- 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.
