Gridlock: Frozen
- Burn
- Ich Dien
- Three
- Halo
Gridlock return with their second self released cassette arriving much
where they left off on their musical debut. Intricately woven ambient
textures interspersed with the occasional vocal intonations drift across
the hazy musical plain. Each tracks is subtlely mixed into the next with
only the passing lull to mark the transition between compositions. Chided
by many for being to mellow, Gridlock still remain steadfast in
creating music meant more for the individual home audience than for the
club atmosphere. Having much in common with the darkwave movement of music
made popular by the likes of such European labels as Cold Meat Industry and
Staalplat, Gridlock build their music upon complex ambient foundations.
Surprisingly enough this music also appears to come off well live as they
have performed some of this material at least once for an external audience
with reasonably positive results. It appears at least in this case, an
American band has the capability previously only relegated to European
musicians of evoking a deeply disturbing mood by means of music alone.
Contact:
Gridlock
1827 Haight St #110
San Francisco, CA 94117
E-mail: gridlock@creative.net
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