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2001’s ‘Mont Ventoux’ Release Saw Edwin Pouncey State In The Wire “The Group Have Been Compared To Neu! But Here They Owe More To The Hanging Mists Of Popul Vuh During The Latters Golden Herzog Soundtrack Period” Going On To Add “Stripped Of Frills And Posturing Their Music Gently Breathes In Your Ear Urging You To Dream”. The ‘Mont Ventoux’ Release Saw The Group Experiment With Sound Collages And Loops And The Title Track Was Written About One Of The Highest Summit's In Cycling's Tour De France. The Release Featured A Cycling Theme Throughout ‘Anquetil’ Was Named After Five Times Tour De France Winner Jacques Anquetil Whilst ‘Sommet’ Featured The Voice Of The Great Eddy Merckx. The Land Of Nod’s Recent Performances Have Been Backed By Film Of Merckx. The Land Of Nod Continue This Theme On The New Ochre Album ‘Inducing The Sleep Sphere’ With The Inclusion Of The Live Favourite ‘Eddy’ And A Re-Working Of The ‘Mont Ventoux’ Track Titled In This Case ‘Le Sommet A Mont Ventoux’. The Track ‘Eddy’ Is In Fact Taken From The Radio Session The Band Recorded And Was Aired On The Legendary Serbian Radio Station B-92 In May In 2002. On The Debut Album ‘Translucent’ Ptolemaic Terrascope Stated ‘They Are Definitely Ahead Of The Pack And Well Worth Keeping A Weather-Eye Open For’ Whilst The Wire Added ‘Translucent’ Features Some Vintage Neu! 75 Style Atmospherics’. Mucchio In Italy Made It An Album Of The Week Concluding In Their Review ‘in Short A Little Space Rock Masterpiece’. On The Recent ‘Archive 02’ Compilation Vendetta In America Stated ‘The Land Of Nod Might Not Be As Trendy As Mogwai And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead But These Guys Are Far Better The Cream Of The Crop As Far As Guitar-Based Instrumentally Inclined Groups Go’.

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