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Plaid is a sweet chime from the past. The UK duo Ed Handley and Andy Turner played to a devoted crowd at Mezzanine in San Francisco on Friday night. They started in with a long drawn out experimental weave of darkly twisted undertones crisscrossed with a foreplay of very deep bass lines before the official dropping in of their more danceable and utterly blissful schemes. Besides the occasional cat call, everyone appeared to be quietly engaged. From backstage I could see that crowd were focused on every sound, occasionally throwing in little nods of approval and cracking big smiles. I [...]
BLIND PILOT, POINT JUNCTURE WA ( Crystal Ballroom , 1332 W Burnside) Folk-pop group Blind Pilot has returned home—for now. Known for their tour by bike following the release of their 2008 debut album, Blind Pilot is sure to keep you on your toes. Expect percussion-heavy tunes from the band's sophomore album We Are the Tide and come along for the ride. ALEX ZIELINSKI PLAID, NATASHA KMETO, TYLER TASTEMAKER ( [...]
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London-based electronic duo, Andy Turner and Ed Handley, AKA Plaid return to Los Angeles this weekend! You can see Plaid play in support of their newest release, Scintilli, live at the El Rey Theatre on Saturday, Nov. 26. Opening will...
11-11-11 was a magical day for NYC's music scene. Plaid and the Gamelan Dhara Swara played at LPR, it was the first night of the Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival, Paco Osuna was spinning at Good Units, and MiM0$a was rocking out at Webster Hall alongside Alex English. Energy levels were high and HiFi was on a mission to catch as much music possible for the eve. Le Passion Rouge was first on the list. We made our way through the doors with plenty of time to down a few Vodka-RedBulls during happy [...]
photos by Greg Cristman Plaid & computers @ Le Poisson Rouge Plaid 's new album Scintilli hit the racks in late September, and has spawned at least two videos. Check out "At Last" and "35 Summers" below. Plaid followed up Scintilli 's release with a rare gang of North American dates that hit Le Poisson Rouge in NYC on 11/11/11 with [...]
Plaid is not just for hipsters, country music stars, your grandfather, or Scottish kilts. That statement was not meant to offend, nothing beats wearing a heavy plaid button down on a cold New York City day like today, but I am not talking about anything clothing related. The Plaid I'm speaking of is the group of two master curators and creators of sound, the London based duo, Andy Turner and Ed Handley. Apologies, but I must take a few minutes to gush about how phenomenal these two musicians are. A friend introduced me to Plaid about three years [...]
'Scintilli' is pretty mixed. In styles, dynamics, soundscapes, instrumentation it changes throughout. I had it on the background, and then 20 minutes later I suddenly remembered that it was on and released that I was really enjoying it. That sounds like a backhanded compliment, but if I dislike something it sticks out like a sore [...]
A classic story that has impacted the history of literature and has become a staple in many childhoods across the world is Charles Lutwidge Dodgson's "Alice in Wonderland." Besides the mystical and colorful characters presented throughout the novel, there was a theme of fantasy consistently conveyed through the adventures Alice encountered, all beginning with her trip down a rabbit hole. Now, imagine that during her warped journey, there was a soundtrack to her descent, disaster, and deliverance. That soundtrack would be Plaid's, "Scintilli." The seventh release from the London-based duo features a Latin title, meaning "I am many [...]
C'est au détour d'une journée promo éprouvante que j'ai pu rencontrer les très convoités Andy Turner et Ed Henley, éminents producteurs connus et reconnus sous le patronyme de Plaid . Deux gentlemen très british qui, à l'image de leur musique, se dévoilent avec parcimonie et retenue autour d'une interview qui nous révèle néanmoins l'état d'esprit du duo au regard de ses vingt ans de carrière. Instant culte ! Interview
A la lourde question : « Peut-on encore capitaliser sur le retour de Plaid ? », la réponse est définitivement oui ! Le duo indissociable du label de Sheffield, Warp , fait un come-back retentissant avec un nouvel opus multi-facettes, plus personnel et finalement très éloigné des œuvres de commande que furent Tekkon Kinkreet ou Heaven's Door . Un retour aux sources marquant également le vingtième anniversaire de Plaid, soit deux décennies passées à révolutionner la musique expérimentale et électronique à moindre échelle, mais créant des vocations chez de nombreux artistes ayant confirmé leur talent [...]
Trophy Wife - Bruxism EP By Rosie Duffield Bruxism seems like an unlikely theme for an EP, but Oxford trio Trophy Wife have their reasons. Each member of the band suffers from some sort of sleep disorder (bruxism being the habit of clenching teeth which usually occurs during sleep), and the tracks reference sleep and dreams as well as the often chemically induced moments in waking life that feel dreamlike. The EP has been eagerly awaited by [...]
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Posted in Play-This-List Oxford trio Trophy Wife are set to release their new EP on Oct 17, with the release date only a couple of days away I figure these guys deserve a write up. The title of the band's EP Bruxism, is also the running theme throughout the five tracks. Bruxism is defined as the habitual, involuntary [...]
Every weekday, MUF offers five (5) daily downloads of free and legal MP3s. We chose these songs for you to discover, download and explore more about the artists behind them. 'Daily Downloads' via Twitter , Facebook or RSS ! (For more information on what our Daily Download is and what they mean to you go here ) Today's Free MP3s: Clockwork Radio - So Will I [ Artist ] Ganglians - [...]
★★★☆☆ Ed Handley and Andy Turner, big-screen composers and pushers of audio-visual collusion, go from the beautifully cinematic to the savagery of bass. Opening music box "Missing" and the sinking heart of "Craft Nine" are one end of a flashback/flash forward seesaw, confronting dubstep-ish monsters "Eye Robot" and "Sömnl." On a pivot of analog and digital, all is not well in the world of electronica the pair creates. Scintilli is rough Latin for 'I am many sparks,' and there's no doubting Plaid's spraying of lighter fluid. "Unbank" sounds like the [...]
Good day, everyone, can you people believe it's already October? Sheesh, Halloween is right around the corner, which means free candy, interesting costume choices (who's Quailman this year?), and plenty of horror movies on TV. Oh, October is such a great month. Even as everybody begins to get ready for the impending hibernation, we over here at Cluster 1 are still plugging away at the web to bring you the best videos. You all may be getting ready to bundle up, but chances are your computer (or laptop, or iPad, or tablet, or phone, or whatever) won't be too far [...]
The best of new album streams this week in A-Z form. Bjork - Biophilia Death in Vegas - Trans-Love Energies Feist - Metals The Field - Looping State Of Mind Future Islands - On the Water Iceage - New Brigade Jeffrey Lewis – A Turn [...]
Oxford's Trophy Wife wanted to push themselves on their new EP so they chose the title from the term Bruxism (an involuntary clenching of the teeth), took inspiration from their sleep disorders and recorded each song on the EP with a different producer. While Ewan Pearson, James Yuill and Yannis from Foals produced a track each, the pick of the bunch is 'Canopy Shade' a sprightly pop tune recorded with Warp electronic legends Plaid (who's new album Scintilla is out this week). I'm also quite enjoying the video for 'Wolf' [...]
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