Congregation of Drones is an electro-acoustic duo comprised of Pauline Kim Harris (violin) and Jesse Stiles (electronics). Their work presents the listener with immersive, surreal soundscapes created through live processing and experimental sound synthesis. The music of Congregation of Drones is both extreme and approachable, dashing between delicate fields of chattering chirps and pizzicato pulses into roaring tunnels of cascading harmonic energy.
The duo combines Harris’ virtuosic visceral chops with Stiles’ singular approach to sampling, spatialization, and signal processing to create elaborate musical structures where time seems to fold in on itself as the performance unfolds. Their debut album Twenty Twenty is a massive new body of music that merges daring and shockingly emotional strings with torrents of pulsating electronics.