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 welc…
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