Gridlock - Frantic

Band: Gridlock

Album: The Synthetic Form (1997)

Track: Frantic

Style: Electro Industrial / Dark Ambient / Power Noise

Members: Mike Wells (O2), Mike Cadoo (Dryft, Bitcrush)

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.

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Tags:

• gridlock
• frantic
• industrial
• dark
• ambient

[holographicplanet]

This reminds me of Nine Inch Nails. xD

[geneticartistry]

@therealquade Gridlock isn't a band from the eighties. There really cool unfortunately not around no more. I seen them play at bunker years ago.

[TranceFreakers]

@TranceFreakers

Yes sorry, quoted from 'ishkurs guide'

[Nexismyname]

@TranceFreakers Lol Ishkurs guide

[TranceFreakers]

@nnniiiccckkkooo

Official genre is 'Industrial Experimental'

From the 80's, merging from the 70s Industrial Goth ere. Other artists of this 80s genre and era are;

Coil

Controlled Bleeding

Esplendor Geometrico

[therealquade]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Gridlock get there start in the mid-late 80's?

[symbiosisrealm]

Awesome!

[Remokari]

Great track.

[stardust2310]

like this one much

[Kokotilos]

Thank you very much for the info and the upload