San Francisco's Mike Cadoo and Mike Wells decided to end the ten-year Gridlock project in 2005, but Cadoo continued his development of this sound with an acclaimed ambient/shoegaze album as Bitcrush, entitled In Distance. In Formless, we can already detect Cadoo's early transformation into atmospheric soundscapes offset by solid, post-industrial influenced IDM beats, that he has been perfecting with Wells, along with his drum'n'bass influences from releases as Dryft. Gridlock even managed to secure a spot on a coveted Travel Sickness box set compilation (which I finally tracked down in Spain and snatched at a hefty price). To me, this is the music that blends all of my favorite elements, and is at the root of definition of IDM, even as the term is on its way out.

Style: IDM

RIYL: Architect, Proem

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2003  Architect  Formless  Gridlock  Headphone Commute  Hymen  IDM  Proem 

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