DRONE NOT DRONES

Held every winter in Minneapolis DRONE NOT DRONES is part benefit concert, part art project, part community event. Now for the seventh year in a row, more than sixty acts will rotate on and off the stage to create a single uninterrupted 28-hour drone to protest the extrajudicial and immoral drone program and raise money for the victims of the United States military-industrial complex.

The experts at Wikipedia say "Drone music is a minimalist musical style that emphasizes the use of sustained or repeated sounds... It is typically characterized by lengthy audio programs with relatively slight harmonic variations throughout each piece compared to other musics."

Be part of a unique experience while supporting a just cause. Come by before work, after work, or both. Bring a pillow/blanket to make yourself comfortable. Spend the night with us.

We will be airing the entire performance on KFAI and streaming online so you can enjoy it even if you can't be with us here in Minneapolis. Direct your browsers to dronenotdrones.com to watch the webstream, get an up to the minute schedule, listen to recordings of our previous drones, and donate directly to Doctors Without Borders.

We may feel powerless to stop the military industrial complex from spreading war. But we can spread peace if we drone on and on about it…

For the most up-to date schedule, visit http://dronenotdrones.com/schedule/

Full lineup is TBA, but includes:

International Novelty Gamelan, Louise Bock, Paul Metzger w/ Krissy Bergmark, BCMC, The Quaking Bogge, Chris Hepola, Crystal Myslajek & Benjamin Polk, Ami Dang, Alan Sparhawk, Iceblink, Thunderbolt Pagoda, Paris 1919, Bella Yaga, Noise Quean Ant, Balung Getih, Marisol, Whitesands Mall, Adam June, American Cream Band, Celica, Hours of the Night, Stressica, Nita, Watershed Group, Neon Menhirs, Kiisu, IOSIS, A. James Shelp and the Rolling Hills, Material, Magnetic Ghost, Tine Net & M. Karraker, Eli Stone, Pen Test, Nadia Hulett, Matt Rahaim, Brad Bellows, DIN.DRONE, Dead People Particles, KPT, Cassini, Cole Pulice, La Curandera & the Ritual, Jay Afrisando, Noah Ophoven-Baldwin, Alone-A, PsychiCraze, Jonathan Kaiser, Hauras, Lee Noble, DeVon Dvrg Gray REDEFINED, Powers/Rolin Duo, Sam Hell (UK), Aida Shahghasemi & d8mchild, Mila Vocal Ensemble, John Saint Pelvyn, Plus Ultra, Comets Ov Cupid, IE, Kendra Amalie, Chuck Johnson, Lea Bertucci, Jessica Moss, Clarice Jensen, Saariselka, and more.

View the schedule of performers here.

About Clarice Jensen

Julliard alumnae Clarice Jensen is the artistic director of ACME, the American Contemporary Music Ensemble. She has toured with Bjork, and collaborated with numerous recording artists including Jóhann Jóhannsson, Stars of the Lid, Owen Pallett, Max Richter, and Tyondai Braxton. Her most recent performances include concerts at The Kings Theatre, Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg), Disney Hall, Benaroya Hall, The Sydney Opera House, Big Ears Festival, Duke Performances, BAM, (le) Poisson Rouge, Roulette, and the Isamu Noguchi Museum. Recording collaborations have been released on Deutsche Grammophone, Kranky, Warp, Matador, Brassland, Domino, Merge, Jagjaguwar, New World, 4AD and many others.

Jensen’s debut album, For This From That Will Be Filled, was released worldwide on Miasmah Recordings on April 6th, 2018. Building on a long and romantic tradition of solo cello repertoire in For This From That Will Be Filled, Jensen expands and confuses the familiar sound of solo cello through the use of effects pedals, multi-tracking, and tape loops recorded at variable speeds. Her debut was featured as an NPR “First Listen,” and includes a piece Jensen co-wrote with the late Jóhann Jóhannsson.