China Gate

by Cul de Sac

China Gate cover art

Expanding upon the sprawling structures of early post-rock, the instrumental group blended krautrock rhythms with intricate, surf-inspired guitar dissonance. The sessions emphasized complex polyrhythms and an improvisational ethos inspired heavily by John Fahey and Can. It remains a critically revered entry in the mid-90s American underground, bridging the gap between space rock and modern experimentalism.

Genres

  • Post-Rock
  • Experimental Rock
  • Space Rock Revival

Tracklist

  1. China Gate
  2. Sakhalin
  3. Nepenthe
  4. Doldrums
  5. James Coburn
  6. Virgin Among Cannibals
  7. ...His Teeth Got Lost In The Mattress...
  8. Hemispheric Events Command
  9. The Fourth Eye
  10. The Colomber
  11. China Gate (Reprise)
  12. Utopia Pkwy.