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Plaid () are an English
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duo composed of Andy Turner and Ed Handley. They were founding members of The Black Dog and used many other names, such as Atypic (Andy Turner) and Balil (Ed Handley), before settling on Plaid. They have collaborated with singers
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, Nicolette and
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, and have released records on the labels Clear, Peacefrog, Black Dog Productions, and Warp (along with
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's label Nothing Records). Aside from their own material, Plaid have done extensive
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, and The Irresistible Force. '' Parts in the Post'' (2003) and ''Stem Sell'' (2021) contains a lot of Plaid's remix work to date. Plaid collaborated with video artist Bob Jaroc for their live performances and on the 5.1 audio/visual project entitled '' Greedy Baby''. The project was completed on 20 July 2005, and was first shown at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in the South Bank Centre, and subsequently at the BFI
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cinema in Waterloo, London. ''Greedy Baby'' was released on DVD from Warp on 26 June 2006. In 2006, Plaid composed and performed the original score to Michael Arias'
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film '' Tekkonkinkreet'', and then went on to rejoin Arias for his second feature, '' Heaven's Door'', as well as two of his subsequent short films. In 2009, they contributed a cover of a
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'' compilation. Plaid's music has been used in the
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series. In 2014, they helped produce some of the soundtrack for LittleBigPlanet 3.


Musical style

Plaid's style crosses a number of genres - electronica, dance, ambient, experimental - and is sometimes to referred to by some critics as "post-techno." They are known to employ a variety of time-signatures in their music and often create syncopated beats and melodies using a variety of real instruments and samples.


Discography


Albums

*'' Mbuki Mvuki'' (1991) *'' Not for Threes'' (1997) *'' Rest Proof Clockwork'' (1999) *'' Double Figure'' (2001) *'' Spokes'' (2003) *'' Greedy Baby'' (2006; CD/DVD with Bob Jaroc) *'' Scintilli'' (2011) – UK chart peak: #167 *'' Reachy Prints'' (2014) - UK chart peak: #95 *'' The Digging Remedy'' (2016) *''
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'' (2019) *''Feorm Falorx'' (2022)


EPs

*''Scoobs in Columbia'' (1992) *''Android'' (1995) *''Undoneson'' (1997) *''Peel Session'' (1999) *''Booc'' (2000) *''P-Brane'' (2002) *''On Other Hands'' (2016) *''Peel Session 2 TX 08/05/99'' (2019)


Soundtrack albums

*''Tekkonkinkreet Original Soundtrack'' (2006; Soundtrack for Michael Arias' anime '' Tekkonkinkreet'') *''Heaven's Door'' (2008; Soundtrack for Michael Arias' movie '' Heaven's Door'')


Compilations

*''
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'' (1993; A Black Dog Productions album that includes two Plaid songs, ''Object Orient'' and ''Yamemm'') *'' Trainer'' (2000; a collection of early material, including all of the ''Mbuki Mvuki'' album) *'' Plaid Remixes – Parts in the Post'' (2003; remix collection) *''Dial P'' (2003; mix album inserted in deliveries of pre-ordered copies of ''Spokes'') *''Tekkonkinkreet Remix Tekkinkonkreet'' (2007; remixes of the songs from ''Tekkonkinkreet'' by Derrick May,
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,
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, Vex'd and others) *''Induction'' (2011; an exclusive to Warp, download-only compilation, chosen by Plaid ahead of the new album ''Scintilli'') *''Stem Sell'' (2021; remix collection)


Audiovisual project

*'' Greedy Baby'' (2005)


References


External links

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Warp Records: Plaid
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