Electric Company
The recordings of Electric Company are the end result of indie-rock figurehead Brad Laner's relentless experimentation within a range of post-punk styles, from avant-garde rock to thrash to alternative pop to electronica. His work as Electric Company is nominally based within electronica, though it's more of a studio hybrid embracing guitar-rawk, drum'n'bass and noise. A long-time fan of experimental/improv artists from Beefheart to Throbbing Gristle to the Residents, Laner founded his first band Debt of Nature at the age of 14. The group recorded several tracks for New Alliance in 1982 and opened for Sonic Youth and the Swans in 1986 before Laner founded another group, Steaming Coils, which released three albums of their own. He also played with seminal Los Angeles trance-rockers Savage Republic before forming his most famous group, Medicine, in 1991.
The first American band signed to Britain's super-indie Creation Records, Medicine earned praise from alternative critics for their extreme interpretation of My Bloody Valentine's noise-pop revolution. The group's first album Shot Forth Self Living was issued on Creation scant months after their formation, and distributed in the States via Def American. Two albums followed before Medicine broke up in 1995, the year of Laner's solo debut as Electric Company, A Pert Cyclic Omen. Though Laner's other major post-Medicine project Amnesia recorded albums in 1997 and 1998, he returned with two more Electric Company records, Studio City for Island and Omakase for Vinyl Communications. In addition, Laner has collaborated with members of sympathetic groups Mercury Rev and the Vas Deferens Organization, and recorded as part of the neo-prog band Lusk.
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Discographie
21 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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It's Hard To Be A Baby
Électronique - Paru chez Tigerbeat6 le 4 févr. 2003
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Love Is More Than a Long Goodbye
Pop - Paru chez [PIAS] Recordings Holland le 5 oct. 2018
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Ligaments 01 – 05
Électronique - Paru chez Captured Tracks le 15 févr. 2019
Disponible en16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Modge 23 Omnibus
Dance - Paru chez Laner Archival Service le 15 déc. 2023
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Creative Playthings
Électronique - Paru chez Tigerbeat6 le 5 oct. 2004
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Slow Food
Électronique - Paru chez Planet Mu Records Ltd. le 9 avr. 2001
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Greatest Hits
Électronique - Paru chez Tigerbeat6 le 3 déc. 2001
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Micro-Awakenings
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Drawing Room Records le 17 mars 2013
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Split 12
Electric Company, Joensuu 1685
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Splendour le 14 mars 2011
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Natural Selections
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Drawing Room Records le 4 mars 2019
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Problem (Just for Today)
Pop - Paru chez [PIAS] Recordings Holland le 20 oct. 2017
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Highly Morning B / W Sideshow
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Drawing Room Records le 16 août 2016
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For Magnetic Tape
Électronique - Paru chez Drawing Room Records le 18 août 2016
Disponible en24-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Mathilda
Pop - Paru chez [PIAS] Recordings Holland le 11 juil. 2018
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Neighbor Singing
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Drawing Room Records le 4 mars 2019
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Let's Write Another Plan
Pop - Paru chez [PIAS] Recordings Holland le 26 janv. 2018
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Nearest Suns
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Drawing Room Records le 4 mars 2019
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The Hour Was Midnight
Pop - Paru chez [PIAS] Recordings Holland le 28 oct. 2016
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Uncharted Territory
Pop - Paru chez [PIAS] Recordings Holland le 22 sept. 2017
Disponible en16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo