Plaid sit right at the very heart of global electronica. In fact there's a … Read Full Bio ↴Plaid sit right at the very heart of global electronica. In fact there's a very real sense in which Ed Handley and Andy Turner are the perfect encapsulation of what the electronic music of their generation was all about. As Plaid and as two-thirds of The Black Dog, they were central to the Artificial Intelligence movement of the early-mid 1990s: alongside their WARP stablemates Autechre, The Aphex Twin, B12 and allies like Richie Hawtin, Speedy J, Kenny Larkin, they brought new rhythmic variation, emotive melody and sensual textures to electronic music, creating a warm and welcoming counterpart to the white heat of the rave explosion.
But where the others would swiftly diverge and head off in many creative directions – into increasing abstraction or intricacy, or back towards pure techno – Plaid were the ones who stayed truest to the musical values they started out with. Their sound palette has got broader over the years, their techniques more sophisticated, they increasingly incorporate real instruments – especially with their ever-closer collaborations with multi-instrumentalist Benet Walsh – but over the years their focus has remained the same: intricate but always grooving rhythm, immersive listening experience and melodies and sound design that connect direct to the emotional centres.
The pair, and Ken Downie with whom they formed The Black Dog, were initially inspired “first of all by hip-hop and electro, then later by the techno, house and acid we heard coming from the US”
"We were motivated to write because the music we liked was difficult to find at that point. We listened to cassette compilations and shared US import vinyl bought at places like Blackmarket and Groove Records in London”.
Indeed, their earliest releases from 1989 onwards – which now fetch eye-popping sums second hand – are hip-hop as much as they are techno or electronica. And like so many hip-hop beat heads, they got immersed in the crate-digging game, seeking new and obscure vinyl to sample for beats, and as a result very quickly got a schooling in jazz and funk. This too is instantly audible in their work: from the beginning they had a swing and roll to their rhythms, and a narrative complexity to their chord and melody patterns that made them stand apart.
For all that this music was intended for close listening (the computer art of an android enjoying a smoke and a Pink Floyd album on the cover of the first Artificial Intelligence album in 1994 made that clear), it was not an alternative to club music. Quite the opposite, it was very strongly rooted in the dancefloor, and the scene around British electronica was a social one, with a supportive scene involving not just the WARP artists but acts like Coldcut, Orbital, Bandulu, The Orb, Future Sound Of London and an array of spaces both legal and illegal to play in. Ed and Andy's clearest and best memories of the time are of clubs and live shows: as they say, “Mindset and setting has a huge impact on the way music is experienced. Often a track will vividly evoke a moment in time far more than a picture of an event.”
And although they've played many huge shows over the years, their musical hearts are still in small clubs like the Bass Clef in pre-gentrification Hoxton, or Club 69 in Paisley on the outskirts of Glasgow, with “artist and audience on the same level, people not even bothered about the performer, everyone just enjoying the music and the night.”
Plaid as a duo and The Black Dog as a trio existed concurrently, indeed blurred into one another on the legendary Bytes album and elsewhere, until 1995 when Ed and Andy decided to focus entirely on Plaid. Up until that point, despite their prodigious output and cult status, music had ultimately been a hobby, a way of making the sounds they wanted to hear – but from here on in, the scale and pace of their activities stepped up a gear. Being asked to support Björk on an Asian tour in 1996 gave them an immense boost, and confident in the support of WARP to treat them as an act with a viable career, they spread their wings and really became the entity they are today.
While the scene around them was twisting into ever-new forms, and in particular the fiddly intricacies of IDM started to risk heading into cliché, Plaid remained true to their love of song and groove, and though they were as in love with the possibilities of technology as any of their peers, for them it was always a tool to support the music, not vice versa as in many cases. Regular collaborations with unique singers like Björk and Nicolette, and frequent remix work for the likes of Goldfrapp and Herbert only strengthened the duo's own sense of song structure, and their gigging increased, keeping them constantly in touch with their audience and the possibilities of live performance.
That work rate has not let up. In the 2000s they increasingly worked on film soundtracking, with their scores for Michael Arias's Tekkonkinkreet and Heaven's Door becoming among their best-loved releases. This tied in with a strong visual aesthetic that has always been part and parcel with Plaid's output – whether in artwork, videos, or on-stage projections, which they two feel are vital to what they do and have evolved along with the available technologies. Indeed, their next tour is set to involve them 'playing' a visual sequencer, with custom screens built for three-dimensional image mapping, and they speak excitedly about the possibilities of working with virtual reality. Whether as DJs or a live act, Plaid still play 40 to 50 shows a year, and everything they do is tested in this demanding atmosphere.
