The Grand Hotel formed in New York City in 2002. Christopher LaRose and jason P. Grisell began making bedroom techno tracks which quickly began to incorporate elements of psychedelia, noise, drone, and folk music. Over the last eight years they have released a number of cassette, cd-r's, and vinyl recordings which were self-released, and others put out by legendary Helsinki micro-label 267 Latajjaa. They are currently based in New York City and Big Sur.

From Thurston Moore and Byron Coley at Bull Tongue: We reviewed a cassette by The Grand Hotel a long time ago. It was really weird and out of nowhere, and we figured whoever these magicians were, they probably would evaporate sooner rather than later as such monumentalists are wont to do. Seems like they've been kinda alive and well and gigging close by our environs once or twice. Who are they? We kinda pride ourselves on knowing when shit is going down at any given time in any given basement but The Grand Hotel has us kinda sniffing sideways in "huh?" Adding to our delightful bafflement is a goddamned LP in an edition of goddamned 100 copies with goddamned silkscreen covers and purportedly recorded in Lake Tahoe, Palo Alto, Hopewell Junction and New Orleans. Either someone's pulling our dick or we're just too bizzy doin' jus' dat ourselves cuz this "The Sailboat Mix LP" (felt records) is as enchanting and unpretentious and sweet a slab of huzz-grind improv slather yr likely to grib any which way. What the fuck?