don't dismiss Plaid. their trilogy (Not For Threes, Restproof Clockwork, Double Figure) is solid, classic turn of the century Warp par excellence. So much to enjoy on those
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Thursday, 16 August 2018 21:27 (five years ago) link
I will buy Plaid as and when I get the opportunity via my cheapskate options.whereas I will continue to drop ££ on tBD cos I know they will always hit my ambient/techno requirements.
― mark e, Thursday, 16 August 2018 21:40 (five years ago) link
P brane Ep by plaid is essential
― Ross, Friday, 17 August 2018 14:27 (five years ago) link
If you like Plaid and really(?) haven't listened to Bytes (and indeed Spanners which is often more Plaid-like) and the other Balil stuff like the aforementioned Parasight EP (play Island immediately,) Nort Route and his As One remix, as well as Otaku which I think is an Andy Turner tune, then you are probably in for a bit of a treat.
Whether it was Ken feeding them strange ideas and/or potions or just something in the air there's some rare inspiration to this stuff.
― Absolute Unit Delta Plus (Noel Emits), Friday, 17 August 2018 16:56 (five years ago) link
I think I like Bytes more than anything by Plaid. I revisit it more often than SAW1, even.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 15 October 2020 16:32 (three years ago) link
good timing as there is a new tBD album, 'fragments', due in a couple of weeks.that said, its nothing like the Bytes era.much deeper/moodier/atmospheric.hence why it hits the spot for me.
― mark e, Thursday, 15 October 2020 16:42 (three years ago) link
Oh cool, I actually had no idea.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 15 October 2020 16:48 (three years ago) link
Tracks like Psilcosine (track 5 off of Spanners) build up and build up and just as it's about to get good it stops.
this seems to be a common technique for plaid, lots of tracks that do that, Do Matter, Little People, Coat, Drowned Sea. sometimes it works, sometimes it’s more just irritating, and i wonder where does it come from (the technique not the irritation). it’s like fear to be too pretty or too emo or thinking it’s a proper build up for when they have an especially haunting melody.
as for the answer, OTAKU, forever
― scanner darkly, Friday, 16 October 2020 04:15 (three years ago) link
new tBD thing "Fragments" is reallllly working for me. I love them when they hew towards the idm side.
― lukas, Friday, 6 November 2020 19:20 (three years ago) link