Fog
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Fog (2002) , 6/10
Ether Teeth (2003) , 5/10
Hummer (2004), 5/10
10th Avenue Freakout (2005), 5/10
Ditherer (2007), 4.5/10
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Fog is the project of Minneapolis-born multi-instrumentalist Andrew Broder who uses the tools of hip-hop to recast popular music into a different sonic universe. Fog (Ninja Tune, 2002) was an experiment in sound, a rabid reassessment of trip-hop, folktronica (Pneumonia), post-rock and abstract soundsculpting

However, the "abstraction" is too far removed from the visible on Ether Teeth (Ninja Tune, 2003) and the seven-song EP Hummer (Ninja Tune, 2004), which sound like sonic constructs devoid of semantics. Broder fed on the Anticon aesthetic.

10th Avenue Freakout (Lex, 2005), that reprises Hummer, moves in the opposite direction compared with previous releases: towards a more linear and organized (even melodic) sound. Unfortunately, his vocals are monotonous, and the electronics plods along with little imagination. By comparison with the previous album, this is synth-pop.

Ditherer (Lex, 2007) even featured a full-fledge rock band, used mostly in the vein of noise-rock and post-rock, but of very little consequence, other than the ten-minute On The Gallows.

After a long hiatus, Fog reunited and released For Good (Totally Gross National Product, 2016).

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