If anything, in fact, they've stepped up the pace even more lately, and their cross-media and technological collaborations are becoming more diverse. There was the material written for the robotic orchestra Felix's Machines at Workshop InFiné, Normandoux in 2014 with Felix Thorn, and performed at the Tate Modern in London in 2018. Also in 2018 they wrote a three track EP entirely on the Elektron Analog Rytm beat machine and sold in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support. They were involved with the development and launch of Mogees – the electronic trigger that can turn any device into an instrument. They soundtracked a level on the Little Big Planet 3 game. With The Creators Project, Nexus Interactive Arts and director Evan Boehm they worked on sound for an original interactive film experience, The Carp and the Seagull. And so it goes on, but always with their constant studio experimentation driving everything.
Discography:
- Peel Session 2 (2019)
- Polymer (2019)
- The Digging Remedy (2016)
- Reachy Prints (2014)
- Scintilli (2011)
- Heaven's Door (Soundtrack) (2009)
- Tekkonkinkreet Remix Tekkinkonkreet (2007)
- Tekkonkinkreet (Soundtrack) (2006)
- Greedy Baby (2006)
- Dial P (2003)
- Spokes (2003)
- Parts In The Post (2003)
- P-Brane EP (2002)
- Double Figure (2001)
- Booc (2000)
- Trainer (2000)
- Futura Connect (1999)
- Rest Proof Clockwork(1999)
- Peel Session (1999)
- Not For Threes (1997)
- Mbuku Mvuki (1991)
But where the others would swiftly diverge and head off in many creative directions – into increasing abstraction or intricacy, or back towards pure techno – Plaid were the ones who stayed truest to the musical values they started out with. Their sound palette has got broader over the years, their techniques more sophisticated, they increasingly incorporate real instruments – especially with their ever-closer collaborations with multi-instrumentalist Benet Walsh – but over the years their focus has remained the same: intricate but always grooving rhythm, immersive listening experience and melodies and sound design that connect direct to the emotional centres.
The pair, and Ken Downie with whom they formed The Black Dog, were initially inspired “first of all by hip-hop and electro, then later by the techno, house and acid we heard coming from the US”
"We were motivated to write because the music we liked was difficult to find at that point. We listened to cassette compilations and shared US import vinyl bought at places like Blackmarket and Groove Records in London”.
Indeed, their earliest releases from 1989 onwards – which now fetch eye-popping sums second hand – are hip-hop as much as they are techno or electronica. And like so many hip-hop beat heads, they got immersed in the crate-digging game, seeking new and obscure vinyl to sample for beats, and as a result very quickly got a schooling in jazz and funk. This too is instantly audible in their work: from the beginning they had a swing and roll to their rhythms, and a narrative complexity to their chord and melody patterns that made them stand apart.
For all that this music was intended for close listening (the computer art of an android enjoying a smoke and a Pink Floyd album on the cover of the first Artificial Intelligence album in 1994 made that clear), it was not an alternative to club music. Quite the opposite, it was very strongly rooted in the dancefloor, and the scene around British electronica was a social one, with a supportive scene involving not just the WARP artists but acts like Coldcut, Orbital, Bandulu, The Orb, Future Sound Of London and an array of spaces both legal and illegal to play in. Ed and Andy's clearest and best memories of the time are of clubs and live shows: as they say, “Mindset and setting has a huge impact on the way music is experienced. Often a track will vividly evoke a moment in time far more than a picture of an event.”
And although they've played many huge shows over the years, their musical hearts are still in small clubs like the Bass Clef in pre-gentrification Hoxton, or Club 69 in Paisley on the outskirts of Glasgow, with “artist and audience on the same level, people not even bothered about the performer, everyone just enjoying the music and the night.”
Plaid as a duo and The Black Dog as a trio existed concurrently, indeed blurred into one another on the legendary Bytes album and elsewhere, until 1995 when Ed and Andy decided to focus entirely on Plaid. Up until that point, despite their prodigious output and cult status, music had ultimately been a hobby, a way of making the sounds they wanted to hear – but from here on in, the scale and pace of their activities stepped up a gear. Being asked to support Björk on an Asian tour in 1996 gave them an immense boost, and confident in the support of WARP to treat them as an act with a viable career, they spread their wings and really became the entity they are today.
