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8/21/2019

ii – ii (2007)




  • Krautrock 
  • Indietronica 
  • DIY 
  • Art pop 
  • Hip-hop 
  • Lo-fi 
  • Drone pop 
  • Organcore 
  • Post-rock 
  • Experimental pop 
  • Post-pop

Comment: ii was(?) the duo of Edh, and Nicolas Jorio (both of them singing in French throughout the course of 12 compositions) who had issued a couple of releases on Digital Kunstrasen. Regarded a combo with predominant female singing and artsy pop approach one cannot be without drawing parallels with Stereolab, especially since the period the combo did start making collaboration with Sean O'Hagan from The High Llamas and John McEntire from Tortoise, and The Sea And Cake. Since then Stereolab's nature would have changed from quite straightforward and simplistic intense droning acid/kraut-tinged noise/psych-pop to more elaborated electronic and lounge mixed sonic bliss (especially at Dots And Loops; 1998, Duophonic). This 12-track outing is quite uncanny by its format due to lion share of tracks of extending less than the 2-minute span. All in all, it is an engrossing kraut-tinged pop and gentle post-rock issue being occasionally embellished with suggestive scratches, blissful semi-orchestrations and poignant beatific melodies. The only difference pulling the duo off Stereolab is their lo-fi/DIY approach. It was tagged as chanson on the ensemble's site at Discogs, however, it is a truly superb listening.