Danielfuzztone — the solo act of Daniel Fuller — came out of the gate blazing in 2021, spending his first two years quickly making a name in the Orlando music scene with a torrent of releases. Now, he’s settled into a more measured pace as one of the city’s preeminent missionaries of drone. With high concept and thoughtful execution, Danielfuzztone has always been among the area’s more studious acts. Even so, 2025’s Negative Space is a new high-water mark for him.
As his moniker signals, Danielfuzztone specializes in a highly texturized style of electronic music that’s kin to acts like Fuck Buttons. His nearly tactile sonics come via liberal use of hardware like guitar pedals. That’s the lifelong shoegazer in him there. “The only software used is for recording via Audacity,” says Fuller. “Everything else is hardware.”
But without design, all that texture can become white noise. Apropos of the title, Danielfuzztone’s latest work examines and exemplifies how essential framing is. Like the concept of negative space itself, it’s a subtle and fine point, but one that can define everything.
“Yes — definitely more focused than previous recordings,” Fuller says of Negative Space. “Forever trying to get that perfect juxtaposition of drone, melody, texture and noise. Using more digital synths, too.”
In furthering Danielfuzztone’s aesthetic, Negative Space also further differentiates him. While his judiciousness and articulation were always distinctive, this album exudes a level of refinement beyond many drone, noise and ambient artists out there. While most of his contemporaries in the area noise scene are driven by a street-art ethos, Danielfuzztone’s compositions are more like museum pieces.
Even more than in past works, Negative Space shows how far a little bit of pop sense like melody and beat can go for accessibility and appeal. This isn’t a freeform noise experiment. It’s a slow-burn symphony that blossoms with more color and range than ever before heard from Danielfuzztone.
Negative Space now streams everywhere and is available on limited-edition cassette through Illuminated Paths. The album release show is this weekend, where Danielfuzztone will perform live alongside Black Wick and J.Matz.Product.Division.
8 p.m. Saturday, June 7, Stardust Video & Coffee, free.
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This article appears in Jun 4-10, 2025.