Drones Club

Operating out of London, the three-piece collective Drones Club occupies the space where an electro-pop outfit overlaps with a conceptual art project. Drawing from the KLF, Soulwax, and Devo, the members pursue an equally disruptive stance toward pop, staging performances—occasionally of the guerrilla variety—that conjure the atmosphere of religious rituals and political gatherings alike. After issuing a series of singles and EPs spanning ecstatic house numbers to abstract techno-gospel hybrids, the trio delivered its first full-length album, Big World, in 2019.

The project came together in 2015 to foster reconnection among listeners in an era of diminished attention spans. Prior to inking a deal with PMR and unveiling the DFA-esque neo-disco cut “Soul of a Spaceman” that November, the group had already disrupted London’s Fashion Week by parading placards that declared “The Emperor’s New Drones.” Later actions encompassed the distribution of lambs’ hearts outside a Tory conference and the circulation of pamphlets amid a post-apocalyptic show at the Arcola Theatre. Throughout 2016 the outfit put out multiple singles alongside the Rasa EP, shifting between icy techno-pop and fervent house textures. The follow-up EP White Crocodile surfaced in 2017 and folded in elements of rave and jungle. Additional singles paved the way for the arrival of debut album Big World on Joyrider Recordings in 2019.