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About sustainer The productions of Barcelona's Alex Alarcon fit right into the Italic label's luminous, minimal, streamlined aesthetic. This first full-length for the label as Sustainer fits both chronologically and stylistically in between Antonelli Electr.'s Love and Other Solutions and A Rocket in Dub's If Music Could Talk, with melodic chords and dubby elements playing equally vital roles in tracks that only seem skeletal when you're attempting to separate the elements as you hear them. Although the hazy, painstakingly applied textures and effects seemingly take cues from movements that crested in the early '90s, namely London shoegaze (Seefeel, Slowdive) and...

Sustain was a Dutch prog rock band formed in 1976 and disbanded in 1980. Members were: Coert Coehoorn (keyboards, percussion), Wally Latumeten (guitar, percussion), Frank van Helvoirt (percussion, saxophone), Giezel Voorsluis (bass, percussion), Hans Grandia (drums, percussion). They released two albums: Sustain (1978) and Time for a Change (1981). Their style was influenced by symphonic rock. .