Characteristic 1990s IDM beats rise and fall away in a wash of atmospheric, cinematic soundscapes on Further, the second album by Gridlock. Originally released by Pendragon Records in 1999, the album has just been reissued on vinyl for the first time by Viasonde, an Oakland label owned and operated by one of the duo’s original members Mike Cadoo. (Cadoo also runs n5MD.)
Cadoo and his collaborator Mike Wells emerged from San Francisco’s metal scene, and used their background and experience in that heavier field of sounds to concoct towering pieces of dark ambient (“Untitled 5”, “Under”) and industrial music (“Sever”, “Scrape”). Further is the second of four Gridlock albums to be reissued by Viasonde, presenting a close look at the evolution and intertwining nature of metal, industrial, techno, and ambient.
In honor of Wells, who passed away in 2022, half of the proceeds from the sale of this reissue will go to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
See Vague Lanes (a duo made up of Mike Cadoo of Gridlock and Badger McInnes of Here We Burn) perform alongside Yama Uba, Songs for Sabotage, and Steilacoom at the Knockout on Sunday, August 3rd.
