Ectoslavia was an American indie rock band formed at the

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during the mid-1980s. It was composed of pre-

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, and Pavement members David Berman,

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and

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. UVA alumnus Gate Pratt was also a member of the band. The music of Ectoslavia used a great deal of noise and static underneath melodic pop-rock songs, not unlike early Pavement EPs like Perfect Sound Forever and

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. Their songs also contained samples of classical music, often directly over sheets of static or noise. In 2015, Nastanovich described Ectoslavia as "unlistenable and, with offensive lyrical passages...it’s discardable." Ectoslavia was referred to in the '' Slow Century'' DVD and also in the book '' Perfect Sound Forever''.

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