Mooncake, Lagrange Points

Russia, 2008.

Many a month ago (ok, it was in February) someone requested some Mooncake. I apologise for the delay and hope you enjoy this really cool instrumental band from Moscow.

Playlist:

1. Nine Billion Names... (to A. Clarke)
2. L2
3. Message From Arecibo
4. Rain In The Ashtray
5. L1
6. 444
7. Novorossiysk 1968
8. L4
9. Mandarin
10. L3
11. The Horizons
12. L5
13. Short Stories Of Methuselah Tree

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65daysofstatic, We Were Exploding Anyway

England, 2010.

"The band's fourth album, We Were Exploding Anyway, was released on 26 April 2010. First reviews of the album state that the band is going further away from the post-rock sound of their beginning and turning toward an electronic style, using more synthesizers and less electric guitars and live drums."

Playlist:

1. Mountainhead
2. Crash Tactics
3. Dance Dance Dance
4. Piano Fights
5. Weak4
6. Come to Me" (featuring Robert Smith)
7. Go Complex
8. Debutante
9. Tiger Girl

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The Mercury Program, Chez Viking

US, 2009.

"Chez Viking is a twinkling, shimmer album whose strengths of interplay between guitar and vibraphone or Rhodes are anchored by a propulsive and driving rhythm section. It’s a fantastic combination that succinctly captures the band’s bright intensity, and the benefit of extended time The Mercury Program had to write Chez Viking is well reflected in the songs’ thoughtfully complex arrangements."


Playlist:

1. Chez Viking
2. Arrived/Departed
3. Backseat Blackout
4. Katos
5. Stand & Sing
6. The Church of Cause and Effect
7. Fluorescent Laces

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Maserati & Zombi, Split

US, 2009.

"Long in the making, this split LP finally brings together two similarly influenced and equally provocative groups: Athens, GA's Maserati - with their eternally driving, Krautrock-infused dance anthems - shares the record with Pittsburgh's favorite Italo-cinema fetishists, Zombi."

Playlist:

1. Join Us, Mystic Sister / No More Sages (Maserati)
2. Monoliths / Thieves (Maserati)
3. Infinity (Zombi)

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Jardín de la Croix, Pomeroy

Spain, 2008.

"Jardín de la Croix is a Spanish instrumental math rock band formed in 2007 in Madrid. The group finds itself at ease within its prominent and complex rhythmic structures and its layered harmonic guitars usually arranged in lengthy instrumental compositions."

Playlist:

1. Polyhedron
2. Jesse Harding
3. Suomi
4. Boston Steamer
5. Antioquia
6. Synaesthesia

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If These Trees Could Talk, Above The Earth, Below the Sky

US, 2009

"Above The Earth, Below The Sky is one of 2009’s strongest releases and is an artistically crafted sight/sound to behold. It swoops and dives and hurts and soothes and will blow your fucking mind."


Playlist:

1. From Roots To Needles
2. What's in the Ground Belongs to You
3. Terra Incognita
4. Above the Earth
5. Below the Sky
6. The Sun is in the North
7. Thirty-Six Silos
8. The Flames of Herostratus
9. Rebuilding the Temple of Artemis
10. Deus Ex Machina

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Maserati, Passages

US, 2009.

Maserati is a rock band from Athens, Georgia, USA whose sound is best described as post-rock with math, progressive and psychedelic rock influences. Their music is instrumental, relying on the standard rock instrumentation of guitar, bass, and drums. Maserati brings in experimental sounds to produce a unique and complex musical experience.

Playlist:

1. Join Us, Mystic Sister
2. No More Sages
3. Monoliths
4. Thieves
5. The World Outside [Thee Loving Hand Remix]
6. Inventions [Justin Van Der Volgen Remix]
7. Monoliths [Steve Moore Remix]
8. Do You Hear The Nightbirds Calling?

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Don Caballero, American Don

US, 2000

Great instrumental band from Pennsylvania, often categorized as math-rock, although the group dislikes this label.

Playlist:

1 - Fire Back About Your New Baby's Sex
2 - The Peter Criss Jazz
3 - Haven't Lived Afro Pop
4 - You Drink a Lot of Coffee for a Teenager
5 - Ones All over the Place
6 - I Never Liked You
7 - Details on How to Get Iceman on Your License Plate
8 - A Lot of People Tell Me I Have a Fake British Accent
9 - Let's Face It Pal, You Didn't Need That Eye Surgery

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Tera Melos, Self-titled

US, 2005

Tera Melos is a math-rock band from Roseville, CA. They incorporate jazz and ambient electronics with a prog-like song structure.

Playlist:

1 - Melody 1
2 - Melody 2
3 - Melody 3
4 - Melody 4
5 - Melody 5
6 - Melody 6
7 - Melody 7
8 - Melody 8

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Hella, Hold Your Horse Is

US, 2002

First LP by avant-garde/math-rock band Hella, which is Zach Hill on drums and Spencer Seim on guitar.

Playlist:

1 - The D. Elkan
2 - Biblical Violence
3 - Been a Long Time Cousin
4 - Republic of Rough and Ready
5 - 1-800-Ghost-Dance
6 - Brown Metal
7 - Cafeteria Bananas
8 - City Folk Sitting, Sitting
9 - Better Get a Broom!

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65daysofstatic, The Fall of Math

England, 2004.

The Fall of Math is the debut album by the instrumental math/post-rock band 65daysofstatic.

Playlist:

1. Another Code Against the Gone
2. Install A Beak In The Heart That Clucks Time In Arabic
3. Retreat! Retreat!
4. Default This
5. I Swallowed Hard, Like I Understood
6. The Fall Of Math
7. This Cat Is A Landmine
8. The Last Home Recording
9. Hole
10. Fix The Sky A Little
11. Aren't We All Running?

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