After seeing Squrl perform to Man Ray films at the Walker, I had the honor to talk to Jim Jarmusch about going to so many emotional places in a single hour-long composition, yet being completely consistent and engaging throughout. He told me the secret was keeping the drone going, a strategy that is the basis of Indian Classical music but seldom used in the West.
Most of us were introduced to this structure via Lou Reed's song Heroin, originally recorded in 1966 with John Cale's single note viola part.
Cale was introduced to the drone by American avant-garde composer La Monte Young.
Cale performing Heroin after the death of Reed.
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