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Hey, i've never heard plaid before and i was just wondering how everyone else here would rate them. Sometimes i hold off on listening to new artists...that way ihave something new to listen to while waiting for new AFX or Squarepusher stuff to come out... so what albums are cool...what kinda stuff do they make...suggestions welcome |
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double figure is excellent. and plaid in general is great... I saw them live, they rock the house! incredibly dancable! |
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in order of preference for me: double figure.................10 rest proof clock work......9 trainer...........................8.5 not for threes.................8.5 plaid are great |
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ok, but is it dancy, ambient? cliche techno??what what what? |
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it is considered electro I think. double figure is very dancable, nice back beat through, and they usually keep a pretty high tempo. |
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i don't know what the fuck electro is though! |
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can u compare them to anything else? if possible |
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IDM..melodic..musical..playful....some vaguely eastern (europen) sounding tracks Not for threes some heavier drillier moments as well but not too many..Bjork sings on a track (always a plus)(my rating 9)..hip hop elements are quite prominent of Rest Proof Clock Work(8) Double Figure's got an edgy highly technical sound and yet retains all the best elements (10..agree with nacmat on that) both not for three's and Double Figure of kinda supernatural/mystical elements going on (hence the tour with Coil?)...Trainer I couldn't get into at all..it's odds and ends..bits and pieces..some techno some acid house..earlier stuff..for completists only IMO (5) |
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I always told ppl that if you splice aphex twin beats and orbital melodies you get plaid. but looking back I think its kind of wrong... |
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no..Plaid melodies are far more intricate and complex than Orbital's...Orbital are excellent at pads, stringy harmony bits but their melodies can be a bit predictable some times...To me Plaid comes close to being a less eccentric Uziq but with once again slightly better melodies.. *quickly scans for spelling errors* *sighs in relief* we are cool..I think..if not..blame it on over reliance on the red squigglies in MS Word.. |
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hehe... plaid has a lot of layers like BoC I guess. cool basslines too, and great beats so just listen to them already! |
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agriid;) except for the BoC comparison bit..long story dont ask.. |
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Rest Proof Clockwork is my favorite. Hip hop for preschoolers. |
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So many people have been asking me about plaid lately! a website represented by our national radio station has me featured and compares me to them. i don't really see the similarities, but any press is good press! they are quite good and layered and have a 'pop' melody sense to them. more of a hip hop feel then IDM. double figure is a great album, with the last track being my favourite! i can listen to it over and ever again, and again, and again..... you can check out my stuff here let me know what you think! |
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what a nice and gentle plug..hehe.. nice looking site..and I agree I see..few similarities with Plaid..what I hear is pretty straignt out downbeat.. nice stuff though.. |
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Plaid is very eclectic. it's hard to stick them in a genre, they're usually kinda funky and they always have a bit of an oldskool hiphop vibe. there's often some swingy/loungey old "dance" music vibe going on too. they do all kinds of stuff though, some stuff that sounds almost classical, some stuff that sounds almost tribal, some almost toneless abstract sounding stuff. but most importantly, I'd say they're the most playful and the most emotional of any people tagged as "IDM" or whatever. the word I always use in describing them is "friendly", not meaning that they're really poppy or trendy sounding or whatever, it's just the kind of music that makes you smile...er makes me smile anyway. a lot of people don't like them, I think because they're too emotional for them. so that's my stuff on Plaid. :) |
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Plaid are just nice to listen to! |
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buy some of their releases and you yourself will see how they really are |
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Hi USACID, glad to hear you like Plaid. Well, all albums are recommended! Try also to find old Black Dog releases. Until the period 89-95 Plaid and ken Downie formed "Black dog" and is in the same style. It's was touching my soul sooooooo deep in the early '90's. I recommend heartly the albums: Bytes (FUCKING GREAT IDM!!!!!!!!!) Spanners on Warp. On GPR you find "The temple of transparant balls" and "Parallel". The early Black Dog EP's are great too, but very high priced nowadays. Cheers. |
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you want emotional. check out godspeedyoublackemperor! or rachel's. that's emotion. |
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I have listened today to: double figure rest proof clockwork not for threes amazing!!! |
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nice little cnversaion going here, B3n, where abouts in yorkshire? |
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LOL artemis, I must hand it to you, you're copy-paste reply method is a crack up |
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