Ed: "This track features the vocalist Mara Carlyle, who has worked a lot over the years and is still releasing her own material today. She's also a guitarist of Benet Walsh's sister. I think we met her via Rob Mitchell from Warp, who was one of the founders of the label, who sadly died a few years ago (in 2001). "There's a bit of steel drumming on here, too. We had a little toy steel drum kicking around. I think it was from a trip Andy took to Trinidad. We both have a bit of an affinity for that sound. I think I'm attracted to the high harmonics."
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Ed: "This track features the vocalist Mara Carlyle, who has worked a lot over the years and is still releasing her own material today. She'… read more
Ed: "This track features the vocalist Mara Carlyle, who has worked a lot over the years and is still releasing her own material today. She's also a guitarist of Benet Walsh… read more
Plaid sit right at the very heart of global electronica. In fact there's a very real sense in which Ed Handley and Andy Turner are the perfect encapsulation of what the electronic music of their generation was all about. As Plaid and as two-thirds of The Black Dog, they were central to the Artificial Intelligence movement of the early-mid 1990s: alongside their WARP stablemates Autechre, The Aphex Twin, B12 and allies like Richie Hawtin, Speedy J, Kenny Larkin, they brought new rhythmic variation, emotive melody and sensual textures to electronic music, creating a warm and welc… read more
Plaid sit right at the very heart of global electronica. In fact there's a very real sense in which Ed Handley and Andy Turner are the perfect encapsulation of what the electronic musi… read more
Plaid sit right at the very heart of global electronica. In fact there's a very real sense in which Ed Handley and Andy Turner are the perfect encapsulation of what the electronic music of their generation was all about. As Plaid … read more