Lansing-Dreiden-The Incomplete Triangle:Album Of The Year?

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I had put Dividing Island aside for a few months, but listening to it again recntly, it's better than I initially gave it credit for. They actually write some pretty decent melodies, for one thing, and there is soemthing fascinating by how familiar some of it sounds, without submitting to being pinned down to this or that possible source (something I think scott commented on very effectively).

Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 12 April 2007 01:43 (nineteen years ago)

And what is this:

http://www.lansing-dreiden.com/2006/DIbydd/index.htm

some kind of remix or mashup thing?

Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 12 April 2007 01:44 (nineteen years ago)

ooh looks neat

chaki, Thursday, 12 April 2007 01:57 (nineteen years ago)

dividing island has moments when it sounds like spoonfed hybrid.

keythkeyth, Thursday, 12 April 2007 02:02 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know them (and probably a million other bands that would be relevant to the discussion). At first I thought that was just a description, but then I thought, wait, I'd better check to see if there's a band by that name.

Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 12 April 2007 02:05 (nineteen years ago)

i still have never heard that remix thing. i need to listen to dividing island again too, cuz i'll bet it sounds different than i remember.

scott seward, Thursday, 12 April 2007 03:37 (nineteen years ago)

Hmm. So they sent me a myspace invite kinda out of nowhere, I assume. And in listening the first thing I thought of was the Beta Band -- not a criticism or complaint, I should note -- and I searched this thread and nobody's mentioned them at all as a comparison point! I'm actually pretty surprised.

Ned Raggett, Saturday, 14 April 2007 23:38 (nineteen years ago)

In my case, that's because I have never heard the Beta Band. Are they good?

Tim Ellison, Saturday, 14 April 2007 23:58 (nineteen years ago)

I only know a few LD songs, didn't like them at first but either they got better or they grew on me. The few songs I've got are some of my faves of recent years. I guess I was turned off by some early EP that I got as a DJ promo that sounded like a weird mix of john robie era new order and then typical post-punk/new wave revivalism but somehow not interesting. In any case, I've come around.

And I only know the Beta Band's 3 eps release, but I can't say I see the similarities.

And yeah, Tim, they're pretty good and pretty interesting. Kind of a folky/trip-hoppy thing with psychedelic influences. I know that sounds terrible, but they were good! Half of them have a new band called the Aliens who sounded even more krautrock/cosmic.

dan selzer, Sunday, 15 April 2007 00:06 (nineteen years ago)


And I only know the Beta Band's 3 eps release, but I can't say I see the similarities.


I was thinking more later than that, Hot Shots II stuff.

Ned Raggett, Sunday, 15 April 2007 00:07 (nineteen years ago)

As for LD, I don't have anything against what I heard, but it's not making me think, "Right, I need to go back to that" offhand. There's a lot of music out there and not much of it hits my repeat function these days. We'll see.

Ned Raggett, Sunday, 15 April 2007 00:08 (nineteen years ago)

eight months pass...

honestly, after listening to both albums tonight, they sound even stranger and more out of time than when they came out. I mean, they always existed in their own geodesic dome of a universe, but now that the bad taste of bad 80's pastiche has almost completely left my mouth, I hear both records in , um, the context of no context. i mean, they are just CDs that have been sitting around forever and that I haven't listened to in ages. and they are even further removed from something that they really had nothing to do with at the time. that 80's thing that was mostly dud in my book. the last 80's thing. not the one before that. having said that, i'm looking forward to the solo album by the guitarist from the faint. digi-metal. and signed to relapse! where is colin the mole, anyhow?

scott seward, Friday, 4 January 2008 01:16 (eighteen years ago)

i take it back. i just listen to dude's myspace. the faint dude's myspace. it's horrible.

scott seward, Friday, 4 January 2008 01:18 (eighteen years ago)

the faint is the worst band

chaki, Friday, 4 January 2008 01:19 (eighteen years ago)

and is relapse just reissuing an old album of his? oh whatever.

scott seward, Friday, 4 January 2008 01:19 (eighteen years ago)

i saw the faint in philly way back when and the only time they roused me from my stupor was when they played enola gay. they did a nice version.

scott seward, Friday, 4 January 2008 01:20 (eighteen years ago)

the faint had one ok song (not the one about strippers) but that one album of theirs i have is wretched

electricsound, Friday, 4 January 2008 01:22 (eighteen years ago)

I was just thinking about Lansing-Dreiden. I still love them.

Mr. Goodman, Friday, 4 January 2008 01:23 (eighteen years ago)

they got the synths right. but they had no songs. i was more of a reggie & the full effect fan. as far as emo-identified 80's goofs go. and i even liked reggie's metal songs! dwarf invasion!

scott seward, Friday, 4 January 2008 01:24 (eighteen years ago)

i am wearing a Lansing-Dreiden shirt

chaki, Friday, 4 January 2008 01:35 (eighteen years ago)

sweet

scott seward, Friday, 4 January 2008 01:38 (eighteen years ago)

ten months pass...

ok the new free ep available for free on the site is THE SHIT

taun taun johnson, Thursday, 6 November 2008 21:47 (seventeen years ago)

;)

jaxon, Thursday, 6 November 2008 22:10 (seventeen years ago)

LISTENING NOW

scott seward, Thursday, 6 November 2008 22:42 (seventeen years ago)

thanks for the heads up!

