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Gridlock
Under
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.date Oct-23-2003
.style Electronic
.label Piehead Records
.cat.no. PIE022
.source CDDA
.type Single
.quality 192kbps 44.1hz Joint-Stereo
.size 26,2 MB
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IDM from a band that started off by ripping off Skuppy... interesting,
eh?
Founded in 1994 by San Francisco soundsmith Mike Wells, Gridlock set out
to carve a "heavy, emotional sound" into the carcass of a dark
electronic music scene stuck in a perpetual spin cycle of dancefloor
throwbacks such as Front 242 and Frontline Assembly. Melding the
cut-copy-and-kill approach of Skinny Puppy with an ambient stitching
akin to Vangellis' Bladerunner score, Wells embarked to convince the ear
that it was autonomous of the mind. Amid a genre manned by cyberpunk
devotees obsessed with computerized, sequenced perfection, the task
could not be more formidable, but with the addition of Mike Cadoo in
1995, Gridlock quickly loaded two demos - Sickness and Frozen -- before
signing with Pendragon Records in 1997.
Further, the group's sophomore effort, aptly furthered Gridlock from the
industrial trench. Comparisons to German doom-n-bass meister Panacea
replaced references to Skinny Puppy; nods toward the ephemeral drilling
of Dutch beatsmiths Funckarma and the frenzied beauty of IDM stalwarts
Autechre erased parallels with progressive industrial heavyweights such
as Haujobb.
In early 2001, nearly two years past Further, Gridlock moved to Unit
Records and offered their most ambitious effort yet - Trace. The album
saw the duo not only surpass industrial, but even the conventions of
ambient, drum-n-bass and IDM. Although solid references to many of the
aforementioned groups still held, Trace marked an infinitely deeper
descent into the electronic deep end.
In the nearly three years that have passed since the release of Trace,
Wells and Cadoo have released a handful of 12"s/EPs and compilation
appearances. The latest in this series of small bites of sound is the
Under EP, a set of three moody, downtempo tracks that is another
essential addition to the Gridlock discography. It should also do much
to whet appetites for the long-awaited release of their new album -
Formless - which is due later this year on the Hymen label.
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01 15 07:02
02 11 05:55
03 5-6 06:07
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