Summary from 13 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Plaid's catalog across 13 albums from 13 opinions, with an overall average of 7.2/10. The top-rated Plaid album is Polymer (2019) with a 8.1/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Trainer and Double Figure. The discography on Wavelength spans 1999 to 2022.
Trainer
“Since its inception, UK techno has been determined to out-Detroit Detroit. From the implant fantasies of B12's *Electro-soma* and Insync vs. Mysteron's *Android Architect*, to the cyber sheen of Justice's jungle (always more Detroit than Denmark Hill), British techno exponents, when not attempting to surpass the original sound, have always been conscious to pay homage to it. This is ironic, since ”
Rest Proof Clockwork
“Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 17:55:41 -0400From: Snake [vanhalenfan@secretpolice.co.uk]X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (Win98; I)To: Tony Blair [henchman12@lucifer.co.uk]Subject: X-Plaid922-1; Request for Government Assistance My position is as an undercover agent in London's secret police mafia. I have been hired to investigate allegations that two former members of Black Dog Productions, Ed Handley and A”
Feorm Falorx
“A lot of fairly ripe nonsense accompanies the release of Feorm Falorx, about how the 11th Plaid record is the recreation of a live set that the electronica veterans performed at the Feorm Festival, apparently “an intergalactic shindig held on the planet Falorx”. There’s sci-fi bollocks about the duo being converted into lightbeams to survive Falorx’s inhospitable atmosphere, and therefore not bein”
Polymer
“In a recent interview with Exclaim!, Plaid's Ed Handley described their musical approach: "It's always a bit of a balancing act — that conflict of making things both simple and complex." Handley could easily be describing IDM as a whole, but it's a perfect summation of Plaid's entire career thus far. Satisfyingly simple and intriguingly complex has been their modus operandi since the early '90s, a”
Double Figure
“One of music's best qualities is its talent for escaping description. Critics, because we lack the vocabulary to verbally illustrate what we hear, approximate our explanations with obtuse metaphors and imprecise comparisons. As a relative greenhorn in the *Pitchfork* camp, I don't have much experience crafting the sort of riddles reviewers always speak in, so maybe it's time I got some practice. A”
The Digging Remedy
“Warp Records mainstays Plaid have staked out a well-defined territory over two decades: They make highly listenable melodic IDM, warm and playful. Their latest album doesn't rip up the blueprint.”
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