Description:	CD on Temporary Residence
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Post-Rock
	Label:	Temporary Residence
	Price:	£12.49
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...according to our Phil on 09 April 2009.

Fridge were well smart in their time. Keiran Hebden, Sam Jeffers and Adem Ilhan made some wicked records in their time (up to and including EPH anyway). Temporary Residence have cobbled together a compilation of early Fridge tracks called Early Output 1996-1998. Which is a obviously a well clever pun as their early output was on Output. I bet whoever thought of the title got the rest of the day off. The album is 20 tracks long with 14 being previously released and 6 brand new unreleased tracks. The previously released tracks seem to be all on the Ceefax and Sevens and Twelves albums. So if you've got them you're paying for 6 brand new tracks. which is a decent amount of tracks to get if you're a Fridge collector. Quality electronic/ post rock/experimental rock/fuck knows instrumental music. I kind of think they were ahead of their times Fridge. A lot of the tracks have a real groove going on which is making Brett shake his ass with hilarious comedy effect. This is making me feel all nostalgic and it's great to hear all these tunes again. Excellent!

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What their label says...

For most bands, two years is maybe just enough time to write, record and release an album. For Fridge, their first two years as a group saw them self-producing nearly 50 tracks spread over two full-length albums and half a dozen singles and EPs. Released on Trevor Jackson’s fledgling Output Recordings, Fridge’s music playfully skated all over the musical map, jumping from bashing lo-fi punk to sublime expanses of downtempo dance with equal enthusiasm. Always produced by the band at home (and often mixed directly to cassette), Fridge’s early output drew much fanfare, sparking an unlikely major label bidding war for their follow-up, the exquisite, densely-layered Eph. With Output Recordings now defunct, and Fridge having spawned no less than three successful side-projects (most notably Four Tet, Adem and Kieran Hebden’s collaborations with jazz legend Steve Reid), Early Output 1996-1998 is a band-curated collection of the most memorable tracks from those wildly prolific early years, including six previously unreleased tracks from that era. Remastered from the original master tapes, the package also includes photos and extensive liner notes from the friends, collaborators, and the band themselves.

Tracks :

1. EH4-800 Phase Shifter (2:23)
2. Lojen (4:07) 3. EDM 1 (1:08)
4. Helicopter (2:08)
5. Zedex Ay Ti Wan (5:26)
6. Anglepoised (15:03)
7. Astrozero (6:38)
8. Concert In Your House (2:11)
9. Triumphant Homecoming (3:29)
10. Lign (Extended Mix) (0:36)
11. For Force (4:26)
12. Cassette (1:27)
13. A Slow (4:13)
14. Swerve And Spin (4:10)
15. Orko (8:42)
16. Distance (10:46)
17. Eff (0:40)
18. Arr (0:29)
19. Eye (0:47)
20. Dee (0:40)
21. Dji (0:28)