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Darren Tate was
a member of the British collective Ora.
But he was more influential with his work as Monos, that focused on the droning manipulation of field recordings, a project that often involved Colin Potter (de facto, a continuation of Ora without Chalk). Despite the abrasive sound of early pieces such as the 32-minute Promotion (2000), Monos was more often concerned with the thick, rich drones of pieces such as 360 Degrees (2001) and Sunny Day In Saginomiya (2001), that explicitly referenced natural sounds.
Nightfall Sunshine (2002), instead, delved into the "concrete" sound of vintage analogue electronics.
Places (2002) and Window (2003) returned to the classic sound
of Ora. However, the 47-minute Collage (2003), and
Landscapes (2004), a collaboration with Paul Bradley,
were more interesting in that Potter's studio work all but totally eclipsed the original sources, a process that peaked with
the four extended pieces of the double-disc Generators (2005).
Tate also released dozens of CD-ROMS under his own name, starting with
Nonsense For The Cat (2003) and peaking perhaps with
the 42-minute Rain During Summer, off Nothing By Chance (2003),
A Strange Artifact (2004)
and Without Season (2005), a collaboration with Andrew Liles.
Organ Of Sight (Fungal, 2007) was a work for analogue synthesizers.
Old Pointed Hat (Fungal, 2008) moved further away from drone music,
sculpting a dynamic noisescape of synthesizer, guitar and found sounds.
Reflections On A Ceiling (Fungal, 2008) was an abstract atmospheric work, again largely immune from drones for the sake of drones.
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