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RadioValve Interview
A RadioValve Brain Drain
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Ed Handley and Andy Turner formed Plaid in 1990 in conjunction with their involvement in the seminal Black Dog Productions. In 1991, the duo released an album called Mbuki Mvuki, which caused a stir in the underground scene due to its quality and its scarcity. Concurrent to their time in Black Dog, various releases came out under aliases such as Balil, Atypic, Repeat and Tura, all of which was recently documented in the double CD anthology Trainer (including Mbuki Mvuki in its entirety).
Leading up to that:
Middle school was electropop, Ultravox, Human League, errr. Howard Jones (E!E), a Moog synth in music class.
Upper school was Rock Steady on Russell Harty, Chuck Chillout tapes, Planet Rock from Woolworths, Latin Rascal mixes, spats, Groove records, Fresh 86, battles, red lees, black Reeboks, breaks, Roland 626 and a 4-track.
Work was bedsits, offices, early mornings, Detroit, Chicago, Centre Force FM, Krush FM, sunrise, biology, energy and Raindance.
Black Dog was 808, DX7, 101, kaos, Crowley, Ken, Mile End, BBS, Old Street, poverty and love.
Plaid is stretching in the mornings, doing the laundry, kissing the ground, fighting demons, geography, learning stories, listening, not thinking and all of the above.
After 3 albums with Black Dog, Ed and Andy struck out on their own for good. The duo spent 1997 releasing the Angry Dolphin / Android EP and an album, Not For Threes and touring the world with Björk. 1999 saw Restproof Clockwork hit the streets and a trip to NYC for the Warp 10 Anniversary.
They took time out during their tour for their latest Warp release, Double Figure, to chatter RadioValve stylee with devslashnull and E23.
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