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Plaid

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 3:14 pm
by jonnyjj74
After hearing their name for years I finally checked them out. How have I gone so long without listening to them?! "Not For Threes" is incredible.
Where should I go from here?

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 4:02 pm
by thee neon r@
spokes. but im probably saying that because my favourite song by them is on it. (marry) fuckin awesome track

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:42 pm
by mechanismj
I heard them for the first time back in October last year. A friend of mine had the Greedy Baby DVD. I love the bizarre chords and structure they use.

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:02 pm
by kyriakos
plaid are brillaint.

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 9:13 am
by The Telepathic Kid
Yay!
Definately get Trainer, it's one of those "must-have" electronica albums that people talk about, apparently.

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:03 am
by Aesthetics
I really recommend to listen to them chronological, this way you will grow with them. Also, don't hurry with it.

I so agree with thee neon r@, Marry is their best song ever. I've seen it live with a sublime lightshow and footage of the war in Iraq, I had goosbumps all over!

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:38 am
by thee neon r@
Aesthetics wrote:I so agree with thee neon r@, Marry is their best song ever. I've seen it live with a sublime lightshow and footage of the war in Iraq, I had goosbumps all over!

:( im jealous! i'd kill to see that live. war footage works nicely with that track as i often bust it in the car while aggressively driving on the highway :o

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 4:25 pm
by jl
Ya Plaid are good. Also check out Black Dog Productions, the infant years of the duo. 'Bytes' is excellent.

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:17 pm
by thedisavowed
*Bump*

After several months on my hard drive, I'm down with "Not For Threes"

If you're a regular on this board and haven't given this record much thought, it's TIME.

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:31 pm
by BrandNewRetro
Their soundtrack for the Tekkonkinkreet movie is excellent, worth grabbing even if you never intend to watch it. Also their track 'Eyen' is a beauty!

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:50 pm
by kyriakos
damn i thought the new album leaked

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:09 pm
by hohes_c
double figure is my favourite by them...for some reason I just couldnt get into any of their others.

and eyen is definitely a beautiful track. :)

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:09 pm
by nlogax
Plaid rules. Handley is a master of chord progressions; i'm also really happy that his Balil project is back (Francesco Tristano - The Melody (Balil remix))

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:18 pm
by itannexe
kyriakos wrote:damn i thought the new album leaked
:lol:

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:55 pm
by Aesthetics
hohes_c wrote:double figure is my favourite by them...for some reason I just couldnt get into any of their others.

and eyen is definitely a beautiful track. :)
Quite funny that is.. most of the time Double Figure and Spokes are the albums peeps like the least. Double Figure is also my fav and Spokes is a very good second. I guess I like them more because they are less accessible and therefor have longer playability?

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:34 am
by thedisavowed
This one?? -> "Radio Scarecrow" by The Black Dog on April 7th 2008

I understand Black Dog Productions is one of their many names.

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:31 am
by hungry_manweaselbeast
Plaid, Balil, Tura, Atypic, The Black Dog are all incarnations. The Black Dog have nothing to do with the two Plaid members anymore. The Black Dog are now on Soma and Dust Science with Rich and Martin who run the label. At one point The Black Dog consisted of Ken Downie, Ed Handley and Andy Turner ... now only Ken remains from the original line up. Ed and Andy are now Plaid.

The 'Trainer' compilation album is good to hear the origins. Their remix of Bjork's 'All Is Full of Love' is really nice.

Been a fan since first hearing 'Bytes' when it was released. The 'Spanners' album by The Black Dog is immense! I still have the 'Restproof Clockwork' promotional sticker sheet untampered with from Warp when the Plaid album came out :D


Some Plaid for you all (the Midsummer mix is gorgeous) -

LIVE SETS
http://sound.modelfruit.com/sets/plaid- ... .11.03.mp3
http://sound.modelfruit.com/sets/plaid- ... -06.01.mp3

BEATS IN SPACE RADIO SHOW INTERVIEW
http://www.beatsinspace.net/audio/2003/ ... 3part1.mp3
http://www.beatsinspace.net/audio/2003/ ... 3part2.mp3

MIXES
http://sound.modelfruit.com/sets/plaid- ... er_mix.mp3
http://sound.modelfruit.com/sets/plaid- ... .10.03.mp3
http://www.digitalnimbus.net/archive/no ... bus_76.mp3

Itsu video -

http://www.plaid.co.uk/

http://www.dogsquad.co.uk/

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:27 am
by hungry_manweaselbeast
thedisavowed wrote:This one?? -> "Radio Scarecrow" by The Black Dog on April 7th 2008

I understand Black Dog Productions is one of their many names.
You can buy it as mp3 now - http://www.bleep.com/?bleep=SOMADA067

http://www.radioscarecrow.com

I've pre-ordered it from the Dust Science store as it sounds magnificent!

Some Black Dog mixes and a live set here - http://www.dogsquad.co.uk/tbd/?page_id=39

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:58 am
by 747Music
BrandNewRetro wrote:Their soundtrack for the Tekkonkinkreet movie is excellent, worth grabbing even if you never intend to watch it. Also their track 'Eyen' is a beauty!
I love that movie!

Black Dog - Trojan Hours [part 1 & 2] is AWESOME!

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:43 pm
by mouse_bums
After reading this thread, I'm going to check out Trainer.