From emosissy Sent Thu, Aug 5th 1999, 17:36
you can throw in A Minor Forest too ....they get a little noisy sometimes but most tracks are instrumental and epic in length. Really complicated and abrupt but beautiful at the same time... ------ emosissy > also check out labradford, pan american (one haf of labradford), mouse > parade (someone from the dylan group), slint and if you live in the uk, well > if you live anywhere, forth quartet. the last two are a bit closer to > "normal" rock. but i wouldn't call them rock. forth quartet make minimal > guitar tracks, with so much space and lihgt in them, they are beautiful, the > songs are amazing, i reccomend the debut lp, "they built ships that sank". > errm, email: xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx or visit www.heaventsentrecords.com > or amybe it's co.uk can't remember. anyway, truewly wonderful. and you can > hear soundclips at the web site. > > post rock and idm go hand in hand if you ask me. they are both beautiful and > compliment each other marvellously. the fatcat retrospective, accross uneven > terrain, is the perfect example of this, it's got idm, noise, soundscapes, > post rock and even some live hip hop on there. i wouldn't consider this "OT" > bt if it has offended your idm sensibilities, then please take my apologies. > >