Nathan Loutre is a project developed in the Drone Music studio around the tension between written harmony and electronic duration. Piano progressions with a late-Romantic flavour are slowed so drastically that each chord becomes a drone lasting several minutes, then reinforced with synthesized partials that emphasise its overtones.
The listener hears classical harmony through a magnifying glass: suspensions and passing notes turn into long, colour-rich events. The mood is melancholy but restrained. The pieces benefit from uninterrupted listening, because the logic of the progression only becomes clear when several chords have passed.
