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Plaid

Formed by Andy Turner and Ed Handley in 1989, Plaid was one of the most innovative British electronica bands from the 90’s.

Influenced by synth pop artists such as Human League, Ultravox and Howard Jones, the duo started producing music together in the early 90’s after being involved in the British early rave scene.

After having worked in several projects under different aliases, including the ones of Atypic and Balil, in 1989 Andy Turner and Ed Handley formed originally the electronica project Black Dog along with Ken Downie. After the release of six albums the Black Dog project was let down in 1997 to give way Plaid.

Plaid released their debut album “Mbuki Mvuki” in 1991, which became a very influential work on the jungle scene from the early 90’s. Two years later, Turner and Handley founded Black Dog Productions with Ken Downie and started producing a serie of singles where they practised a personal mix of electro, hip hop, and acid techno.

In 1997, Plaid released their first album for the reputed Warp label “Not for Threes” featuring the collaboration of Bjork, Tim Hutton and Mara Carlyle. The album was followed by the Warp album releases “Rest Proof Clockwork” (1999) and the double-CD anthology “Trainer” (2000). In 2001, Plaid open it’s scope with the album “Double Figure” which featured influences from numerous music genres including techno, hip hop, ambient, drum ‘n’ bass, disco, post rock, jazz rock and synth pop.

After a remixes collection on Peacefrog label, “Parts In The Post” (2003), Plaid released “Spokes” in 2003, following the tradition of latin rhythms, oriental scales, dadaist landscapes, and the characteristic sense of humor of the duo. Apart from their prolific album catalogue, Plaid has released numerous EPs since 1992, including “Scoobs In Columbia” (1992), “Android” (1995), “Undoneson” (1997), “Peel Session” (1999), “Booc” (2000), “P-Brane” (2002) and “Dial P” (2003).