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Day Fourteen - December 14th, 2013
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Formless by Gridlock (recommended by AlexDest & GammaBlaster)

1. Pallid
2. Distance
3. Untitled
4. Return
5. Song23
6. Invert
7. Untitled
8. Chrometaphor
9. Scratch
10. Displacement
11. The 8th Winter
12. Re/module
13. Untitled
14. Atomontage
15. Done Processing

Gridlock is a electronic group created by Mike Wells in 1993 with Mike Cadoo joining in 1997. Earlier in their career, their sound was heavily industrial, slowly incorporating electronic sounds until Formless in 2003, which has almost no trace of industrial music and is considered mostly of IDM.

It's an incredibly aggressive release and a good example of how ambient music can be noisy at times. It's precisely this contrast between the lighter and heavier parts that makes this album awesome. Full of interesting moments. 2:35 and after on Song23 is a crazy logical mess, and is probably the best song on the album. The progression on Chrometaphor and Atomontage grows very nicely. Some pleasant ethereal vocals in Return and Done Processing has a comfortable minimalistic atmosphere. A good choice to close the album, finishes off beautifully. The production is top-notch and there's a fairly good amount of textures.

I had the displeasure of listening to this album in disorder (thanks to Grooveshark* fucking this one up). I love when there's a continuity between tracks on an album, the entire album is even more worthwhile to listen as a whole and it makes everything more cohesive. * Weirdly how lately I found everything I wanted on Deezer and the loading time is faster, hmmm...

Incredibly consistent from start to finish. Definitely an album I'll listen as a whole again, strong contender for a 9, maybe it will change over time.

My rating : ★★★★★★★★☆☆

(was busy so couldn't write a lot on this, but I really recommend this album, best so far, nice pick AlexDest )

Originally Posted by omega_grunt666

I was hoping that would show up around christmas

Showed up on a Friday the 13th tho.

@ DarkProdigy : can't find your birthday