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Encyclopedia > Plaid (band)

Plaid is a British electronic music duo featuring Andy Turner & Ed Handley, taking their name from the different interweaving threads of plaid cloth. They are former members of The Black Dog and used many other names (such as Atypic and Balil) before settling on Plaid. They have collaborated with female singers Mara Carlyle, Nicolette and Björk, and have released records on the labels Clear, Warner, Black Dog Productions, and Warp Records. Electronic music is a loose term for music created using electronic equipment. ... Plaid may refer to more than one thing: Plaid as patterned cloth: Plaid is a Scots language word meaning blanket, usually referring to patterned woollen cloth; it is unclear if the Gaelic word Plaide came first. ... Black Dog Productions (or The Black Dog) were a musical trio that produced Spanners, a high point of the intelligent dance music genre. ... Nicolette is a UK singer/songwriter of Nigerian parentage. ... Björk Björk Guðmundsdóttir IPA: , (born November 21, 1965 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic singer/songwriter with a great expressive range and an interest in many kinds of music including popular, trip-hop, alternative rock, jazz, electronica, folk, and classical music. ... Black Dog Productions (or The Black Dog) were a musical trio that produced Spanners, a high point of the intelligent dance music genre. ... 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. ...


Plaid often works collaboratively with a visual artist named "Bob." They have developed a DVD consisting of new material and video artwork to accompany the music, entitled Greedy Baby, which they plan to release sometime in late 2005.


Discography (LPs)

  • 1991 Mbuki Mvuki
  • 1998 Not For Threes
  • 1999 Rest Proof Clockwork
  • 2000 Trainer
  • 2001 Double Figure
  • 2003 Parts in the Post (remix collection)
  • 2003 Spokes

Discography (EPs)

  • 1992 Scoobs In Columbia
  • 1995 Android
  • 1997 Undoneson
  • 1999 Peel Session
  • 2000 Booc
  • 2002 P-Brane
  • 2003 Dialp

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