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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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