Plaid (band)

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Plaid

Plaid at the bfi London IMAX Cinema at Optronica Festival on July 20, 2005
Background information
Origin United Kingdom
Genre(s) IDM
Years active 1991–present
Label(s) Warp
Black Dog Productions
General Production Recordings
Associated acts The Black Dog
Atypic
Balil
Website http://www.plaid.co.uk/
Members
Andrew Turner
Ed Handley

Plaid is a British electronic music duo comprising Andy Turner and Ed Handley, and based out of London. They are former members of The Black Dog and used many other names, such as Atypic (Andrew Turner) and Balil (Ed Handley), before settling on Plaid. They have collaborated with female singers Mara Carlyle, Nicolette and Björk, and have released records on the labels Clear, Peacefrog, Black Dog Productions, and Warp Records. In 2006, the duo composed the original music and soundtrack to the Japanese anime film Tekkon Kinkreet.

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) contains just a handful of Plaid's remix work to date.

Plaid often works collaboratively with video artist Bob Jaroc, whose animations often accompanied the music during live performances. They have developed a DVD consisting of new material and video artwork to accompany the music, entitled Greedy Baby. The project was completed on July 20, 2005, and was first shown at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in the South Bank Centre, and subsequently at the BFI Imax cinema in Waterloo, London. Greedy Baby was released on DVD from Warp Records on June 26, 2006.

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[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] EPs

  • 1992 Scoobs in Columbia
  • 1995 Android
  • 1997 Undoneson
  • 1999 Peel Session
  • 2000 Booc
  • 2002 P-Brane

[edit] Compilations

  • 2003 Dialp (mix album inserted in deliveries of pre-ordered copies of Spokes)

[edit] Visual project

[edit] External links

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