While the scene around them was twisting into ever-new forms, and in particular the fiddly intricacies of IDM started to risk heading into cliché, Plaid remained true to their love of song and groove, and though they were as in love with the possibilities of technology as any of their peers, for them it was always a tool to support the music, not vice versa as in many cases. Regular collaborations with unique singers like Björk and Nicolette, and frequent remix work for the likes of Goldfrapp and Herbert only strengthened the duo's own sense of song structure, and their gigging increased, keeping them constantly in touch with their audience and the possibilities of live performance.
That work rate has not let up. In the 2000s they increasingly worked on film soundtracking, with their scores for Michael Arias's Tekkonkinkreet and Heaven's Door becoming among their best-loved releases. This tied in with a strong visual aesthetic that has always been part and parcel with Plaid's output – whether in artwork, videos, or on-stage projections, which they two feel are vital to what they do and have evolved along with the available technologies. Indeed, their next tour is set to involve them 'playing' a visual sequencer, with custom screens built for three-dimensional image mapping, and they speak excitedly about the possibilities of working with virtual reality. Whether as DJs or a live act, Plaid still play 40 to 50 shows a year, and everything they do is tested in this demanding atmosphere.
If anything, in fact, they've stepped up the pace even more lately, and their cross-media and technological collaborations are becoming more diverse. There was the material written for the robotic orchestra Felix's Machines at Workshop InFiné, Normandoux in 2014 with Felix Thorn, and performed at the Tate Modern in London in 2018. Also in 2018 they wrote a three track EP entirely on the Elektron Analog Rytm beat machine and sold in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support. They were involved with the development and launch of Mogees – the electronic trigger that can turn any device into an instrument. They soundtracked a level on the Little Big Planet 3 game. With The Creators Project, Nexus Interactive Arts and director Evan Boehm they worked on sound for an original interactive film experience, The Carp and the Seagull. And so it goes on, but always with their constant studio experimentation driving everything.
Discography:
- Peel Session 2 (2019)
- Polymer (2019)
- The Digging Remedy (2016)
- Reachy Prints (2014)
- Scintilli (2011)
- Heaven's Door (Soundtrack) (2009)
- Tekkonkinkreet Remix Tekkinkonkreet (2007)
- Tekkonkinkreet (Soundtrack) (2006)
- Greedy Baby (2006)
- Dial P (2003)
- Spokes (2003)
- Parts In The Post (2003)
- P-Brane EP (2002)
- Double Figure (2001)
- Booc (2000)
- Trainer (2000)
- Futura Connect (1999)
- Rest Proof Clockwork(1999)
- Peel Session (1999)
- Not For Threes (1997)
- Mbuku Mvuki (1991)
Buddy
Plaid Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Buddy' by these artists:
(www.buddyderanalefuchs.de) 每一场大雨 我有你 情义的相挺 Buddy hou have me whenever you need 用音乐交心 我和…
A Tribe Called Quest feat. De la Soul Hello Meany, meany, meany, meany (Say What?) Meany, mean…
Adam Sandler [Moving Train] "Next stop! Coopersville!" [Two guys t…
Admiral Freebee Sometimes you pretend that you don′t care But you care more…
Alice and the Enemies I can't see so clearly Crimson wings are falling down My beh…
B'z 古い傷が痛み 何かに挑む気はなくなる 同じ季節 駆け抜けた友よ今 どこにいる 離れていても お前の戦う姿が 思い…
BS 2000 Tell somebody they're your buddy Get another body and they'r…
