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(1994 – 2005)

Gridlock was an 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 early Skinny Puppy with less vocals and an ambient aspect not normally found in industrial. Eventually, they took on a more epic soundscape; slowly removing their traditional industrial influence and cultivating an experimental sound, combining elements of ambient, drum and bass, idm/glitch, and noise. Today, they could better be compared to Autechre due to their IDM sound, and to Panacea for their drum and 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.

Mike Wells will continue the Gridlock ideology through o2, doing remixes for other artists, as well as a new O2 release. He also runs a mastering studio, Mike Wells Mastering.

Mike Cadoo works under the aliases Dryft and Bitcrush. He also runs the record label n5MD and the MP3 label en:peg digital.

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versionfiv wrote:
last week

its all out of print. these days, youll be lucky to find a $20 copy of formless. if you want to buy used cds online, try discogs, musicstack, and gemm

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Alby_ wrote:
last month

Where can i has some Gridlock :3

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a_bleeding_star wrote:
last month

["Formless" sure fits in my Cup of Bloody Tea]

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MKDELTA wrote:
last month

There was a time I used to listen to The Synthetic Form a lot but I guess I've always found it a bit unrefined in a bad way compared to their later stuff. It's still good compared to many other albums though. : ) Or then I just over-listened to it on my old mp3 player which didn't even scrobble. It's probably the darkest of all Gridlock albums so it might go better with bleaker moods. I haven't even listened to it for ages. From I remember Halo, Sickess, Burn and the Frantic remix were great.

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inhaledzyklon wrote:
last month

I find myself listening to The Synthetic Form a lot more than usual. Its nod to classic industrial music does a lot for me. At times, it feels like a much better, more atmospheric version of Skinny Puppy. Further is still my favorite record of theirs, but I absolutely love the beats they used and structured on The Synthetic Form. Am I alone on this one??

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MKDELTA wrote:
last month

The untitled transition track between Without and Here on Further is insanely good

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MKDELTA wrote:
October 2009

Yeah. It's a shame. :/

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Smirnon wrote:
September 2009

peculiar how little tracks lastfm has available of such a (relatively) popular act

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darkgnome wrote:
September 2009

Formless album, Under single & Inbetween track are my favourites <3

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darkgnome wrote:
September 2009

You can never get tired of this stuff <3

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imec wrote:
September 2009

Bu'yaam from the Trace LP is extremely beautiful. Much better than the version included on Live.Traces (it has an early version of the "pretty" chord you hear at 3:30 on Atomontage that makes the piece shine; maybe the Live.Traces version has it too but the bass is so loud that I can't even hear it).

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aquearious wrote:
September 2009

(for those who care: in the tympanik compilation ''emerging organisms vol. 2 the 3rd song from the first cd is a very good song from ''dryft'' (gridlock))

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versionfiv wrote:
September 2009

also cool little fact about that cd, the abstract art on it was made by cadoo.

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versionfiv wrote:
September 2009

it was on the Quadrophobia compilation. a single was intended, but ended up, along with 3 other singles, on Quadrophobia.

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rainhard09 wrote:
September 2009

appears it was a single in 1998 (4 tracks).

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flintxxx wrote:
September 2009

what release was 'enzyme' on?

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versionfiv wrote:
August 2009

indeed

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Meuterei wrote:
August 2009

...Further already exploded in awesomeness anyway, but still yeah, Enzyme was pretty great.

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xgeorgx wrote:
August 2009

I ♥ Trace!

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TheShadowstorm wrote:
August 2009

Those who enjoy the sounds of Gridlock might find this blog to their liking: http://isleptintheseclothes.wordpress.com/

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