init ding + _snd deluxe double lp, limited quantity of dual-color Side A/B Opaque Pink, Side C/D Opaque Green 2xLPs. Includes a digital download card.

Long out of print, the albums init ding and snd now receive the expanded reissue treatment as a double LP. _snd was named in Pitchfork’s 50 best ambient records of all time.

init ding (1995) captures the 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. The duo’s sophomore album snd (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. 

• Label: Thrill Jockey – Thrill587
• Title: init ding + _snd
• Format: LP, Pink Opaque, LP, Green Opaque, Comp, Limited Edition, RE, Remastered, Stereo
• Origin: US
• Released: 2024
• Track Listing:
  1. 1. 16:9
     2. Slap Top
     3. File Care
     4. Ecclectrig
     5. Fund
        1. 1. Zuhause
           2. Edu
           3. Pokus
           4. Communerism
           5. Dokumint
     6. Sleepy People/Network Down
     7. Teil Zeit
     8. Per Formal
     9. Feld 1
        1. 1. Endless Summer NAMM
           2. Work Place
           3. Bpi
           4. Quit Not Save