A great band...
Sadly they are no longer around...

Closedown
Real Name:	James, Fernando, Jerry Battle & Cesar Betancourt
Profile:	Ambient/shoegazer group which was active in the mid 90s and released one album called "Nearfield" (1994).
URLs:	http://www.myspace.com/closedown1995

Closedown - Nearfield

Aerial Love Feed

Aerial Love Feed (2003 ep)

"Big Beats, pulsating basslines, swirling psychedelic guitars, and gloomy post punk vocals"

The Sky Drops

The Sky Drops - Clouds Of People

"Fans of Swervedriver, early Brian Jonestown Massacre and the angrier side of Spacemen 3 will definitely see colors" - High Bias Magazine

"As well as the more errant, pre-post-rocking elements of their repertoire, Smashing Orange also had a pop sensibility that would probably have been sneered at by most of their contemporaries back then but (they) undoubtedly paved the way for people like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Ambulance Ltd to take that final radio-friendly step in recent years." - Drowned in Sound

The Autumns

The Autumns - The Angel Pool

"The band takes the mesmerizing guitar wash, rolling bass lines and ethereal sheen of its predecessors and updates them with some intriguing pop structures, upfront vocals, and straight-forward guitar arrangements. Emotion drives everything here, from the lush guitar strums of "The Garden Ends" and the title track to the biting, riffs found on tracks like "Eskimo Swim" and "Sunblush." The group gives listeners something concrete to grasp onto, but never loses its phantasmic hue. An enlightening unit that knows its past but pushes toward the future."

Dreamend

Dreamend - Maybe We're Making God Sad & Lonely

5ive [2000] 5ive [Tortuga, CD]

5ive [2000] 5ive [Tortuga, CD]

01. Burning Season (09:11)
02. Orange (07:40)
03. The Baron (04:37)
04. Jules Vernes' Dream (05:18)
05. Bicycle Rider (08:47)
06. Cerrado (11:23)

hard, sludge, shoegaze / drone rock
simply one of my fav albums

highly recommended

5ive 2000 Tortuga Ep