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English outfit Appliance (vocalist and guitarist James Brooks, bassist Michael
Parker and drummer David Ireland) cut Manual (Mute, 1999) having in
mind a confluence of German avant-rock (Neu and Kraftwerk),
Trans Am-ian post-rock, Mogwai-sh trance-rock and Spacemen 3's shoegazing.
The most characteristic sound of the album came from the homemade keyboards
that brought back the creative feeling of the early 1970s.
The six-song EP Six Modular Pieces (Mute, 2000) includes the
seven-minute droning nightmare Derailleur King Of The Mountain,
which marked a departure from their original program.
Imperial Metric (Mute, 2001), a more mature work, tempered the
original stylistic effervescence with a more organic and subdued approach
to altered states of mind. Charming songs such as Land Sea and Air,
Map of the Territory,
A Gentle Cycle Revolution and Navigating the Nursery Slopes
were crafted taking into account the latest intellectual fads and
Brian Eno's alter-pop strategies.
The instrumental tracks were even more intriguing, ranging from impressionistic
watercolors such as Skylight and Comrades In A Moscow Hotel to
the eight-minute expressionistic tour de force of
Where Has the Space Race Gone.
Are You Earthed (Mute, 2003) is a more conventional effort in the
same vein.
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