Gridlock (band)

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Name = Gridlock


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Origin = United States
Genre = Technoid, IDM
Years_active = 1994-2005
Label = Pendragon, Unit, Hymen
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Current_members = Mike Wells
Mike Cadoo
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Gridlock is a San Francisco based experimental electronic band originally created by Mike Wells in 1994. A year later, Mike Cadoo joined up, and the duo released their first two demos, Sickness and Frozen, and soon signed to Pendragon Records in 1997.

Their style was originally akin to the sound of Skinny Puppy with less vocals and an ambient aspect not normally found in industrial. Eventually, they took on more and more ambient and electronic sounds and slowly removed their industrial edge and any trace of vocals. Today, they could better be compared to Autechre due to their newer IDM sound and to Panacea for their Drum & Bass experimentation.

On March 24, 2005, the band announced its dissolution on its website, but promised to continue making music under Wells' and Cadoo's respective side projects. Their last recorded material to be released was two tracks on the 2006 Hymen Records compilation Travel Sickness.

Influences

Discography

Full Length Albums and EPs

* "Sickness" (1995)
* "Frozen" (1996)
* "The Synthetic Form" Pendragon (1997)
* "Further" Pendragon (1999)
* "5.25" Pendragon (2000)
* "Trace" Unit (2001)
* "Formless" Hymen (2003)

Singles

* "Gridlock / O2" split 7" Unit
* "Engram 12" Hymen
* "Gridlock / Steel" split 12" Klangkrieg
* "Gridlock / Panacea" split 12" Component
* "Under" 3" CD Piehead

Special Releases

* "live.traces" self-released
* "Trace" 12" Zod
* "Formless" 2x12" Hymen

Compilations

* "Travel Sickness" (Hymen 2006)
* "The Tyranny Off the Beat Vol. 4" CD (Off Beat 1997)
* "Exoskeleton CD" (Possessive Blindfold 1997)
* "Binary Application Extension 05" CD (Culture Shock 1998)
* "The Tyranny Off the Beat Vol. 5" CD (Off Beat 1998)
* "Classix" CD (Off Beat 1999)
* "The Flatline Compilation 2" CD (Flatline 2000)
* "Virion Sequences" CD (Gashed 2000)
* "Hybrid Components" CD (Component 2003)

Remixes

* Cherised Agony on "Evolution" by Android Lust
* Payoff on "Truthead" by Aghast View
* Unforgiven on "Unburied" by Allied Vision
* As Death Approaches on "Inception of Eradication" by Holocaust Theory
* My Saviour on "Redemption EP" by Flesh Field

ide projects

* O2
* Dryft Mike Cadoo's side project
* Bitcrush Mike Cadoo's side project

Instruments & Equipment

- Keyboards- Moog Syntehsizers- Elephants- Midget Drummers

External links

* [http://www.5-25.com/gridlock/ Gridlock's Official Site]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Gridlock Discog's Gridlock entry]