Photo courtesy of Basilica Hudson
If you live in New York City and you're looking for a meditative getaway, you might want to consider the drone show happening this weekend at Hudson, New York's Basilica Hudson. Only you might want to bring a tent and toothbrush—it's a 24-hour set.Billed eponymously as "24-HOUR DRONE"—from 3PM Saturday to 3PM Sunday, the show will gather dozens of musicians including Prurient's Dominic Fernow, Godspeed You! Black Emperor's Efrim Manuel Menuck, female ambient quartet Future Shuttle member Camilla Padgitt-Coles, and interdisciplinary queer artist and theremin player Gambletron. The music itself runs the gamut of all things drone, from a midnight catastrophic electro-noise collage to a dawn "Cosmic Planetary Gong Panacea," tied to the planets position in the sky in relation to the rising son.Highlighting the particularly harmonious relationship between electronic and acoustic music in drone music, all kinds of its examples will be on display—from a synthetic voice choir conducted by electronic ambient artist Alberich, to a modular synth safari guided by Long Distance Poison, to the abstracted techno beats of Dual Action, and even a ringing quartz bowl performance by self-proclaimed "meditation DJ" Daniel Lauter.Rather than having an entire line-up of solo acts, many of the artist will be grouped into curated blocks hosted by noise label Hospital Productions, Brooklyn noise performance series TINNITUS, and Montreal drone collective Quelque. There will also drone-related video screenings, interactive art installations and plenty of food and drink.If you're thinking of experiencing the whole thing from beginning to end, you might also want to consider the "Drone Kit" care package which includes sleeping materials and water.Tickets still available here. Even if you can't make it, listen to the event's Spotify playlist (which is only 3 hours long).