published: 11 /
4 /
2004
Label:
Orange Sky / Ochre
Format: CD
Attractive compilation CD from the Land of Nod, which as well as collecting together tracks from all four of the post rock duo's albums, also features two previously unreleased tracks
Review
'Reality Channel' is a United States only release that collects tracks from all of the Land of the Nod's four albums on Ochre records and which also includes three tracks from a Serbian radio session.
The CD is wrapped in a sleeve which has an under developed photograph on it of fennel, asparagus and leaves. The listener would not expect just from looking at the photographs on the cove to hear what actually is on the disc. To me it is very finely crafted melodic post rock of the finest order, and is very relaxing in a chilled out way, but without sounding like pensioner heart FM.
I find this two piece's music to be both uplifting and dark at the same time. Dave Battersby's bass guitar is sharp while Ant Walker's guitar shimmers across the top. If you need a place to start with the Nod, this is as good a place to start as any.
Two extra unreleased tracks which appear at the end of the album show a new side to the band. 'Cadence' sounds like the Cure circa 'Pornography' or 'Faith'. The last track 'Mooger Superior' , which is moog based , sounds like a trance based dance track, and both of these break new ground for the Land of Nod.
Track Listing:-
1
Ice Station Nod
2
Half-Light
3
Quadrant Zero (Out-Take)
4
Timeless Point
5
Parabolic Velocity
6
Filtration
7
Reality Channel
8
The Land Of Nod (Sunrise)
9
Chronicle Blueprint #1
10
Inducing the Sleep Sphere
11
Eddy
12
Masaki
13
Luminosity
14
Cadence
15
Mooger Superior