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Majeure

The project of Zombi’s A.E. Paterra, Majeure — which took its name through the Tangerine Dream record Power Majeure — delves right into a somewhat different world of electronic-leaning prog rock and roll than his use Steve Moore, rather exploring a far more rhythmic, danceable strategy. Along with distributed Zombi …

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Directions in Music

The improvisational post-rock trio Directions in Music comprised bassist Bundy K. Brownish (an alumnus of Gastr del Sol and Tortoise), drummer Doug Scharin (also of H.We.M., Rex and June of ’44) and guitarist Wayne Warden (an associate of 40k). Their self-titled debut recording, documenting a three-day program documented at Chicago’s …

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Pegasuses XL

Pegasus-XL is a keyboard-driven indie rock-band from Athens, GA, made up of Joel Hatstat (keyboards, vocals), Jeff Tobias (keyboards, vocals), Jeff Rosenstock (keyboards, vocals), and Tag Dale (drums, vocals). Carrying out a few EP produces, the band produced its full-length recording debut using the Antiphon (2008) on Ernest Jenning Information.

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Sixto

Chicago’s Sixto fuses the moody, stylized aggression of post-punk using the furious, twice acoustic guitar attack of millennial underground rock and roll. Guitarist/vocalist Chris Fuller created Sixto in 1997 following the dissolution of his earlier music group Dis, drafting previous Travis users Matt Scholl and Craig Hutler and drummer Chris …

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Beak>

“> “> A trio crafting thick and atmospheric music influenced by dub, Krautrock, as well as the Seaside Kids, BEAK> feature Portishead maker/multi-instrumentalist Geoff Barrow, bassist Billy Fuller, and keyboardist Matt Williams. Fuller and Williams will also be users of Fuzz Against Rubbish and Group Brick, respectively, both rings that …

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Lazer Crystal

Mixing jagged electro-rock and soaring synth pop with cybernetic relieve, Chicago’s Lazer Crystal features singer/multi-instrumentalist Mikale De Graff, multi-instrumentalist/singer Nicholas Go through, and percussionist Josh Johannpeter. De Graff and Johannpeter also play in Mahjongg, as well as the band’s users have also used Cave and Waterbabies. Lazer Crystal released its …

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To Rococo Rot

To Rococo Rot were a mainly Berlin-based post-rock trio whose mix of electronic and acoustic components placed them near American groups such as for example Tortoise, Trans Am, and Rome, aswell as European performers Group, Stereolab, and Refrigerator. Made up of bassist Stefan Schneider (also of similar-sounding Dusseldorf group Kreidler) …

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Cul de Sac

Shunning the burgeoning alternative rock and roll movement, Cul de Sac intertwined components of browse rock and roll, Krautrock, Middle Eastern trance and folk music, post-rock psychedelia, and avant-garde to make a unique mix that garnered immediate critical attention. Produced in the first ’90s by guitarist Glenn Jones, multi-instrumentalist Robin …

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Tarwater

Tarwater, a duo composed of Germans Bernd Jestram and Ronald Lippok, possess documented several albums of distinctive, mainly instrumental music tagged post-rock due to Lippok’s involvement directly into Rococo Rot — a German trio which has documented for experimental independents such as for example Soul Static Audio and Town Slang. …

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Holy Fuck

The Toronto-based electronic collective Holy Fuck were formed in 2004 by Graham Walsh and Brian Borcherdt. Referred to as “blip-hoppers” and “a shabbily outfitted Kraftwerk,” Holy Fuck started creating lo-fi digital sound music with previous analog musical and nonmusical equipment, including a 35mm film synchronizer. Minus the use of notebooks …

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