The meeting of various creative minds associated with the Kranky Records family resulted in the slow-to-form entity that came to be known as Anjou with the release of their first self-titled album in 2014. The trio was formed by former members of Labradford -- Mark Nelson and Robert Donne -- along with percussionist Steven Hess. All three members of the trio had been active since Labradford's quiet slip into a hiatus around 2001, Nelson working under the Pan American moniker, Donne playing in Cristal, and Hess playing with Fennesz, Locrian, and others. The trio spent four year...