Articles
Robert Henke / Monolake
Lawrence English
Justin Martin

Albums
Chica and the Folder
Ciëlo
Cobblestone Jazz
Cokiyu
Continuum
Crescent
Deceptikon
Fear Falls Burning / Nadja:
Feu Thérèse
Fink
Luca Formentini
Robert Fripp
Gultskra Artikler
Helios
Klima
Komputer
Akira Kosemura
Lusine icl
Michaela Melián
Morning Recordings
Geoff Mullen
Múm
Christopher O'Riley
Pluramon
Pure H
Roam The Hello Clouds
Reverbaphon
Sawako
Skøtt, Rasmussen, Munk
Sleeping People
Slow Six
Studio
Supermayer
To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie
Two Lone Swordsmen
Valentina
Worrytrain

Compilations / Mixes
Benno Blome
Booka Shade
Lee Burridge
Cielo
Justin Martin
Henrik Schwarz
VA: Add To Friends
VA: An Taobh Tuathail
VA: Echod
VA: Ikude
VA: Sky Diary Edits

3"/ 7"/ 10"/ 12"/ EPs
Antonelli
Build Buildings
Sylvain Chauveau
Christ.
Daedelus
Daso
Matthew Dear
Goldmund
Kush Arora
Litwenko
Miss Fitz
Plant43
Pulsinger + DJ Glow
Sote
Strategy

Sleeping People: Growing
Temporary Residence

Following its 2005 self-titled debut album, instrumental punk-prog-metal outfit Sleeping People returns with more scalding math-rock on Growing. The San Diego group—axe-wielders Joileah Maddock and Kasey Boekholt, bassist Kenseth Thibideau, drummer Brandon Relf—performs its Tool-meets-King Crimson calculus in labyrinthine bruisers like “James Spader” and “Yellow Guy / Pink Eye” before taming the fire a tad on the elephantine “Mouth Breeder.” The ease with which the group navigates the songs' intricate pathways does impress but too often the material feels overly-fixated on compositional complexity. Not surprisingly, those moments when the band slows its pace (e.g., “...Out Dream” and the closing minutes of “Mouth Breeder”) and opts for simplicity are often Growing's most satisfying. Wisely, Sleeping People deviates from the template in the penultimate “It's Heart Loves Open” and even more so in the closer “People Staying Awake” where the unexpected addition of Rob Crow's bright vocalizing provides a refreshing complement to the band's interplay.

November 2007