In celebration of International Drone Day (https://droneday.org) the Rocky Mountain Synthesizer Meet (https://rockymountainsynth.com) hosted a video premiere representing Boulder, CO, USA on Saturday May 24th at 10 AM Mountain time, 16:00 GMT. Attendees wre be able to participate via live chat.

This event marked our fourth time hosting a live stream for Drone day, and this year’s event will featured 17 original drone music videos (14 Rocky Mountain Synthesizer Meet members and 3 members of the Moray Firth Synthesizer Club).

Watch the Replay

Here is a link to the replay. Watch on YouTube to see Live Chat.

Details

The musical performances feature a wide-range of hardware and software synthesizers and techniques. Each performer also produced a video with a wide variety of video production styles and techniques ranging from overhead gear shots, to video footage with visuals FX, through to animation and generative video.

Chapter Markers

• 00:00 Countdown
• 02:27 Mark Mosher – Opening Remarks and Intro Rocky Mountain Synthesizer Meet
• 04:32 Michael O’Bannon – “Eigentones”
• 10:57 Light Beyond The Storm (aka Nick Scroggie) – “In My Head”
• 16:58 Victoria Lundy – “Nitrogen Narcosis” – ‪@Victoria_Lundy_Theremin‬22:48
• Rebele93 (aka Mike Bryant) – “Voices”
• 29:25 Sound Is Energy (aka Adam Sloan) – “Horizons”
• 35:26 Wang Chen (aka Mark Dammer) – “Peaceful Morning” – ‪@MarkDammer‬42:26 Godzilla Laughs (aka Christopher Lavery) – “The Patternings Outside”
• 50:27 Kevin Garlow – “Aged Like a Fine Whine”
• 53:07 Méchant Métrique (aka Eddie Corcoran) – “Astronomical”
• 59:38 INTERMISSION
• 1:04:40 Mark Mosher – “Calibrating Dark Matter” – ‪@MarkMosher‬
• 1:11:19 Zerøbeat (aka Maarten de Vries) – “ARPaeology II” – ‪@zerobeat2020‬
• 1:18:19 Echo Vocation (aka Adrian Johnson) – “Coral Drift” –
• 1:25:17 James Collins – “700FM Drone” – ‪@jamesdeancollins‬
• 1:32:11 Montra (aka Matt Yost) – “Drone Day 2025”
• 1:39:25 Acef Stripe (aka David Svrjcek) – “VCV Only”
• 1:44:59 Alien Brunch (aka Alan Bland) – “Ingenuity” – ‪@alanblip‬
• 1:51:53 langsound (aka Langdon Crawoford) – “Persistence II” – ‪@langsound‬
• 1:57:50 Mark Mosher – closing remarks
• 1:58:51 RMSM – outro

ABOUT ROCKY MOUNTAIN SYNTHESIZER MEET

This event is hosted by Rocky Mountain Synthesizer Meet founder Mark Mosher. The Rocky Mountain Synthesizer Meet is a member-supported community founded by synthesist Mark Mosher and has hosted 150+ events in 12 years. SUPPORT RMSM If you would like to offer financial support to help us cover our overhead (web hosting, domains, online meeting and streaming services…), please consider buying merchandise or making a donation here https://rockymountainsynth.com/donate.

SHOW CREDITS AND THANKS

• All the performers who put their time and creative energy into creating music videos
• All those who took the time to see the show live and who are watching now
• Michael O’Bannon for suggesting this show idea
• Victoria Lundy for our logo and show banners
• Langdon Crawford for helping coordinate and editing this video

• https://droneday.org for creating this annual celebration of drone, community, and experimental sounds. Drone Day was dreamed up by MCLF (https://marieflanagan.com of Weird Canada https://weirdcanada.com and vibrated into existence by communities and droners around the world.