Mandelbrot Set

Mandelbrot Set are a Loud band. They like their drones and their converse-gazing, they like to use sample pedals and to change instruments during sets, but mainly they like to be Loud, and they like to do it differently.

Formed by Keung, from the ashes of his previous band, Hentai ("It's a relief to know that not all angsty teenagers listen to Radiohead and spend the rest of their adolescence trying to emulate Muse. Some of them stick Boards of Canada stickers on their guitars, acquire DD-5 sample pedals and violin bows, and proceed to work the Mogwai-esque quiet - loud - louder - FUCKING APOCALYPTIC dynamic till their ears bleed. So thank fuck for Hentai." Drowned In Sound ), The Mandelbrot Set take their love of all things Constellation, their penchant for electronics, effects pedals and live sampling, their Shellac-esque rhythmic aggression, and combine it all into a wall of noise, melody and epic structure that would make Kevin Shields weep with envy.

After a shakeup in the original lineup, the trio is now complete again, with Enrico Glerean (sanso-xtro, no-signal) on bass and Stefano Tedesco on drums.

The disparate influences and creative energies of the three combine to create a inspired pallette of sound and texture, a dense cloud of harmonic resonance, yet timed with enough space and clarity for all the individual elements to shine through.

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Croatian band named [mandelbrot set] (yes, with brackets) sounds like a noisy mix of Birthday Party, Big Black and Sonic Youth.

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