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Fuse And |
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maps of past events - cd |
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Fuse And were a seminal band that brought a bunch of fresh ideas into germany’s stagnating punk scene. As a duo the band left the genre’s pressing traces and began to experiment with xylophones, drum computers, synthesizers while absorbing a widespread bunch of musical influences like post-rock, drum and bass, minimal electronica or classical pop music. Despite their genre transcending experimentalism, Fuse And stayed true to the punk and d.i.y. infrastructure. While the indie mainstream celebrated the likeminded Weilheim scene around The Notwist and Lali Puna Fuse And never gained much respect from outside the punk scene. Not surprisingly, the band went on hiatus 2006 underestimated and inwardly. „maps of past events“ is as the title suggests a 25 minutes long collection of their six final songs, which update, refresh and modify the band’s trademark sound into a minimalistic and discreet variation of post rock, where bright and sometimes distorted guitar - melodies, atmospheric synthesizer sounds and subtle xylophone tonguings intervene in minimal broken beats. Recalling a virtual jam between – say – Isan, Tortoise and Fugazi, Fuse And’s final oeuvre immingle the best of two worlds. [phillip]
www.myspace.com/fuseand
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