Do Make Say Think started in January 1996 when three Toronto roommates, Justin Small, James Payment (friends since childhood) and Charles Spearin began performing shows loosely based on their experimental 8-track home recordings. The performances, like the recordings, were instrumental, largely improvised and steered away from traditional song structuring in favour of a more open-ended ambient style which drew from influences like
Gastr del Sol, Flying Saucer Attack, Brise Glace, Muslimgauze and Scorn.
For the first year the band included...
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