Clare Bowditch and The Feeding Set From my kitchen window, I spy Buddy. Where did his mother…
COLOR Feat. J Soul Brothers Best-best buddy, Best buddy Best-best buddy, Best buddy Best…
D. Lissvik Please don't let me be misunderstood Pray on my knees Lord…
De La Soul Hello Meany, meany, meany, meany (say what?) Meany, meany, …
De La Soul & The Jungle Brothers Hello Meany, meany, meany, meany (Say What?) Meany, mean…
De La Soul feat. Jungle Brothers & Q‐Tip Hello Meany, meany, meany, meany (say what?) Meany, meany, …
DE LA SOUL feat. Jungle Brothers and Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest Queen Latifah and Monie Love Hello Meany, meany, meany, meany (Say What?) Meany, mean…
De La Soul feat. Jungle Brothers Phife Dawg & Q‐Tip Hello Meany, meany, meany, meany (say what?) Meany, meany, …
De La Soul Feat. Jungle Brothers Q-Tip & Phife Hello Meany, meany, meany, meany (Say What?) Meany, mean…
De La Soul feat. Jungle Brothers Q-Tip Phife Queen Latifah & Monie Love Hello Meany, meany, meany, meany (say what?) Meany, meany, …
De La Soul Featuring A Tribe Called Quest Hello Meany, meany, meany, meany (Say What?) Meany, mean…
De La Soul featuring Jungle Brothers A Tribe Called Quest Queen Latifah and Monie Love & Jungle Br Hello Meany, meany, meany, meany (say what?) Meany, meany, …
De La Soul Featuring Jungle Brothers Q-Tip & Phife Hello Meany, meany, meany, meany (Say What?) Meany, mean…
De La Soul featuring The Jungle Brothers and Q‐Tip from A Tribe Called Quest Queen Latifah and Monie Hello Meany, meany, meany, meany (say what?) Meany, meany, …
De La Soul ft. Jungle Brothers & Q-tip Hello Meany, meany, meany, meany (Say What?) Meany, mean…
De La Soul With Jungle Brothers & Q-Tip Hello Meany, meany, meany, meany (say what?) Meany, meany, …
De La Soul with Jungle Brothers and Q Tip Hello Meany, meany, meany, meany (Say What?) Meany, mean…
De La Soul with Jungle Brothers and Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest Hello Meany, meany, meany, meany (Say What?) Meany, meany, …
De La Soul/Jungle Brothers/Mathias Q-Tip/Phife Hello Meany, meany, meany, meany (Say What?) Meany, mean…
DJ Leska You know my name Rudebwoy Gyal, whine pon di bass (chine) Le…
Dr. Detox Life is a book that we study Some of it's leaves…
EnRockecidos Buddy Buddy, tipo raro. Buddy, masca tabaco. Buddy, huele a…
Fard So stand ich da und übte ganz alleine vor dem…
Five-seveN OH~!(Hurry Up!) OH~!(Hurry Up!) OH~!(Hurry Up!) OH~!(Hey! He…
Flvme Ayy back you ‘fore you get pushed the fuck back…
Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush Well my friends and I shared many things and we rode…
grand voyage Lookin' Up, Don't Turn Back Let's Swim Off The Shore Breathe…
Greydon Square [...] Grand unified theory [...] I could easily say that …
Heize Davii 빨리 갈게 너의 집 앞에 가라앉은 목소리가 너무 걱정돼 이제 도착해 좀 추워…
heroincity 못 바꿔 난 진짜로 Yeah yeah 뛰다 기절 할지 몰라도 ok 기다리지 날…
HIRAIDAI 猫も喰わないような 言い合いで愛 深まっちゃうふたり 犬の手も借りたいほど 忙しいのに映画観ちゃうふたり スパロウとジ…
Humphrey Lyttelton and His Band Life is a book that we study Some of its leaves…
Itasca Buddy We were together on the mountain top Doves flying out…
j. period Yeah Yeah I'm not really fucking with y'all like that man (A…
J. Period Q-Tip Hello Meany, meany, meany, meany (say what?) Meany, meany, …
J. Period & Q-Tip Yeah Yeah I'm not really fucking with y'all like that man (A…
J.Y Fetty Wap] I got on six damn chainz, two damn rings Louis…
Jackie DeShannon Buddy is his name Uh, he-he drives me a-insane Yeah-yeah-yea…
Jean-Louis Murat BUDDY'S LEAVING BUDDY'S LEAVING BUDDY'S LEAVING BUT WHERE DI…
Julinoza You are telling me stories About destroing the faith Of bein…
Lemonheads She's coming over, We'll go out…
