65daysofstatic are an instrumental

Instrumental

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....

 post-rock

Post-rock

Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...

 and math rock

Math rock

Math rock is a rhythmically complex guitar-based style of experimental rock that emerged in the 1980s and that was very influenced by progressive rock like King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Henry Cow - and 20th century composers such as Steve Reich and John Cage...

 band from Sheffield

Sheffield

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, England comprising Paul Wolinski, Joe Shrewsbury, Rob Jones and Simon Wright. The band has released four studio albums: The Fall of Math, One Time for All Time

One Time for All Time

One Time for All Time is the second album by the instrumental post-rock band 65daysofstatic, released on October 24, 2005 on Monotreme."Radio Protector" was released as a 7" single in February 2006 on Monotreme Records...

, The Destruction of Small Ideas

The Destruction of Small Ideas

The Destruction of Small Ideas is the third studio album by 65daysofstatic. It was released on April 30, 2007 in the United Kingdom, May 1, 2007 in the United States on Monotreme, and April 23, 2007 in Japan on Zankyo....

, We Were Exploding Anyway

We Were Exploding Anyway

We Were Exploding Anyway is the fourth studio album by 65daysofstatic. It was recorded in Sheffield, while mixing and mastering took place in New York. It was released on 26 April 2010 in Europe and the United States, and on 19 May in Japan. It is their first album to be released on Hassle Records...

, and Silent Running

Initially, the band interspersed heavy, progressive, guitar-driven instrumental sections with live drums and off-beat

Beat (music)

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 sampled

Sampling (music)

In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...

 drums akin to those of Aphex Twin

Aphex Twin

Richard David James , best known under the pseudonym Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born electronic musician and composer described as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music"...

, although since their second album they have developed their work to include keyboard parts.
The band was originally formed in 2001 as a three-piece, consisting of Joe Shrewsbury, Paul Wolinski, and Iain Armstrong.