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Biography
Refimprove|date=October 2010Infobox musical artist| name = Plaid| image = Plaid Optronica.jpg| caption = Plaid at the bfi London IMAX Cinema at Optronica Festival on July 20, 2005| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = United Kingdom| genre = Intelligent dance music|IDM || occupation =| years_active = 1991–present| label = Warp Records|Warp Nothing Records|Nothing Black Dog Productions General Production Recordings | associated_acts = Black Dog Productions|The Black Dog Atypic Balil| website = http://www.plaid.co.uk/| current_members = Andrew Turner Ed Handley| past_members = Plaid is a London-based British electronic music duo comprising Andy Turner and Ed Handley. They are former members of Black Dog Productions|The Black Dog and used many other names, such as Atypic (Andrew Turner) and Balil (Ed Handley), before settling on Plaid. They have collaborated with female singers Mara Carlyle , Nicolette (musician)|Nicolette and Björk , and have released records on the labels Clear, Peacefrog, Black DogProductions , and Warp Records (along with Trent Reznor|Trent Reznor's label Nothing Records ).
Aside from their own material, Plaid have done extensive remix work for many other artists, including Red Snapper (band)|Red Snapper , Björk , Goldfrapp , and The Irresistible Force . Parts in the Post (2003) contains just a handful of Plaid's remix work to date.
Plaid often works collaboratively with video artist Bob Jaroc , whose animations often accompanied the music during live performances. They have developed a DVD consisting of new material and video artwork to accompany the music, entitled Greedy Baby . The project was completed on July 20, 2005, and was first shown at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in the South Bank Centre , and subsequently at the BFI Imax cinema in Lambeth|Waterloo , London. Greedy Baby was released on DVD from Warp Records on June 26, 2006.
In 2006, Plaid composed and performed the original score to Michael Arias 's anime film Tekkon Kinkreet , and then went on to rejoin Arias for his second feature, '' Heaven's Door '', as well as two of his subsequent short films.cite web | title =HEAVEN'S DOOR Review | publisher =Twitch | date =2009-08-07 | url = http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/heavens-door-review/ | accessdate =2009-08-19
In 2009 they contributed a cover of a Plone (band)|Plone song to the Warp20 (Recreated) compilation.
Discography
Albums
1991 Mbuki Mvuki
1997 Not for Threes
1999 Rest Proof Clockwork
2001 Double Figure
2003 Spokes (album)|Spokes
2006 Greedy Baby (CD/DVD with Bob Jaroc)
2006 Tekkonkinkreet Original Soundtrack (Soundtrack for Michael Arias ' anime Tekkon Kinkreet )
2008 ''Heaven's Door'' (Soundtrack for Michael Arias' movie '' Heaven's Door )
2000 Trainer (album)|Trainer (a collection of early material, including all of the Mbuki Mvuki album)
2003 Parts in the Post|Plaid Remixes - Parts in the Post (remix collection)
2003 Dial P (mix album inserted in deliveries of pre-ordered copies of Spokes )
2007 Tekkonkinkreet Remix Tekkinkonkreet (remixes of the songs from Tekkonkinkreet by Derrick May (musician)|Derrick May , Prefuse 73 , Uwe Schmidt|Atom , Vex'd and others)
2011 Induction (an exclusive to Warp download-only compilation hand-picked by Plaid themselves ahead of the new album Scintilli )
Visual project
2005 Greedy Baby
References
reflist
External links
http://www.plaid.co.uk/ plaid.co.uk - official website
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