Aerial M
            AKA born: David Pajo
            Years Active 
            Genres Rock 
            Styles Experimental Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental, 
            Instrumental Rock
            Instruments Producer, Drums, Guitar
            Tones Wistful, Gentle, Calm/Peaceful, Hypnotic, Sophisticated, 
            Summery, Soothing
            Labels Drag City (4)


        Aerial  M  was the alias of multi-instrumentalist David Pajo, a seminal figure in
  the  development  of the post-rock aesthetic whose tenures in bands including Slint and
  Tortoise  set the stage for some of the most innovative and influential music of recent
  decades. He first surfaced in 1985 playing guitar in the legendary Louisville, Kentucky
  teen  thrash  band  Squirrel  Bait; following their 1987 break-up, Pajo joined Slint, a
  band  whose  revolutionary  instrumental  sound  continues  to  resonate throughout the
  American  underground scene. Slint proved short-lived as well, however, and after their
  1991  dissolution  he  joined the Palace Brothers, appearing on their early recordings;
  from  there  Pajo  relocated to England, where he spent over a year studying at Norwich
  Arts College. Upon his return to the U.S. he rejoined the Palace Brothers, additionally
  playing guitar in the For Carnation and drumming in King Kong. Most important, however,
  was  his  tenure  as  one  of  two  bassists  in Tortoise, which began in 1996 with the
  landmark  Millions  Now  Living  Will  Never Die; Pajo soon left the group, however, to
  focus  on Aerial M, a solo project which he debuted with the single "Safeless." "Vol de
  Nuit,"  one half of a split single recorded with Monade, followed in late 1996, trailed
  a  year  later  by  Aerial  M's  self-titled  debut  LP, issued on the Drag City label.
  Post-Global Music followed in 1999. × Jason Ankeny