Plaid (band)
Plaid | |
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Background information | |
Origin | London, England |
Genres | IDM, techno |
Years active | 1991–present |
Labels | Warp Nothing Black Dog Productions General Production Recordings |
Members | Andy Turner Ed Handley |
Website | plaidmusic |
Plaid (
Aside from their own material, Plaid have done extensive remix work for many other artists, including Red Snapper, Björk, Goldfrapp, and The Irresistible Force. Parts in the Post (2003) and Stem Sell (2021) contains a lot of Plaid's remix work to date.
Plaid collaborated with video artist Bob Jaroc for their live performances and on the 5.1 audio/visual project entitled
In 2006, Plaid composed and performed the original score to Michael Arias' anime film Tekkonkinkreet, and then went on to rejoin Arias for his second feature, Heaven's Door, as well as two of his subsequent short films.[6]
In 2009, they contributed a cover of a Plone song to the Warp20 (Recreated) compilation.[citation needed]
Plaid's music has been used in the LittleBigPlanet series. In 2014, they helped produce some of the soundtrack for LittleBigPlanet 3.
Musical style
Plaid's style crosses a number of genres - electronica, dance, ambient, experimental - and is sometimes to referred to by some critics as "post-techno." They are known to employ a variety of
Discography
Albums
- Mbuki Mvuki (1991)
- Not for Threes (1997)
- Rest Proof Clockwork (1999)
- Double Figure (2001)
- Spokes (2003)
- Greedy Baby (2006; CD/DVD with Bob Jaroc)
- Scintilli (2011) – UK chart peak: No. 167[9]
- Reachy Prints (2014; UK chart peak: #95)
- The Digging Remedy (2016)
- Polymer(2019)
- Feorm Falorx (2022)
EPs
- Scoobs in Columbia (1992)
- Android (1995)
- Undoneson (1997)
- Peel Session (1999)
- Booc (2000)
- P-Brane (2002)
- On Other Hands (2016)
- Peel Session 2 TX 08/05/99 (2019)
Soundtrack albums
- Tekkonkinkreet Original Soundtrack (2006; Soundtrack for Michael Arias' anime Tekkonkinkreet)
- Heaven's Door (2008; Soundtrack for Michael Arias' movie Heaven's Door)
Compilations
- Black Dog Productionsalbum that includes two Plaid songs, Object Orient and Yamemm)
- Trainer (2000; a collection of early material, including all of the Mbuki Mvuki album)
- Plaid Remixes – Parts in the Post (2003; remix collection)
- Dial P (2003; mix album inserted in deliveries of pre-ordered copies of Spokes)
- Tekkonkinkreet Remix Tekkinkonkreet (2007; remixes of the songs from Tekkonkinkreet by Prefuse 73, Atom, Vex'd and others)
- Induction (2011; an exclusive to Warp, download-only compilation, chosen by Plaid ahead of the new album Scintilli)
- Stem Sell (2021; remix collection)
Audiovisual project
- Greedy Baby (2005)
References
- ^ Laurence, Alexander (May 2002). "Plaid Interview". Online magazine. Free Williamsburg. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "Trainer". NME. 10 July 2000. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ a b c "Plaid – biography". NME. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "Plaid Predict the Future of Electronic Music". Online magazine. Spinner. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ Burgess, John (26 October 2006). "Plaid and Bob Jaroc, Greedy Baby". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "HEAVEN'S DOOR Review". Twitch. 7 August 2009. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
- ^ Spacelab Research Staff (4 August 2011). "Plaid Return with Cool New 3D Album Scintilli, Gorgeous New Video for "35 Summers"". Online magazine. Spacelab. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ Cooper, Sean. "Plaid – biography". Online magazine. Allmusic by Rovi. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ "CHART LOG UK: NEW ENTRIES UPDATE". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
External links
- Official website
- Plaid discography at Discogs
- Warp Records: Plaid