"But remember what you have had" by Stephen O'Malley is a profound addition to the contemporary drone canon, situating itself in direct dialogue with the historical lineage of experimental minimalism, and stands as a testament to the artist’s mastery of the drone idiom and his ongoing dialogue with the boundaries of sonic perception. O'Malley, renowned for his foundational work with Sunn O))), here distills his aesthetic into a single, extended piece that unfolds with deliberate pacing and nuanced dynamic gradations. O'Malley’s sustained guitar textures and microtonal interplay evoke the pioneering work of Phill Niblock, whose “attackless endless drones” and complex harmonic fields redefined the possibilities of stasis and movement in sound. Like Niblock, O'Malley eschews melody and rhythm, instead flooding the sonic field with dense, evolving layers that invite the listener into a state of heightened perceptual awareness-a music that is as much about physical immersion as it is about intellectual engagement. Equally present is the influence of Pauline Oliveros, whose concept of "deep listening" fundamentally reshaped the aesthetics of attention and presence in music. O'Malley’s work resonates with Oliveros’s ethos: the act of listening becomes a meditative practice, where the boundaries between performer, audience, and environment dissolve. The album’s gradual unfolding and focus on the phenomenology of sound recall Oliveros’s explorations with the Deep Listening Band, particularly her use of resonant spaces and her call for “steady attention and steady awareness” over extended durations.

O'Malley’s approach, while unmistakably his own-marked by the visceral physicality of amplified guitar and a monolithic sense of scale-honors these historical precedents. He extends the tradition of drone as a vehicle for both sonic intensity and contemplative depth, transforming the listening experience into a kind of temporal suspension. From the label's press "Stephen O’Malley’s work on this new piece is ambitious, engaging in an inspired research that delves into the deep intricacies between polyphony, intonation and timbrality, enhanced by melodic motifs. To do this, O’Malley summons up his own very personal sound universe, constellated with amplified textures, instrumental sustained tones and raw energy, in order to diffract them into wavefronts, waves and blows that weave a complex, rich and fascinating matter. But remember what you have had stands out as an important work in Stephen O’Malley’s repertoire: it brings together the multiplicity of his musical approach in an exemplary way, while laying the foundations and promises for the future of an already extraordinary journey."

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• Black vinyl in poly-lined inner sleeve.
• First pressing of 1000 units