Lootpack - The Lost TapesBefore Madvillain, before Yesterdays New Quintet and before Quasimoto or any other of his several alter egos, Madlib perfected his craft as an MC producer in the Lootpack. Along with DJ Romes, and fellow rhymer Wildchild, they released the dusty full length, Soundpieces: Da Antidote back in 1999, that laid down the foundation for the unique and dusty sound now associated with Madlib. The loose, freeform recordings on this collection are circa 1996

giving the album a considerably less rock-oriented sound with much more open space in its varied

Ulver on Terrestrials in 2013 and 2014) and also from the broad and influential wake of their epitimous Monoliths & Dimensions

Black Country

Deciding that Lewis' spider web-delicate songs demanded to be heard

Created over the course of four years

is the enigmatic Snock

they started exchanging demos before they finally got in a room together to set off on their journey proper

Like some of the best folk-pop or soft soul from the 1960s or 1970s

bandleader

20-minute voice-and-guitar free-writing sessions

Originally self-released by the band in Holland and now available worldwide

a lively surfing town in the winter turned kinda rainy and empty and quiet