Warning Light Explained

Warning Light
Origin:	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Genre:	Drone, ambient, electronic
Years Active:	2003–present
Label:	Sleepaway, Stickfigure
Associated Acts:	Roman Photos, Suitcases, Snowbride
Current Members:	Drew Haddon

Warning Light is an American ambient/drone recording project primarily featuring multi instrumentalist Drew Haddon. The band has existed in various forms since 2003, and though formerly based out of Asheville, North Carolina is now in Atlanta, Georgia.

History

Warning Light was originally just a catch all name used by Haddon to label all the various home recording projects he pursued while playing live with Atlanta experimental/noise rock band Suitcases. But after several years of open ended experimentation, the Warning Light sound began to center more on atmosphere and noise. In the mid-2000s, Haddon ran the DIY noise label Sleepaway Recordings, which would release a variety of tapes and CDrs by Warning Light and Suitcases. After several years of work in those projects, Haddon also briefly played in the psychedelic synth outfit Tree Creature and minimal synth outfit High Marks. During this time, Warning Light recorded nearly a dozen cassettes, CDrs and digital releases. In 2007, Stickfigure Records put out the album Eternity Drones, then followed by releasing the Further On album^{[1] [2]} in early 2010. Haddon then played with Atlanta dance band Roman Photos for a couple years, then briefly with electronic act Kolossi.^[3] 2011 saw the release of his next full length album, Wild Silver, on Stickfigure Records as well,^{[4] [5]} with a corresponding series of music videos.^{[6] [7]} Haddon also runs Atlanta DIY label Persistentmidnight and performs in the electronic duo Snowbride.

Discography

• "Window" (cassette, 2002)
• Split with Rioter With a Flare Gun (Sleepaway CDr, 2004)
• A Night Drive Through the Country (Sleepaway Tape, 2004)
• Texture Tones (Sleepaway Tape, 2005)
• Night Flight (Sleepaway 3" CDr, 2005)
• Two aka "2" (Sleepaway Tape and CDr, 2005)
• Demology+Complications EP (Sleepaway Tape, 2006)
• Live at Kirkwood Ballers Club with Dry Lungs (Sleepaway CDr, 2006)
• Labor EP (Sleepaway 3" CDr, 2006)
• Subterrain EP (Sleepaway 3" CDr, 2006)
• Eternity Drones (Stickfigure CDr, 2007)
• Split with Colossus (ESR Tape, 2007)
• Psychedelic Vampirism (internet blogspot release, 2008)
• Different Geographies (Sleepaway Recordings 2xCDr, 2008)
• Ritual compilation appearance (Heavy Nature, 2008)
• Unknown Clearing (Tiny Kraken CDr, 2009)
• Further On (Stickfigure CD, 2010)
• Crystal Growing Kit 4 c20 compilation appearance (Serip, 2010)
• Early Birds EP (Beacon Light Communications CDr, 2010)
• Fallow (free download release, 2010)
• Live at the Eyedrum w/ Runaway Five and Young Again (Eyedrum Tapes, 2010)
• "Starry Way EP" (Beacon Light Communications, 2011)
• "New Pilgrimage EP" (Beacon Light Communications, 2011)
• "Wild Silver" (Stickfigure CD 2011)
• "Blacked Out" (cassingle/CDr 2012)
• "Tre Parte Omicidio" split with Repeated Viewing (Persistentmidnight cassette 2012)
• "Half Futures" (self released 2012)
• "Night Time" (limited cassette 2013)
• "Beyond" (self released 2013)
• "The Lost Patterns (DKA cassette 2014) ^{[8] [9]}
• "XXXI" (Stickfigure CD 2014)^{[10] [11]}
• "Heavens Above, Heavens Below (Persistentmidnight double CDr 2015)^{[12] [13]}
• "Quiet on the Homefront EP" (Persistentmidnight CDr 2015)^[14]

External links

• Warning Light page at Stickfigure
• Warning Light blog
• Allmusic
• Persistentmidnight

Notes and References

1. Web site: Radford . Chad . Warning Light: Further On . Clatl.com . 2010-01-20 . 2010-12-29.
2. Web site: Further On . Seaoftranquility.com . 2010-04-08.
3. Web site: Roman Photos gig hard, play dark | Dummy » Next . Dummymag.com . 2010-12-29 . 2010-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100923153806/http://www.dummymag.com/next/2010/09/21/roman-photos-gig-hard-play-dark/ . dead .
4. Web site: [REVIEW] Warning Light – Wild Silver « Little Advances . 2012-01-27 . 2011-12-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111211170729/http://littleadvances.com/2011/10/03/review-warning-light-wild-silver/ . dead .
5. Web site: Panspermia Party . 20jazzfunkgreats.co.uk. 7 January 2022.
6. Web site: Warning Light releases second single from Wild Silver | Crib Notes | Creative Loafing Atlanta . 2012-01-27 . 2016-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222324/http://m.clatl.com/cribnotes/archives/2011/08/17/warning-light-releases-second-single-from-wild-silver . dead .
7. http://latestdisgrace.com/2011/video-warning-light-the-universal-rewrite
8. Web site: Decoder Magazine » Week in Review #20 . 2015-08-18 . 2015-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095932/http://www.secretdecoder.net/blog/2014/05/24/week-in-review-20/ . dead .
9. Web site: Lost Patterns: A Q&A; with Warning Light's Drew Haddon | Atlanta Music Blog | Atlanta Concerts & Shows | Crib Notes | Creative Loafing Atlanta . 2015-08-18 . 2015-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924235343/http://clatl.com/cribnotes/archives/2014/05/27/lost-patterns-a-qanda-with-warning-lights-drew-haddon . dead .
10. Web site: Warning Light – XXXI (2014, CDr). 7 January 2022. Discogs.com.
11. Web site: Warning Light: XXXI. 27 November 2014. 7 January 2022.
12. Web site: Decoder Magazine » Warning Light – Heavens Above, Heavens Below . 2015-08-18 . 2015-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095935/http://www.secretdecoder.net/blog/2015/04/28/warning-light-heavens-above-heavens-below/ . dead .
13. Web site: Warning Light – Heavens Above, Heavens Below (2015, CDr). 7 January 2022. Discogs.com.
14. Web site: Warning Light keeps things 'Quiet on the Homefront' . 2015-08-18 . 2015-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150927053444/http://clatl.com/cribnotes/archives/2015/08/11/warning-light-keeps-things-quiet-on-the-homefront . live .