| Broadcast |
|
| Background information |
| Origin |
Birmingham, England |
| Genre(s) |
Electronic |
| Years active |
1995 – Present |
| Label(s) |
Warp Records
Duophonic Records
Tommy Boy Records |
Associated
acts |
BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Lubos
Fiser
The United
States of America (band) |
| Website |
http://www.broadcast.uk.net/ |
| Members |
Trish
Keenan
James
Cargill |
| Former members |
Steve
Perkins
Tim Felton
Roj Stevens |
Broadcast are an electronic
music band,
based in Birmingham,
England.
Original members were Trish Keenan (vocals), Roj Stevens (keyboards), Tim Felton (guitar) and James
Cargill (bass). Various drummers have played with the band, including Keith
York, Phil Jenkins, Jeremy Barnes, Steve
Perkins and Neil Bullock. As of 2005, the group
consists of Keenan and Cargill, with Felton having departed to form a
new project Seeland, with Billy Johnson, formerly of another Birmingham
Warp act Plone.
The band's style is a mixture of electronic sounds and
Keenan's 1960s-influenced vocals. They are heavily influenced by the
1960's American psychedelic group The United
States of America, using many of the same electronic effects. It is
often slightly reminiscent of Stereolab. However, despite the
similar musical pedigree, Broadcast's music often has a darker
& more edge - with amorphous samples and analogue dissonance
giving it a retro-futuristic sci-fi edge.
The band's first releases were singles
released on Wurlitzer Jukebox Records
( "Accidentals" ) and Duophonic Records ("The Book
Lovers") in the mid-1990s.
"The Book Lovers" was also featured on the soundtrack of the film
"Austin Powers." They attracted the attention of Warp
Records, who compiled the singles in 1997 on Work and Non Work. All
subsequent releases have been on Warp Records, or in the USA on Tommy
Boy Records.
Since then, the band have released four albums as well as
several EPs.
Currently, the band is in studio working on their fourth album
proper.
Discography
- Albums
- Work and Non Work
(1997)
- The Noise Made By People
(2000)
- Haha Sound (2003)
- Tender Buttons
(2005)
- The Future Crayon
(2006)
- EPs
- Extended Play (12"/CD, 2000)
- Extended Play Two
EP (2000)
- Pendulum
(2003)
- Microtronics, Volume 01
(3" CD limited to 2000 copies, 2003)
- Microtronics, Volume 02 (3" CD limited
to 2000 copies, 2005)
- Singles
- "Accidentals" (Wurlitzer Jukebox Records,
7", 1996)
- "Living Room" (Duophonic Records, 7", 1997)
- "The Book Lovers" (Duophonic Records, 12"/CD, 1997)
- "Echo's Answer" (7"/CD, 1999)
- "Drums on Fire" / "Come On Let's Go" (Two
Lone Swordsmen remix) (12", 1999)
- "Come On Let's Go" (7"/CD, 2000)
- "America's Boy" (7", 2005)
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