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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Bowery Electric| image =| caption = Lawrence Chandler and Martha Schwendener| background = group_or_band| origin = New York, NY | | genre = Post-rock , trip hop , Ambient music|ambient , downtempo , Shoegazing|shoegaze , Electronic music|electronic , Experimental music|experimental , Drone music|drone | years_active = 1992–2002| label = Kranky Records|Kranky Beggars Banquet Records|Beggars Banquet | associated_acts = Echostar Metrotech| current_members = Lawrence Chandler Martha Schwendener Bowery Electric was an Socialism|American indie rock|indie band formed in New York City|New York's East Village, Manhattan|East Village in 1992 by Lawrence Chandler and Martha Schwendener.
Music
Bowery Electric's music defies easy classification. Part of the initial wave of American shoegazing|shoegazers and seminal members of the post-rock movement,Cite journal | last = Reynolds | first = Simon | title = Back to the Future | journal = The Wire | volume = 141 | pages = 26–30 | date = November 1995 | year = 1995 | accessdate = 2009-05-12 | postscript = the duo earned critical acclaim for experimentation across genres and mixing elements of Ambient music|ambient , drone music|drone , electronic music|electronic and experimental music|experimental music with soul music|'70's soul soundtracks , disco , Dub Music|dub and hip hop . They were one of the first American bands to perform with a laptop , mixing console|mixer and Sampler (musical instrument)|sampler on stage alongside bass, drums and guitars.cite web| title = Bowery Electric| url= http://www.myspace.com/boweryelectricofficial| accessdate = 2009-04-21 Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot
Current status
Chandler has studied with La Monte Young , Pauline Oliveros , at The Juilliard School and Goldsmiths College and is a composer and sound artist living in London. Appearances as a performer have been rare but he has played with EAR (band)|Experimental Audio Research (E.A.R.) , "a loose affiliation of non-resident sound makers including from time to time Peter Kember|Sonic Boom ( Spacemen 3 , Spectrum ), Kevin Shields ( My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine ) and Eddie Prévost ( AMM (group)|AMM )." He has produced remixes as Metrotech for bands including Calla (band)|Calla cite web|url= http://www.u-cover.com/mailorder/artists-one.php? ToOne=1184& UID=20080419103045172.162.196.139& currency=eur& lang=|title=Mail Order Catalogue|publisher=U-Cover Records|accessdate=2008-04-19 Mercovacite web|url= http://mercova.com/news.html|title=Band News|publisher=Official Mercova Site|accessdate=2008-04-19 and Tristeza .
A recent BBC Radio 6 music show linked him romantically with Donna Matthews of Britpop band Elastica .
Schwendener has recorded as Echostar. In 2003, she released the downtempo album Sola cite web|url=Allmusic|class=album|id=r645567|pure_url=yes|title=Review of Sola |publisher= AllMusic |accessdate=2008-04-19 for Shadow Records , a sub-label of Instinct Records .
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