M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 6 November 2008 22:47 (seventeen years ago)

of course i can't help but want the song "tri" to keep going for another five minutes.

scott seward, Thursday, 6 November 2008 22:52 (seventeen years ago)

Thanks for the head zup.

_Rockist__Scientist_, Thursday, 6 November 2008 23:00 (seventeen years ago)

Ultimately, The Incomplete Triangle is exactly what Lansing-Dreiden claim it is: Art. But I have to tell you, I don't spend a lot of time listening to Art. I listen to Music

(Dying here)

Grabbing new EP now!

Savannah Smiles, Friday, 7 November 2008 15:17 (seventeen years ago)

psyched for this, thanks

cutty, Friday, 7 November 2008 15:24 (seventeen years ago)

"I Disappear" is amazing, kind of Studio-ish.

mizzell, Friday, 7 November 2008 15:27 (seventeen years ago)

but not really. What does it sound like? 80s RnB?

mizzell, Friday, 7 November 2008 15:39 (seventeen years ago)

Cool, that was pretty good. Looks from the website like their little art collective has been quiet for the last couple years.

funky president (call all destroyer), Friday, 7 November 2008 18:26 (seventeen years ago)

hmm....weird...i think i like this...i all i've heard is this EP...i sort of don't know what to think because to me it sounds not like a three song EP by one band, but a three song mix of three different bands!

M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 7 November 2008 20:20 (seventeen years ago)

That's what their albums sound like too, but adjusted for scale (well, especially Incomplete Triangle).

_Rockist__Scientist_, Friday, 7 November 2008 20:27 (seventeen years ago)

I Disappear sounds kinda like these tracks (some might even say balearic, shh):

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3rg0y_state-of-gracetouching-the-times_street

jaxon, Friday, 7 November 2008 20:38 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah M@tt if you like that their albums are for you.

funky president (call all destroyer), Friday, 7 November 2008 20:38 (seventeen years ago)

three weeks pass...

so do any of the L-D fans here also like Violens? It's two, or maybe more, of those guys, non-anonymous style. More 80s British influences dominate but I have been listening to their EP a lot.

mizzell, Monday, 1 December 2008 17:38 (seventeen years ago)

I didn't know about them, but I'm checking out their myspace now. Doesn't interest me as much as Lansing-Dreiden, but then some of their stuff has had to grow on me. I like it a bit, and I hear a little more than just an 80s approach in the melodies and harmonies, so that's a plus, but it's not as hard to place as L-D often is, I think.

_Rockist__Scientist_, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:08 (seventeen years ago)

on the whole they are not as intriguing as L-D but they have well constructed songs. This might be my favorite (it's not on the ep)

mizzell, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:22 (seventeen years ago)

violens bores the shat out of me

cutty, Tuesday, 2 December 2008 19:55 (seventeen years ago)

four weeks pass...

"disappear from here" is brilliance. need more new stuff from them.

cutty, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 16:26 (seventeen years ago)

I like this EP but I need more. And I think Lansing-Dreiden's albums benefit from the cumulative effect of all tracks (although that doesn't fit in too well with my lack of enthusiasm for the last few tracks on Incomplete Triangle--but even those have grown on me a bit).

_Rockist__Scientist_, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 17:43 (seventeen years ago)

one month passes...

listening to "laid in stone" now. love this album

kamerad, Saturday, 21 February 2009 16:46 (seventeen years ago)

dividing island sounded great last time i listened to it (about a month ago).

the pelvis of a mammoth (get bent), Saturday, 21 February 2009 17:21 (seventeen years ago)

seven months pass...

Hello friends of Lansing-Dreiden,

Please come hang out with us this Saturday, Sunday and Monday for our second open studio. We'll have new drawings and paintings as well as limited edition necklaces. Please write back with any questions...

Hope to see u here!

Jorge & Keith

LANSING-DREIDEN OPEN STUDIO

Saturday, October 24th, 2-9PM
Sunday, October 25th, 1-5PM
Monday, October 26th by appt.
107 Suffolk, between Rivington and Delancey, # 517
(enter through double-door on left and go upstairs to 5th floor, no buzzer.

AVAILABLE AT THE STUDIO:

- Small and medium-sized, unframed works,
including a small new series involving color
- Limited edition necklaces
- Framed collages, drawings and paintings
- Out-of-print Lansing-Dreiden CDs and Vinyl
- L-D Section T-Shirts, posters and guitar picks
- Woodblock Prints
- Death Notice II - IV (free)

scott seward, Sunday, 18 October 2009 20:38 (sixteen years ago)

sweet. didn't they only release one single on vinyl?

mizzell, Monday, 19 October 2009 00:23 (sixteen years ago)

five months pass...

if louis doesn't like this band my whole worldview will fall apart

m@tt (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 7 April 2010 22:13 (sixteen years ago)

TELL ME MORE

the c4venger extort plan (acoleuthic), Thursday, 8 April 2010 00:38 (sixteen years ago)

the only one i've heard is Tri, which sounds like, man i dunno a way more fucked up muse with a fast metal drummer on one song, and kinda spark shit on another then like scritti polliti soft rock era shit on another. every song sounds like different band kinda

m@tt (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 8 April 2010 00:40 (sixteen years ago)

that sounds fairly promising in a not-quite-mindblowing-but-totally-agreeable way

the c4venger extort plan (acoleuthic), Thursday, 8 April 2010 00:41 (sixteen years ago)


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