Dryft
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Dryft began in 2000 while Mike Cadoo was with the IDM/industrial outfit Gridlock. Dryft provided an outlet to pursue drum-n-bass. The resulting album, Cell, mixed influences such as Dillinga and Photek with the melancholy and introspection of IDM to form a frantic yet bittersweet counterpoint to the overly-aggressive yet somewhat unfeeling style of drum-n-bass that ruled the late 90s.
Two years later, Dryft resurfaced with the Mytotyc Exyt EP. Although certain drum-n-bass hallmarks remained, this mini-album focused on "click-hop" (a meld of hip-hop and glitch music pioneered by groups such as Funkstorung, Prefuse 73 and Techno Animal).
Advance eight years to 2010, Cadoo's primary focus was Bitcrush, a shoegazey post-rock project. The Ventricle album surfaced and deviated from the Bitcrush sound just as previous efforts strayed from Gridlock. It was as if all that Cadoo had failed to completely express through Gridlock had been stored away subconsciously and, as Ventricle, that bottle had finally washed ashore. After a four-year hiatus, Dryft returned with the album The Blur Vent. The album again experimenting with new textures and styles.
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