It was about time for another Petcord release and really high time for the first release not by Giorgos or me (Petcord goes public, widening its scope – giving in to peer pressure ;-)). Steven Deacid from Cologne performs as Night Drone his Drifts 1-4 series. Apart from doing the cover artwork, I also contributed a reconstruction of Drift 2, which does not exactly sound like the rest of the tunes and is therefore easy to spot ;-).

Perhaps a few words about what can be expected:

Drifts 1-4 marks the beginning of a series of pieces that focus on deep saturated timbres and sustained tones blending into another. Sparsely arranged and yet successfully managing to escape monotony by constantly changing sound characteristics, an approach well known from Minimalist music. Drifts 1-4 prioritises the creation of a cinematic vision, a constant stream of floating association freely defined by the listener.

And more specifically:

[Drifts 1-4] takes analogue synth sounds characteristic of 90ies IDM electronica, but uses it within a Dark Ambient inspired context without any percussive elements. Because of this crossover, floating tones see constant modulation, addition and subtraction of overtones, as well as more distinct thematic progression. Due to sparse arrangements, Night Drone is capable of reaching clarity in blending tones and approaches sci-fi soundtrack quality, where others get lost in mushy reverberation and awkward sound clusters

source: Petcord liner notes

The release has a bit of a longer history, too: Originally planned for October, we had the idea of adding “demix” versions. One by me and another by Giorgos. Giorgos’ however was not able to complete the tune in time, so it was omitted. As a result of some discussions, the project name and the entire scope of the music changed and so did the cover artwork. But nothing that prevented the release from finally happening ;-)