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Their albums as Microstoria are considered foundational texts in ambient music while equally sounding just as cutting-edge now as on their initial release. Continually cropping up in 'best of' lists from the likes of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eFACT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e while finding new fans through remixes by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim O'Rouke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eStereolab\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. After being long out of print and coveted by collectors, the duo's cult classic albums \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003einit ding\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e_snd\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e now receive the expanded reissue treatment as a double LP, featuring remixed sleeve artwork based on the original designs and a full remaster of each by engineer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRashad Becker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Microstoria's first outing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003einit ding\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1995) captures the thrilling, anarchic energy of Germany's experimental underground in the '90s, rendered in beautifully understated atmospheres. In those early studio sessions, Popp and Werner would cycle through synthesizer patches and effects settings while playing, sounds glitching and taking on new shapes with each turn to create moments of genuine surprise. Throughout the album the duo wrest paradoxically organic sounds from digital instruments, with everything from bird-like calls to aqueous washes of bass or fizzing strings that crest like rolling waves of warm analog thrum. The duo's sophomore album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e_snd\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1996) provided a subtle refinement of those earlier recordings, stripping back the dense layers of texture to play with space and tension, with an even greater contrast between light and dark. The album finds comfort in colder, deliberately digital soundscapes -- the sound of neon lights illuminating the empty concrete of the city at night, or dial-up router glitch bathed in the warming glow of monitor screens. This is no mere wallpaper music, but living, breathing ecosystems of sound teeming with detail and tangible feeling. 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