Emerging from the network of experimental and drone-oriented scenes in Minneapolis, Minnesota, IE (pronounced “eee”) is a group devoted to experiences of hypnotic minimalism. From stark experiments in meditative drone music, to groove-based psychedelia, over nine years of recording and touring, IE has worked to build their own language of atmosphere, repetition, and hypnosis. In their live performances, they experiment with sustained tones, electronic whirrs and beats, video and film projections, and metaphysical recitations. The current lineup is Michael Gallope on keyboards (Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang, New Pope, Oneida), singer bassist, and flutist, Mariel Oliveira (XOXO Tech), guitarist / percussionist Sam Molstad (Material and Orchard Thief), guitarist / keyboardist Travis Workman, and drummer Meredith Gill.

IE has toured widely across North America, with recent performances at Big Ears (Knoxville, TN), Roulette (Brooklyn, NY), Zebulon (Los Angeles), Constellation and Elastic Arts (Chicago), Milwaukee Psych Fest, the Drone not Drones Festival, and Mississippi Studios (Portland, OR), among dozens of other venues in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The band has released three cassettes of minimal drone music (Shinkoyo, MJMJ), a recording of Terry Riley’s Keyboard Study No. 2 Live at the Cedar Cultural Center (Drone Not Drones), and three full-length albums: Pome (2018, Moon Glyph/ISH) and Junk Body (2023, Shinkoyo/ISH) and Reverse Earth (2025, Quindi Records).