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3 August 2026 – Kevin Drumm Opens August With the Monumental The Mild Temper
By Editorial Team - August 3, 2026
Summary
Experimental artist Kevin Drumm releases 'The Mild Temper', a 6-CD box set on Sonoris featuring over six hours of drone and electronic abstraction, mastered by Jim O'Rourke.
Key Facts
- Kevin Drumm releases six-CD box set 'The Mild Temper' via Sonoris.
- Contains over six hours of drone, electronics, and micro-acoustic sound abstraction.
- Mastered by Jim O'Rourke with an emphasis on dynamic range.
- Entities: Kevin Drumm, The Mild Temper, Sonoris, Jim O'Rourke
- Tags: kevin-drumm, the-mild-temper, jim-orourke, sonoris, drone, experimental, ambient
Kevin Drumm’s 'The Mild Temper' arrives as one of the most demanding and immersive experimental releases on the early-August calendar in experimental drone.
Presented as a six-CD box set through Sonoris, the collection contains more than six hours of drone, electronics, sound abstraction and micro-acoustic detail. Drumm avoids conventional melodies, obvious climaxes and narrative structures. Instead, the music develops through gradual changes in frequency, pressure, density and spatial perception.
Tones that initially appear static begin to reveal internal movement, while restrained electronic textures slowly accumulate into environments that can feel both physical and strangely weightless. The set has been mastered by Jim O’Rourke, whose attention to dynamic range is particularly valuable for music in which tiny changes carry enormous importance. 'The Mild Temper' is not designed as background ambience despite its patient pace. It rewards close, sustained listening and illustrates how dramatically a room can appear to change when sound is treated as material rather than decoration.