Trances/Drones

Infobox Album
Name = Trances/Drones
Type = compilation
Longtype =
Artist = Robert Rich


Released = 1994
Recorded = December 19, 1981 in Menlo Park, California, 1981 in Palo Alto, California, January 31, 1983 at Stanford University, April, 1983 at Stanford University, July 17, 1983 in Encinada, Mexico, August 20, 1983 in Menlo Park, California, November, 1983 and December 17, 1983 at Stanford University
Genre = Ambient
Length = 141:11
Label = Extreme Records
Producer = Robert Rich
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:9iaxlf0ejcqp link]
Last album = "Propagation" (1994)
This album = "Trances/Drones" (1994)
Next album = "Night Sky Replies" (1994)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = compilation


Lower caption = 2000 re-release.

"Trances/Drones" (1994) is an album by the American ambient musician Robert Rich. It is a two-disc compilation of Rich’s albums "Trances" (1983) and "Drones" (1983) plus other material that was recorded during that time.

Disc one contains the album "Trances", plus the title track from Rich’s 1982 debut "Sunyata". At the time this compilation was released, "Sunyata" was only available in its original 86 minute cassette release and had been out of print for several years. When the album "Sunyata" was rereleased in 2000 on compact disc, this title track was omitted because of the CDs 74 minute length restriction.

Disc two contains the album "Drones", plus a previously unreleased track titled “Resonance”. It was recorded at Stanford University on January 31, 1983. The liner notes describe this piece as an “acoustic room resonance derived from delayed feedback.”

Track listing

Disc one: "Trances"

#”Cave Paintings” - 23:54
#”Hayagriva” - 25:13
#”Sunyata (Emptiness)” - 22:50

Disc two: "Drones"

#”Seascape” - 29:59
#”Wheel of Earth” - 27:58
#”Resonance” - 12:17