SomaFM Drone Zone

Drone Zone specializes in sustained tones that would bore mainstream audiences and captivate serious musicians. The station plays long-form ambient and drone composition where single notes hold for minutes, where texture and subtle variation replace melody entirely. Experimental radio. Minimalism isn't emptiness. The programming includes contemporary drone artists, classical minimalism from composers like La Monte Young, field recordings blurring the boundary between music and acoustic documentation. Time becomes strange here. A ten-minute track feels both endless and instantaneous. Curators u…