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Encyclopedia > Broadcast (band)
Broadcast
Image:Broadcast.jpg
Background information
Origin Birmingham, England
Genre(s) Electronic
Years active 1995 – Present
Label(s) Warp Records
Duophonic Records
Tommy Boy Records
Associated
acts
BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Lubos Fiser
The United States of America (band)
Website http://www.broadcast.uk.net/
Members
Trish Keenan
James Cargill
Former members
Steve Perkins
Tim Felton
Roj Stevens

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Original members were Trish Keenan (vocals), Roj Stevens (keyboards), Tim Felton (guitar) and James Cargill (bass). Various drummers have played with the band, including Keith York, Phil Jenkins, Jeremy Barnes, Steve Perkins and Neil Bullock. As of 2005, the group consisted of Keenan and Cargill, with Felton having departed to form a new project, Seeland, with Billy Johnson, formerly of another Birmingham Warp act Plone. Broadcast are an electronic music band, based in Birmingham, England. ... Broadcast are an electronic music band, based in Birmingham, England. ... Keith York is a session drummer who has worked with a range of bands, from PitchShifter to Ladytron and Esoteric to Bentley Rhythm Ace. ... Jeremy Barnes is best known as the drummer for Neutral Milk Hotel. ... Stephen Andrew Perkins (born September 13, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician and songwriter. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Plone was an electronic music band from Birmingham, England. ...


The band's style is a mixture of electronic sounds and Keenan's 1960s-influenced vocals. It is heavily influenced by the 1960's American psychedelic group The United States of America, using many of the same electronic effects. It is also reminiscent of Stereolab. However, despite the similar musical pedigree, Broadcast's music often has a darker, edgier sound - with amorphous samples and analogue dissonance giving it a retro-futuristic sci-fi edge. This article is not about the 90s alternative group, The Presidents of the United States of America. ... Stereolab are an English-based band whose style, mixing 1950s-1960s pop and lounge music with the motorik beat of krautrock, was one of the first to which the term post-rock was applied. ...


The band's first releases were singles released on Wurlitzer Jukebox Records ( "Accidentals" ) and Duophonic Records ("The Book Lovers") in the mid-1990s. "The Book Lovers" was also featured on the soundtrack of the film "Austin Powers." They attracted the attention of Warp Records, who compiled the singles in 1997 on Work and Non Work. All subsequent releases have been on Warp Records, or in the USA on Tommy Boy Records. A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Duophonic Records is an independent record label formed by the British rock group Stereolab. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Warp Records is a pioneering independent UK record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the most enduring artists in electronic music. ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... A Broadcast album. ... Tommy Boy Records is a record label started in 1981 by Tom Silverman after borrowing $5000 from his parents. ...


Since then, the band has released four albums as well as several EPs. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... // Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single but are too short to qualify as albums. ...


Currently, the band is in studio working on their fourth album proper.


Discography

Albums
EPs
Singles
  • "Accidentals" (Wurlitzer Jukebox Records, 7", 1996)
  • "Living Room" (Duophonic Records, 7", 1997)
  • "The Book Lovers" (Duophonic Records, 12"/CD, 1997)
  • "Echo's Answer" (7"/CD, 1999)
  • "Drums on Fire" / "Come On Let's Go" (Two Lone Swordsmen remix) (12", 1999)
  • "Come On Let's Go" (7"/CD, 2000)
  • "America's Boy" (7", 2005)

Work and Non Work is a 1997 album by British electronica group Broadcast, released by Warp Records, which compiles material from their early singles. ... A Broadcast album. ... A Broadcast album. ... A Broadcast album. ... To meet Wikipedia quality standards and WikiProject Music guidelines, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A Broadcast album. ... A Broadcast album. ... A Broadcast album. ... Duophonic Records is an independent record label formed by the British rock group Stereolab. ... The Two Lone Swordsmen are British house DJ and producer Andrew Weatherall and studio engineer Keith Tenniswood. ...

External links

  • Official site
  • Broadcast at the BBC
  • Concert photos by Laurent Orseau (Black Session)

  Results from FactBites:
 
Broadcast (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (301 words)
Broadcast are an electronica music band, based in Birmingham, England.
As of 2005, the group consists of Keenan and Cargill, with Felton having departed to form a new project Seeland, with Billy Johnson, formerly of another Birmingham Warp act Plone.
The band's first releases were singles released on Wurlitzer Jukebox Records ("Accidentals") and Duophonic Records ("The Book Lovers") in the mid-1990s.
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