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PLAID

Occupying a pair of seats at the very top table of electronic music, Plaid – aka Ed Handley and Andy Turner – made their name in the 90s and 00s as pioneers of intelligent dance music (IDM) alongside the brainteasing likes of Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin and Squarepusher.

Summer 2019 marked the release of their tenth long player, , a dazzling and eclectic mix of time-bending electronica, mesmerising sonic meditations and more overt techno-influenced. Before that, though, let’s go back in time for a bit of history…

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