Trances/Drones

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

Trances/Drones
Compilation album by 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, drone
Length	141:11
Label	Extreme Records Release/Relapse Records (reissue)
Producer	Robert Rich
Robert Rich chronology
Propagation (1994) Trances/Drones (1994) Night Sky Replies (1994)
Alternative cover
2000 re-release

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Overview

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 re-released in 2000 on compact disc, this title track was omitted because of the CD's 81-minute length restriction.

Disc two contains the album Drones, plus a previously unreleased track titled “Resonance,” which 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

1. ”Cave Paintings” – 23:54
2. ”Hayagriva” – 25:13
3. ”Sunyata (Emptiness)” – 22:50

Disc two: Drones

1. ”Seascape” – 29:59
2. ”Wheel of Earth” – 27:58
3. ”Resonance” – 12:17