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Transient Waves

Transient Waves has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 19 episodes and was first played on 12 January 2017.

Having previously released material on the Che and Darla labels, Philadelphia-based three-piece Transient Waves emerged from within the shifting network of US ‘post-rock’ operators that came to prominence at the latter half of the nineties - abandoning the linear drive and dynamics of traditional rock in favour of a more diffuse, textural approach that included the use of the sampler and a shift away from the foregrounding of the ‘song’ and the ‘voice’.

Like peers Fuxa, Labradford, Bowery Electric and numerous acts on…

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Paradise
Transient Waves
FatCat Records1999
Paradise
Transient WavesFatCat Records1999
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Murk
Transient Waves
i1997
Murk
Transient Wavesi1997
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Heroin Jam
Transient Waves
Mind Expansion1996
Heroin Jam
Transient WavesMind Expansion1996
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Ride Home
Transient Waves
i1997
Ride Home
Transient Wavesi1997
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Blackjack
Transient Waves
FatCat Records1999
Blackjack
Transient WavesFatCat Records1999
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Rest For The Weary
Transient Waves
Darla Records1997
Rest For The Weary
Transient WavesDarla Records1997
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Always Ascending
Transient Waves
Darla Records1997
Always Ascending
Transient WavesDarla Records1997
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Soulspace
Transient Waves
i1997
Soulspace
Transient Wavesi1997
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If You Want To Soar With The Angels
Transient Waves
Darla Records1997
If You Want To Soar With The Angels
Transient WavesDarla Records1997
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Cruise Control
Transient Waves
FatCat Records1999
Cruise Control
Transient WavesFatCat Records1999
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