Fridge was an English instrumental post-rock band formed in 1995 by school friends Kieran Hebden (guitar, samples), Adem Ilhan (bass) and Sam Jeffers (drums).
Their rhythm heavy sound was influenced by Krautrock bands such as Can and Neu!, while critics view their early works as following similar paths as the contemporary post-rock groups Tortoise and Do Make Say Think.
Hebden, Ilhan and Jeffers met in the mid-1990s at Elliott School in Putney, southwest London, where they became friends with contemporaries Burial (William Bevan), Hot Chip and The xx;[3] all of whom members of Fridge have worked with.
Our teachers would let us set up big sound systems and have drum'n'bass parties during lunchtime breaks….we’d be in a drama room with machines and strobe lights for half an hour, dancing to DJ Zinc's "Super Sharp Shooter" or something blasting out at huge volume.
It was retrospectively described by AllMusic as "slightly more difficult [than "Eph" and containing] many excellent moments..."Cut Up Piano and Xylophone" is a soft, gauzy piece reminiscent of '70s minimalism and "Five Four Child Voice" a precocious time-signature jam.