Lucy It is fine 너랑 놀 때마다 우리 엄마는 너를 더 좋아해 (no,…
M.A. Bricks all lined up in the wall Are they fixin' to…
MC David J Hello welcome to Orielly’s Hows it going buddy? Its good its…
MinSu 너의 표정을 난 읽을 수가 없어 괜찮다 하는데 그래 보이지도 않고 속상하다…
Money Boy Ich bin in der Trap Buddy Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Ich bin…
Musiq feat. Fat Joe Ja-Rule & Lupe Fiasco Pardon, darling, if I alarmed ya I don't mean to bother…
Musiq Ft. Freeway Pardon me darlin' If I alarmed ya I don't mean to bother…
Musiq Soul Child Pardon, darling, if I alarmed ya I don't mean to bother…
Owen Ovadoz feat. pH-1 Bricks all lined up in the wall Are they fixin' to…
Paul Gemignani;Mandy Patinkin Life is slow but it seems exciting 'Cause Buddy's there. G…
pinstripe sunny Nothing compares to you, Buddy Everything's right with …
R. Scott Sallée "You have always been my buddy, and these last years…
Rancid I get nostalgic every time I think about you Like the…
Rosa Anschütz you have to unclench your jaw when you overextend yourself h…
Scenzah Yeah Buddy, wieso machst du Stress mess Komm' mal wieder dow…
SILAS (VERSE 1) What’s my purpose Know it’s deeper than the surfa…
Silverbullit No more buddy buddy No more messing around I´m not gonna b…
Snapper No more buddy-buddy No more messing around I'm not gonna b…
SuperDestroyer I'm sitting at home at 3 AM with bloodshot eyes…
T. Cash I can't see so clearly Crimson wings are falling down My beh…
The Birthday 夢のような時間が来たのさ 2時間ばかしの永遠に続く ときめきが俺をお前を 宇宙かどっかに連れてってくれる 記憶の無い神…
The Lemonheads She's coming over, We'll go out…
The Mess Hall My hands are open, my soul is on fire And i'm…
The One-Eyed Show 우리 친구해요 더도 말고 덜도 말고 딱 그 정도로 시작해요 혹시 내가 부담을…
The Orwells Forgiven, not forgotten This could be my last day And in cas…
The Wash My name's Buddy And I got in trouble once again I'm getting…
Tim Heidecker "It's Timmy Heidecker" "Go ahead sing your song" Buddy I've…
V.A. Unikum U1 The sun beats down on the canopy And it trickles right…
various artists She's coming over, We'll go out walking, Make a call on the…
wacci Wow-oh-oh Wow-oh-oh くすんでいた互いの夢は 重ね合わせたらまた輝きだした 期待なんてされなくても…
Willie Nelson Laugh with me, buddy Jest with me, buddy Don't let…
Wyldest I don't wanna be your prize I will run away and…
zeu Encore défoncé d'la veille, j'suis Sous Young Nudy J'fume un…
デ・ラ・ソウル [feat. JUNGLE BROTHERS & Qティップ] Hello Meany, meany, meany, meany (say what?) Meany, meany, …
东于哲 有什么 会比你 更重要 更好 是兄弟 是Buddy 就不会计较 你有事 我不会 假装看不到 有心事 有压力 来找我就好 …
坂本真綾 そこに何があるとしても 未開の領域へ きみと 短い夢を見てた いま あれはきみの背中 過去? 未来? 振り切っているメ…
平井大 猫も喰わないような 言い合いで愛 深まっちゃうふたり 犬の手も借りたいほど 忙しいのに映画観ちゃうふたり スパロウとジ…
满江 Talk to me Buddy 找遍了每个地方 除了空空的酒瓶 和裂缝的墙 Talk to me Buddy 我说我累…
矢沢永吉 Oh BUDDY 今でも 憶えているかい 蒼く ホロ苦い きらめいてたあの頃 憧れたロックスターの 写真ポケットに 押し…
오왼 우리는 버디버디 필요할 때만 찾는 버디버디 필요할 때만 찾는 버디버디 필요할 때만 찾는…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Plaid:
All Is Full of Love You'll be given love You'll be taken care of You'll be given…
Foreign bodies Be ? bend your ear Work it out Things you…
Lilith You can have me But I'll defend my child By spring that…
Lilith (feat. Björk) You can have me But I'll defend my child By spring that…
Shackbu They came for him one winter's night. Arrested, he was bound…
Utopia It's a strange day No colors or shapes …
What Is Love You'll be given love You'll be taken care of You'll be given…
What Is Love? You'll be given love You'll be taken care of You'll be given…
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Skinny E Media
One of the greatest songs ever on this lucid album!
Anthony Alexander
acoustically stunning!
Tussal Arc
Its Great track!
Beatbox kid
kool and beautiful..... this track makes me feel good.....
Ben Greeson
Lovely