Speed then founded two bands. Pachora focused on Eastern European folk music: Pachora (january 1997 - Knitting Factory, 1997), Unn (Knitting Factory, 1999), Ast (Knitting Factory, 2000), Astereotypical (Winter and Winter, 2003). Yeah No (Vietnamese-born trumpeter Cuong Vu, Iceland-born bassist Skuli Sverrisson and drummer Jim Black) encompassed a broader spectrum of influences, although it still displayed an insane obsession for folk melodies and dance rhythms: Yeah No (july 1996), Deviantics (Songlines, 1999), Trio Iffy (Knitting Factory, 2000), Emit (Songlines, 2000).

Speed also played with Tim Berne and was a member of the Claudia Quintet,

Yeah No's fourth album, Swell Henry (Squealer, 2004), featuring Tin Hat Trio's Rob Burger on accordion, Jamie Saft on electronic keyboards, Cuong Vu on trumpet, Skuli Sverrisson on bass and Jim Black on drums, displays, first and foremost, Speed's ability in crafting moods. Each piece revolves around a simple melody and relies on simple arrangements, but, somehow, the whole is more than the sum of its parts. The mournful accordion-driven She Has Four Thorns, the breezy aria that surfaces amid the minimalist repetition of Born In The Air (with a spectacular clarinet solo), the plain sentimental song Dead Water, the exotic surreal vignette Kip Files are impeccable exercises in sound crafting.
The nearest reference is Lol Coxhill's Welfare State, and the melodic standout is a folkish Lol Coxhill-ian fanfare, Last Beginning, whose crescendo is almost rock. Both the almost circus-like fanfare of Camper Giorno and the almost marching-band pace of He Has A Pair of Dice are also prime Coxhill.

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