Another great album from the original wave of Too Pure artists - see Moonshake, PJ Harvey, Th' Faith Healers, Pram, Long Fin Killie for more dispatches from that golden age.
Seefeel were one of the first bands to adapt ambient dub and electronica into a live, band set-up, extending the scope of what an indie band could be and moving post-rock another iteration away from guitar-bass-drums orthodoxy.
This mix of 'Climatic Phase #3' from their debut 'Quique' album softens the dub thump of the original and creates an even more opiated fog, an aural comfort blanket. Drift away to the gentle ebb and flow of angelic looping feedback like the less aggressive My Bloody Valentine of 'To Here Knows When'.
They went on to record for Warp which, in hindsight, seems like their natural home but seemed a fairly radical cross-over point at the time. There was also a new album this year (self-titled released on Warp) which moved further away from flowing soundscapes and deeper into fractured experimentalism.
Download Seefeel 'Climatic Phase #3 (Overnight Mix)' (free mp3 download) (Mediafire)
Flippin' heck - another corking post - I always loved 'Industrious' from Quique. Saw them live in Manchester supporting Spiritualized on the 'Pure Phase' tour.
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