The story goes that in the absence of a drummer, Bowery Electric harvested sampled hip hop beats to create their unique blend of post-rock, slowcore, and trip-hop. The result is an album that moves seamlessly from ambient passages to downtempo grooves, culminating in moments of spacey, plodding shoegaze. Bowery Electric's 1995 self-titled debut was a more straightforward but nevertheless excellent dreampop/shoegaze record, but it was 1996's "Beat" that saw the duo maximize their sound by augmenting their hazy atmospheres with trip-hop beats.
No comments:
Post a Comment