As the name would suggest... Gridlock's 2nd album takes their debut album, The Synthetic Form, a step further and creates an even bigger, more evil sounding IDM. I often find this CD to be a sister-album so to speak with their debut because the two albums seemed to be made in the same mindset (while their two other albums is a completely different story). Gridlock likes to throw extras on their CDs is this one is no exception. You get 3 untitled, hidden interludes and 2 remixes. A must-have if you enjoyed their Synthetic Form album.

I own this CD and "Formless," and I liked this one much more. I have a copy of their earlier works somewhere, and I like how they lost the vocals, got into the nitty gritty and let loose (between diddling on a piano) on a lot of the songs here. I like 9 out of the 15 songs here, and I think I like it best because of the basic principles of going back and forth between tracks to build and diminish a beat and idea. (The CD is mostly comprised of songs which flow into each other, with a harder track replacing the previous one, and vice versa). Great release...pick it up!