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Drone Music

Drone Music is a genre. Drone Music grew out of Atonality, contemporary classical, Contemporary Classical Music, Post-minimalism and Ambient Music. Its influence carried into Minimalism, Post-rock, Ambient, Sound Art and Noise Music, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 16 connections around Drone Music. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where Drone Music came from and where it led.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Drone MusicAtonalitycontemporary classicalContemporary Classic…Post-minimalismAmbient MusicMinimalism (music)Avant-gardePostminimalismMinimalismPost-rockAmbientSound ArtNoise MusicDark ambient

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Drone Music connections

Drone Music grew out of Atonality, contemporary classical, Contemporary Classical Music and Post-minimalism, went on to shape Minimalism, Post-rock, Ambient and Sound Art. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

What influenced Drone Music

Roots10

Sounds and acts that shaped Drone Music.

What Drone Music shaped

Legacy6

Where the influence of Drone Music travelled next.

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