects, others were given some tape decay processing whereas other sections of guitar were spliced to give a subtle dub feel.
Additional tones of violin and piano were added quietly to the mix, adorned with the static noise of overlapping radio broadcasts.

Unlike much of my work, I did not have a concept in mind at all on this occasion and was simply enjoying the opportunity to create with a little time on my side. I took my time to develop the transmission and imagined that I was creating something for a particularly moving drama series. I also had in mind the longer evolving pieces in my earlier album 'Dissolve' but it might also appeal to those who enjoyed my recent 'Glimmers' album for Rusted Tone Recordings. The cover artwork was shot in Dovedale, Derbyshire UK back in 2014.

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released October 6, 2018

Written and produced by Harry Towell
Artwork by Harry Towell

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Spheruleus Lincolnshire, UK

Spheruleus is Lincolnshire, UK based artist Harry Towell. His work has been released on labels such as Under The Spire, Hibernate, Home Normal and Time Released Sound. The Spheruleus sound is produced using acoustic instruments, manipulated into timeworn, rustic and melancholy compositions.

He also runs Whitelabrecs and the Audio Gourmet netlabel.

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