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Drone Poems

by MARTEZ

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1.
Behind the Veil 02:16
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2.
Just Beyond the Horizon 08:46
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3.
Santo Cielo 01:23
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4.
Mole People 02:30
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5.
Rogue Satellites 02:08
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6.
Dusted Dawn 02:12
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Death Star 02:08
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8.
Euphoria 02:16
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9.
Aftershock 02:20
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10.
Escape from Mars 05:08
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11.
Razor's Edge 08:48
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12.
Fall of Atlantis 04:05
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about

The Drone Poems series represents meditations, feelings and moods expressed through expansive breathy textures.

These pieces reflect a radical aesthetic departure from the Lamentos series, which primarily features wind instruments (flutes, saxophones) as the primary engines of sound.

I composed and recorded these pieces over the summer of 2022 and early 2023 in Oakland and Berkeley, California during what we now call fire season, when a barbecue spark, a misguided bottle rocket, or a random lightning strike can set off a chain of ignitions to poison every breath with smoky air for days on end. Fortunately last year wasn’t that bad, but each day nonetheless began with the anxiety and dread and the question: “Is today gonna be the day?”

The daily news: Russia brutalizing Ukraine, government fuckery, ongoing plagues, colonization of space, schools shot up, cops gone wild, catastrophic storms and everyone stressing about money.

Drone Poems is the effort to bear witness to the world while remaining connected to the eternal.

Thanks for listening.

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released February 3, 2023

Performance, composition, engineering, mix, mastering: Martin Perna aka MARTEZ.

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Cinematic and ceremonial funk from Grammy nominated producer / musician Martin Perna (Antibalas, Ocote Soul Sounds, TV on the Radio, Dap Kings, etc).

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