Drones 1994 by Warren Burt

Where most drone pieces explore fairly consonant sounds, Burt's Drones, which he's been composing since the early 1970s, sometimes explore the farther reaches of dissonance. Think of it as music for your ears to lie back in an easy chair with, except that the easy chair occasionally morphs into something a bit, well, more “interesting.” One of these drones, transgressing all the structural laws of medieval music, consists of nothing but commas (the mistuned, beating sounds produced by medieval intonation), extended in time. Clearly, the most dissonant piece written in 1394! Only 600 years too late, but better late than never.

Tracklist

1.	Descending Harmonies around 11	20:08

2.	Old Commas Inverted and Revisited	21:06

3.	Nine False Sethearean Ascents	20:06

4.	Nine TRUE Setharean Ascents	20:10

5.	A Christmas Drone - In Snowless Winter Woods	20:05