Announcing the full line-up for 24-HOUR DRONE at Basilica Hudson, NY

Thursday Apr 13th 2023

24-HOUR DRONE is an immersive experience featuring musicians and sound artists experimenting within the spectrum of drone. Together, they create 24 hours of unbroken, uninterrupted sound. The event blurs the line between artist and attendee to create transcendence through communal experience.

Happening in-person for the first time since 2019, 24-HOUR DRONE returns to Basilica Hudson in 2023 on May 27 & 28 (noon to noon), coinciding with Drone Day. 24-HOUR DRONE is presented by Basilica Hudson and Le Guess Who? in collaboration with Sarah Van Buren. We now reveal the full artist line-up.

Festival news

New line-up additions are legendary experimentalist eucademix (Yuka C. Honda); avant noise trailblazers Wolf Eyes; US-Based Balinese percussion orchestra Gamelan Dharma Swara; pioneering saxophonist Michael Foster performing as a duo with DC-based jazz luminary Luke Stewart; a solo set from “transcendental black metal” artist Liturgy (Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix) and internationally celebrated sitarist Veena Chandra together with her son, Tabla percussionist Devesh Chandra.

Raven Chacon, C. Lavender, Fuji|||||||||||ta and Photay with Celia Hollander and special guests Laraaji + Arji OceAnanda will each perform a special three-hour endurance set.

Other artists previously announced for 24-HOUR DRONE include Sarah Hennies + Tristan Kasten-Krause, Laura Ortman, Evans Saxl Seretan Thayer Quartet, gushes, Anneice Cousin, Sister Redhawk (Nea' Mckinney) and Kelman Duran.

Lisa Bernard Kelley, a close collaborator of the late music and Deep Listening pioneer Pauline Oliveros, will facilitate the sonic meditation The Heart Chant (Pauline Oliveros, 2001) to close out the festival. For the full program info, visit the Basilica Hudson website.

Performers will be situated in the center of the room at floor level with attendees surrounding them, dissolving the usual hierarchy between performer and audience. Each performance blends into the next to create twenty-four hours of unbroken, uninterrupted sound.

24-HOUR DRONE will once again be streamed live on Wave Farm Radio and broadcast live on WGXC 90.7-FM: Radio for Open Ears.

Tickets for 24-HOUR DRONE are available here.