The Nether Dawn
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Antony Milton is one of the new important voices to appear from New Zealand in the wake of The Dead C and the mid-90's 'free noise' scene.  Milton is at all times an intelligent interpreter of what's come in the last two decades--this is after all the same islands that brought us Xpressway Records and The Clean.
Nether Dawn is arguably Milton's take on free noise, though it feels less abstract (and off-putting) than the likes of Handful of Dust and Flies Inside the Sun, utilizing instead a warm, broken drone not unlike 'Wreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos" (Ajax); that is to say, this is a more mellow, intimate drone experience for one and guest.  There may also be a hint of influence from Finish collaborator Uton (who is the modern master of shortwave-drone-bliss.)


"Slow motion atmospheric improvised electric drone 'blues' recorded after midnight in the midst of winter. The Nether Dawn is the newest of Antony Milton's solo projects. Electronics and field recordings (of rain swept streets) mix with 'gestural' instrumentation and amp rumble. Evening music."