Oliver Dahlinger is an alias used by the Drone Music studio for solo piano work approached from a drone perspective. Chords are held with the sustain pedal down for their full natural decay, and the next one enters before silence returns, so resonance overlaps continuously. Prepared notes, muted with felt or loaded with small objects, add metallic overtones.
Nothing is processed electronically; the length of each piece comes from patience at the keyboard. The sound is resonant, slightly austere and very acoustic. Listening in a quiet room at natural volume gives the best sense of the instrument’s body and the space around it.
