Bowery Electric
Beat
Kranky
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2016
2LP
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KRANK014LP
Gatefold sleeve. PLEASE NOTE: sleeves have slight seam splits.
CD
18.99
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Tracklist
1Beat 7:17
2Empty Words 3:46
3Without Stopping 5:14
4Under The Sun 3:33
5Fear Of Flying 5:40
6Looped 2:40
7Black Light 6:54
8Inside Out 7:20
9Coming Down 4:38
10Postscript 16:43
11Low Density 7:16

The second album from New York City's Bowery Electric was released in late 1996, less than 15 months after their self-titled debut, but it found them having traveled light years musically in the interim, the group having seemingly decided to see how far they could take the guitar/ bass / drums / vocal setup into the atmosphere. Every aspect of their approach had been refined and focused: squalling, distorted guitars had been transformed into hazy, sensual sheets; the live drums transmuted to sampled rhythms more in debt to the blossoming downtempo sound of the day; bass lines reduced to their most basic diagrams; vocals submerged to become one with the narcotized fog of the instruments; even the lyrics were reduced to a few minimal lines used sparingly so as not to overshadow the dynamic. Beat is a lush and dense mantra of shadowy percussion, barely-there vocals and immersive drones that envelops the listener in an opiated blanket of sound. Includes the bonus track "Low Density," not featured on the original U.S. release.