"To say that this is the best rock music France has ever produced is to damn it with faint praise. This trio may be the only band from that oversauced nation to be worth a damn in a long time - maybe since Metal Urbain or Magma (...)
2 degrees testifies to Slint's international outreach. Yeah, many bands emulate those Louisville legends, but Ulan Bator take Slint's approach and give it their own Francofied spin. "Polaire" emerges from the gossamer web of Spiderland with gentle, detuned guitar plumes, brushed drums and artfully scientific use of space. Inevitably, the mood dramatically shifts to sinister stealth and Olympian grandeur. "Sea-ROOM" achieves the rare feat of topping with menace; repetition somehow faithfully coexists with radical time changes. "Silence" is a Faustian exercise in drone and echoplex, resulting in a compelling monotony, a stunning stasis. "D-Press T.V." recalls Ui's "Sexy Photograph" if they revered Chrome and Sonic Youth instead of brainy '80s funk. "Episode" erects a sheet of electrostatic interference and Oval-like glitches accomplished through guitars instead of CD vandalism. Call it musique concrete paved with irreverence. 2 Degrees ranks among the best EPs of 1996.
Alternative Press
november 1996 - #100 volume 11 - author : Dave Segal
-Dave Segal
| 01 Polaire | 06' 20" |
| 02 Sea-Room | 05' 48" |
| 03 Silence | 06' 35" |
| 04 D-Press T.V. | 03' 58" |
| 05 Episcope | 04' 04" |
| 01 Polaire | 06' 20" |
| 02 Sea-Room | 05' 48" |
| 03 Silence | 06' 35" |
| 04 D-Press T.V. | 03' 58" |
| 05 Episcope | 04' 04" |
| 01 Polaire | 06' 20" |
| 02 Sea-Room | 05' 48" |
| 03 Silence | 06' 35" |
| 04 D-Press T.V. | 03' 58" |
| 05 Episcope | 04' 04" |
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