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MP3 3d5spd - Tracking the Hydroplane
6 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Progressive Rock, ROCK: Psychedelic
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3d5spd Bio/Trajectory
Perpetrators: Justin Gray - bass, reconnaissance; Chris Hoke - guitars, vocals, parachute tech; Sean Moore - drums, textures, night vision; Joie Williams - samples, synths, vocals, chemical analysis
Mission: To use electricity, rhythm, and space to transcend the stupor caused by dream-deficit. Not post nor pre, 3d is NOW: sonicadilla-poppyprogrockzilla.
Synopsis: Justin G., Chris H., Sean M., and yet another Sean (singer) formed Hosaka Science in 1995, dubiously grafting prog-rock to Leonard Cohen-type proclamations of unhealthy societal alienation and isolation. Imperceptible impact resulted, unless the nicotine burns the band etched into the floors of various Atlanta clubs are analyzed (like cave paintings). When Sean H. (singer) bailed, the desire to continue paying practice room rent prevailed. After auditioning one misguided Peter Cetera-fixated wannabe too many, Chris H. was conscripted to sing (his inability to say no is legendary). Joie W. joined on synths and samples, and the resulting foursome became 3d5spd; the name may signify the stars spinning around a cartoon villain''s head as his fingers are shredded by whirling bike spokes, then again, it may not.
Clutching kryptonite, amps that turned up to the square root of negative 28, pipe-screens, crayon bongos, nylon pickups and flesh-eating oscillators, 3d recorded a whole lot of notes, UFO noises and myriad metric twists and released them as their debut CD Faster Gravity in Jan. 1998. Later that year the band was included on Daemon Records'' Hempcyclopedia CD-ROM compilation alongside such notables as Michael Franti of Spearhead. In August 1999, 3d self-released the CD-EP Tracking the Hydroplane, an even more interstellar effort that colorized the band''s fixation with taming the anomaly. While recording what they planned to be their next full-length, 3d discovered unintended threads connecting four tracks and released them in August 2001 as the Radial Quartet EP. In mid-2002 3d inked a deal with Atlanta-based indie Two Sheds Music, which released the full-length CD Fever in the Ice Age in Nov. 2002. Currently, the band is constructing their next record at their recently configured studio The Farm.
Various events that have momentarily suppressed frustration: nationwide college radio airplay; Hydroplane''s "Propeller Skies" inclusion in the SPIN College Radio Series; Fever in the Ice Age''s "Now and Then" licensed by Kenneth Cole Shoes for a special customers-only Fall 2003 mix-CD; shows with American Analog Set, Bailter Space, The Dismemberment Plan, The Sunshine Fix, Seven Percent Solution and Uz Jsme Doma.
The beats roll in and the waves roll back.
Select opinions of Tracking the Hydroplane:
"By deconstructing the traditional verse-chorus-verse pattern, Tracking the Hydroplane scatters conventional song structure all over the room. 3d5spd come off like prog-rock savants whose 6-song EP suggests we''d all be happier floating in deep space."
Creative Loafing
"Atlanta''s 3d5spd is one of the more unusual acts to come out of our sister city. Tracking the Hydroplane''s opening track "Propeller Sky"* recalls Jane''s Addiction at their mellowest, yet as the album progresses, the band''s post-rock influences emerge, echoing Thrill Jockey instrumentalists such as Tortoise. The quartet mixes up energetic riffs with a strong rhythm section and synth textures that keep the pace varied, from all-out jam sessions to trip-hop workouts, replete with passages of ambient electronica and tribal drumming."
Athens Flagpole
* "Propeller Sky" was chosen to be included in SPIN magazine''s 1999 SPIN College Radio Series, which consisted of weekly 30-minute programs distributed on CD to approximately 300 college radio stations nationwide featuring noteworthy up and coming bands.
"If I hadn''t recently heard the new Flaming Lips, the similarities between Tracking the Hydroplane and The Soft Bulletin wouldn''t be so apparent. As it is, I''m pleasantly surprised to hear some more intelligent bizarro-pop. 3d5spd could pledge allegiance to the math rock flag, the Zappa flag and the jazz-band-reject flag, but they probably haven''t recited any doggerel like that in a some time. The ''Black Water Static Mix'' of ''Alpha Jerk'' stands out, both for its more electronic approach and attractively disinterested melody. Very inter-est-ing..."
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