Bandulu are a British

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and

reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its Jamaican diaspora, diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay", was the first ...

music group consisting of Jamie Bissmire, John O'Connell and Lucien Thompson.Cooper, Sean " Bandulu Biography,

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, Macrovision Corporation The music often relies heavily on

techno Techno is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempos being in the range from 120 to 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central rhythm is typically in common time ( ) and often ...

and dub elements. Releasing their first two albums on

Creation Records Creation Records Ltd. was a British independent record label founded in 1983 by Alan McGee, Dick Green, and Joe Foster. Its name came from the 1960s band The Creation, whom McGee greatly admired. The label ceased operations in 1999, although ...

sublabel Infonet, the group has also released albums on

Blanco y Negro Blanco y Negro Records (Spanish: "White and Black"), a subsidiary of WEA Records Ltd., was established in 1983 by Geoff Travis of Rough Trade Records and Mike Alway of él Records. Michel Duval of Les Disques du Crépuscule was also involve ...

, Foundation Sound Works and Music Man Records. The group recorded three sessions for

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at the BBC's Keeping It Peel site The trio have also recorded under the names Thunderground, New Adult, Sons of the Subway, and Space DJz. In his book ''Energy Flash'',

Simon Reynolds Simon Reynolds (born 19 June 1963) is an English music journalist and author who began his career at ''Melody Maker'' in the mid-1980s. He subsequently worked as a freelancer and published a number of books on music and popular culture. Reynold ...

credited Bandulu as part of the "Texturology" subgenre, stating that "the best tracks on Bandulu's ''Guidance'' sounded like jazz-techno, as if Zawinul had somehow ended up band-leader of

Tangerine Dream Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music band founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The group has seen many personnel changes over the years, with Froese the only constant member until his death in January 2015. The best-known lineup of the grou ...

instead of

Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band active from 1970 to 1986. The band was founded in 1970 by Austrian keyboardist Joe Zawinul, American saxophonist Wayne Shorter, Czech bassist Miroslav Vitouš, American drummer Alphonse Mouzon a ...

".Reynolds, Simon (1998) ''Energy Flash'', Picador, , p. 181.

Album discography

The CD and vinyl versions of ''Redemption'' contained mostly different tracks.

References

External links

Detailed discography on Discogs
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Bandulu at AllMusic Bandulu are a British electronic and reggae music group consisting of Jamie Bissmire, John O'Connell and Lucien Thompson.Cooper, Sean " Bandulu Biography, AllMusic, Macrovision Corporation The music often relies heavily on techno and dub elemen ...

Bandulu at last.fm
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